The Economic Performance of European Cities and City Regions: Myths and Realities

Dijkstra, Lewis; Garcilazo, Enrique; McCann, Philip

doi:10.1080/09654313.2012.716245

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“…As highlighted by Van Oort and Bosma (2013), contrary to place-neutral strategies (that rely on the agglomerative forces of the largest cities and metropolitan regions to attract talent and growth potential), place-based development strategists claim that the polycentric nature of European city-regions, each with its own peculiar characteristics and specialization in the activities to which it is best suited, creates fruitful urban variety, which optimizes economic development. This perspective implies that medium-sized European city-regions have not declined in importance relative to larger urban ones, a proposition that has indeed been indicated in monitoring publications (Dijkstra et al 2013). Until now, however, there has been little empirical support for explanations of European city-region growth based on the concepts of related and unrelated variety and sectoral specialization [the exception being the study by Van Oort et al (2014)].…”

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Variety, economic growth and knowledge intensity of European regions: a spatial panel analysis

Cortinovis¹,

Oort

2015

Ann Reg Sci

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Although the theoretical framework on agglomeration externalities and the channels through which they influence the regional economy appear well established, the empirical evidence on their magnitude and impact has been rather ambiguous and inconclusive. Applying the concepts of related and unrelated variety to an interregional European dataset and using spatial panel analysis, this paper provides critical information on the type and functioning of agglomeration externalities in relation to regional heterogeneity in knowledge intensity and innovation. We demonstrate that modeling this regional heterogeneity in a spatial panel setting is a crucial condition for identifying the positive agglomeration effects of (un)related variety on regional growth. The outcomes have substantial implications for European regional policy: We argue that policies should be both conceptually enriched and more empirically informed. JEL Classification

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Variety, economic growth and knowledge intensity of European regions: a spatial panel analysis

Cortinovis¹,

Oort

2015

Ann Reg Sci

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“…do not benefit from these developments. Only some rural areas might benefit from being able to connect with urban areas and they indeed show positive growth patterns [12]. As a result, spatial disparities-particularly between centers and peripheries-are increasing.…”

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Rural–Urban Linkages and Sustainable Regional Development: The Role of Entrepreneurs in Linking Peripheries and Centers

2016

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Urban and rural areas differ in economic, social and environmental terms. Due to the diverging dynamics in urban and rural areas, the social and economic distance between them might increase in the future even more. Rural entrepreneurs with linkages to urban areas are able to bridge the rural-urban divide by accessing some of the urban features, such as knowledge and markets, while at the same time profiting from the advantages of their peripheral location. This paper highlights exploratory results from qualitative interviews with rural entrepreneurs, and we illustrate entrepreneurial linkages to urban centers. The interview data show that rural entrepreneurs with rural-urban linkages develop sensibility for core market demands and trends, they valuate rural assets, and they combine rural and urban sources of knowledge for innovation. Through their entrepreneurial activity, rural entrepreneurs with linkages to urban areas might constitute an opposite force to polarizing concentration of economic activities in cities. Hence, rural entrepreneurs with urban linkages might contribute to sustainable economic relationships between urban and rural areas.

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“…And yet, recent research shows that the fortunes of second-tier cities vary greatly among and within European countries (Dijkstra, Garcilazo, & McCann, 2013). They are influenced by their location in relation to European core economic areas or international economic corridors (Faludi, 2015;Kunzmann & Wegener, 1991), but also by the hierarchical or decentralised structure of the different national urban systems.…”

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Secondary Yet Metropolitan? The Challenges of Metropolitan Integration for Second-Tier Cities

Cardoso

Meijers

2017

Planning Theory & Practice

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The Economic Performance of European Cities and City Regions: Myths and Realities

Cited by 220 publications

References 33 publications

Variety, economic growth and knowledge intensity of European regions: a spatial panel analysis

Variety, economic growth and knowledge intensity of European regions: a spatial panel analysis

Rural–Urban Linkages and Sustainable Regional Development: The Role of Entrepreneurs in Linking Peripheries and Centers

Secondary Yet Metropolitan? The Challenges of Metropolitan Integration for Second-Tier Cities

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