A Research Agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns

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The Important Role of Nature in Planning for Small Cities 2022

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A Research Agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns

Abstract: and Arts. He is Head of the Department of Human Geography at the Anton Melik Institute of Geography and Lecturer at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU. His interests lie mainly in urban and economic geography with a focus on participatory research methods and community involvement. He is involved in several international projects looking at alternative futures and socio-economic transitions of small industrial towns across Europe. His work has appeared in City, Culture and Society, Geography Compass, Innovation … Show more

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Discovering the diverse economy of a ‘left-behind’ town

Rydin

2023

Planning Practice & Research

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Discovering the diverse economy of a ‘left-behind’ town

Rydin

2023

Planning Practice & Research

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Population dynamics of the Hungarian small towns in the light of censuses

Horeczki,

Molnár,

Pirisi

2023

The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Touris

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The importance of cities throughout history is indisputable. Their allocation of economic, cultural and political power, their spatial organization functions are impressive, and their role in social reproduction reached a milestone in 2008, when more than half of the world's population was considered urban. Today, the urban population is still growing. Small towns are extremely diverse in terms of economic power and society, but their numbers and population base do not justify their dominance in the urban network. There have been intense waves of urbanization across Europe, with the scope of formal cities widening and the scope of functional cities closing. Grouped by population category, there are more than 7,000 small towns in Europe, almost two-thirds of the countries' urban settlements are small towns. This is particularly true in Central-and Eastern-Europe, where, due to delayed urban development, there is a combination of welfare suburbanization and urban depopulation, as well as forced-generated movements from the big cities to smaller towns.In our study, we present the main characteristics of population change in small towns in Hungary. We examine spatial and functional differences in the population dynamics of small towns. The aim of the study is to show the spatial distribution of the settlements identified by prosperous suburbs and shrinking cities by illustrating the changes in the population dynamics of the Hungarian small towns population over the last almost twenty years.

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Medium-Sized Towns in the Knowledge Economy—Towards a Systematic Classification

Wagner

Growe

2023

Sustainability

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Medium-sized towns represent important anchor points with regard to services of general interest that are also places to live and work. The increasing number of employees in the service and knowledge economy and the shift in working conditions towards more flexible and mobile working models have impacted the importance of working locations outside the metropolises. This study classifies all medium-sized German towns with a focus on the knowledge economy to analyze the role of this city type for different labor market indicators. First, 19 indicators are condensed into six principal components by means of principal component analysis. This is followed by a cluster and a discriminant analysis to determine five types of towns: (1) important working and education centers, (2) residential towns with a work function, (3) average medium-sized towns, (4) accessibility winners, and (5) tax winners. The results demonstrate that medium-sized towns should be regarded as a single and important urban category, especially concerning the knowledge economy. Our classification enables an initial evaluation that can be used for further evidence-based funding policy and spatial governance. By concluding with a methodological critique and discussing the results obtained, we argue for a more nuanced look at medium-sized towns from different disciplinary perspectives.

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A Research Agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns

Cited by 4 publications

References 270 publications

Discovering the diverse economy of a ‘left-behind’ town

Discovering the diverse economy of a ‘left-behind’ town

Population dynamics of the Hungarian small towns in the light of censuses

Medium-Sized Towns in the Knowledge Economy—Towards a Systematic Classification

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