The World's Urban Systems: A European Perspective

Author(s)
Sir Peter Hall
Publication language
English
Pages
12pp
Date published
01 May 2005
Publisher
Global Urban Development Volume 1 Issue 1
Type
Articles
Keywords
Urban

This article suggests that there are two alternative ways of looking at cities and world urban systems, both valid, which need to be combined. Then it looks at the performance of the European urban system in the last quarter century. From this, starting from the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), it proposes some lines of policy, with particular reference to the recent enlargement of the European Union.