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Metropolitan cities and metroregions: development engines? A comparison between urban systems pre- and post-crisis
Journal Title: RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA 
Author/s: Marco Bagliani, Paolo Feletig, Fiorenzo Ferlaino, Francesca Silvia Rota 
Year:  2020 Issue: 2 Language: Italian 
Pages:  23 Pg. 5-27 FullText PDF:  306 KB
DOI:  10.3280/RGI2020-002001
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The contribution develops a reflection on the ability of Italian metroregions, and Metropolitan cities namely, to be efficient in terms of competitiveness and reaction to the global economic crisis. To do this, a dynamic-cumulative shift-share analysis of the employment levels of the Italian urban system in the pre- and post-crisis period is carried out. Compared to the usual techniques of comparative analysis, this method allows to detect the dynamics of development of the territories and to decompose the constituent components of the competitive advantage, both internal (for example due to the composition of the regional economy) and external (the Nation-state effect). Therefore, in the perspective of the regional sciences it offers a more precise assessment of the local territorial potential.
Keywords: Territorial competitiveness, shift-share, Italian Metropolitan cities

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Marco Bagliani, Paolo Feletig, Fiorenzo Ferlaino, Francesca Silvia Rota, Metropolitan cities and metroregions: development engines? A comparison between urban systems pre- and post-crisis in "RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA" 2/2020, pp. 5-27, DOI:10.3280/RGI2020-002001

   

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