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INTRODUCTION: PROCESSES OF CHANGE IN URBAN SYSTEMS *
Author(s) -
Storper Michael,
van Marrewijk Charles,
van Oort Frank G.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2011.00750.x
Subject(s) - urbanization , social change , scale (ratio) , economic geography , regional science , spatial change , geography , economic growth , economics , cartography , physical geography
The twenty‐first century will be one of intensified urbanization, on a scale never before experienced. How do urban systems and individual cities change and develop? The social sciences have many different approaches to analyzing the economic, social, and spatial dimensions of urban change. We inventory some of these approaches and their implications for public policy toward cities, urban change, and economic development.