The paper studies city-regional spatial planning from an institutional perspective. It applies
theories of discursive institutionalism and gradual institutional change to analyse the …

This paper explores the potential and limits of using the concept of metropolisation to
describe the emergence and evolution of metropolitan spaces (process) and particularly …

In the last 20 years, city-regions and their governance have attracted enormous attention in
the scholarly literature and most of the contributions, though coming from different poles of …

This chapter addresses the connection between metropolitanization and state spatial
transformation. It discusses this connection by tracing the way in which understandings of …

This thesis analyzes how the regional organization of transport association impacts on
planning integration in city regions. The analysis is based on a case study of a public …

Hence it has become commonplace not only for urbanists, consultant companies,
globalization boosters and businesses firms (which also construct and finance urban …