Post-Suburban Europe : Planning and Politics at the Margins of Europe's Capital Cities /

The term 'edge city' describes the rapid growth of urban centres at the edge of established cities. Widely discussed in the US, very little has been written about European edge cities. This book gives a comparative analysis of examples in Greece, Spain, Paris, Finland and the UK, with a th...

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Main Authors: Phelps, Nicholas A. (Author), Ballas, Dimitris (Author), Dowling, Andrew (Author), Parsons, Nick (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
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Summary:The term 'edge city' describes the rapid growth of urban centres at the edge of established cities. Widely discussed in the US, very little has been written about European edge cities. This book gives a comparative analysis of examples in Greece, Spain, Paris, Finland and the UK, with a theoretical analysis of edge cities and post-suburban Europe.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIII, 233 pages)
ISBN:9780230625389
DOI:10.1057/9780230625389