This article aims to move collaborative governance research beyond a fragmented
consensus on its enigmatic nature by comprehensively and systematically extricating and …

The paper reviews international scientific research on the delineation of local labour market
areas (LLMAs) used in a range of contrasting countries for administrative and statistical …

Despite that small and medium‐sized towns (SMSTs) have been, and continue to be, a
central part of the history of Europe, these places have largely been neglected by urban …

Für regionalökonomische Fragestellungen sind als regionale Untersuchungseinheiten
Funktionalregionen zu bilden. Regionale Arbeitsmärkte zeichnen sich durch enge …

For administration efficiency most countries subdivide their national territory into
administrative regions. These regions are used to delineate areas which are internally well …

Abstract C örvers F., H ensen M. and B ongaerts D. Delimitation and coherence of functional
and administrative regions, Regional Studies. The paper tests whether functional regions in …

This article argues that any conceptualization and delimitation of functional urban areas
must reflect their formation on the micro-scale and detect the smallest complete, complex …

This contribution traces the evolution of the Belgian urban system by adopting a historical
taxonomy of agglomeration-economy regimes, and poses the question whether a new …

Defining city-region boundaries for governance or policy requires robust data analysis
reflecting a conceptualisation of city-regions. Geddes introduced the concept to England and …

Kropp P. and Schwengler B. Three-step method for delineating functional labour market
regions, Regional Studies. This paper proposes a new three-step method to find …