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Re-defining the Boundaries of Major Italian Cities

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  • Antonio G. Calafati
  • Paolo Veneri

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Calafati A. G. and Veneri P. Re-defining the boundaries of major Italian cities, Regional Studies . The processes of spatial polarization and territorial integration that have taken place in Italy since the 1950s have not been accompanied by corresponding institutional adaptations, generating the current huge discrepancy between the functional and political--administrative organization of the territory. It is argued that this institutional lock-in is rooted in a mistaken conceptualization of territorial integration, which has focused solely on the identification of the emerging 'functional urban areas', neglecting the fundamental phenomenon of the formation of inter-municipal territorial systems which have acquired the nature of cities de facto. On the basis of both functional and morphological features, this paper identifies the cities de facto with regard to the eight largest Italian cities de jure .

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  • Antonio G. Calafati & Paolo Veneri, 2013. "Re-defining the Boundaries of Major Italian Cities," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(5), pages 789-802, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:47:y:2013:i:5:p:789-802
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.587798
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    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
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