Spatiality of Local Governments in European Intermediate Urban Regions: A Methodological Approach

• Authors: Christophe Breuer , Jean-Marie Halleux
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Local authorities are central actors in the governance of European intermediate urban regions. In this paper, we propose a methodology to analyse the fragmentation of local authorities within 119 urban regions. We tested several European databases to create indicators of fragmentation and to develop a typology of fragmentation within cities. Our results show that the Eurostat Cities programme gives a consistent spatial definition of urban regions and that their fragmentation is mainly influenced by national contexts. The developed methodology is a contribution to the debate on territorial reforms and urban governance transformations.

Keywords

EN

urban governance; local authorities; governance indicators; geography of governance; European intermediate cities

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Quaestiones Geographicae
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 39-58

Dates

published

2016-06-15

Contributors

author

Christophe Breuer

• Department of Geography, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

author

Jean-Marie Halleux

• Department of Geography, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/quageo-2016-0014