Recent concepts such as 'megaregions' and 'polycentric urban regions' emphasize that
external economies are not confined to a single urban core, but are shared among a …

This paper investigates the spatial distribution of employment in the region of Ile-de-France
in 1978 and 1997. Exploratory spatial data analysis is used to identify employment centres …

Building on the neo-endogenous rural development model and the resource-based view of
the firm, this paper investigates the role of place-based amenities for new firm formation …

The presence of satellite cities within large metropolitan areas cannot be captured by an
exponential function. Cubic spline functions seem more appropriate to depict the polycentric …

Linkage to dynamic markets is a key factor in understanding why different rural territories in
Latin America perform differently. This paper combines two conceptual frameworks (from the …

This article examines two specification issues common to spatial econometric population‐
employment growth models: the specification of the weight matrix and the dynamic stability …

In this article, comparisons are made of several spatial econometric approaches to
estimation of multiequation models of small region development applied to rural community …

This study examines the relationship between regions' spatial organization and subjective
well-being in North-West Europe. Combining data on life satisfaction with data on the spatial …

This chapter suggests some basic guidelines for a better understanding of contemporary
peripheral rural areas as contexts for economic development. In the decades following …

This study addresses how diversity in the local sector structure is associated with
employment development across different municipality types (urban, intermediate and rural) …