THE ROLE OF POLYCENTRIC NETWORK IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMIC OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
THE ROLE OF POLYCENTRIC NETWORK IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMIC OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
Author(s): Jean Baptiste Humeau, Daniel Peptenatu, Radu Daniel Pintilii, Cristian Drăghici, Andrei SchvabSubject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Management and complex organizations, Demography and human biology, Rural and urban sociology, Economic development
Published by: Editura Universitară
Keywords: polycentric network; demographic dynamic; development poles; territorial management; innovation;
Summary/Abstract: The present study is a concise form of some of the researches conducted within the Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Researches on Territorial Dynamics of the University of Bucharest, which had as an objective identifying the relationships between the development of the poles network and the evolution of demographic indicators. The study’s objectives are related to identifying the role of decisional impulses from the development poles level in the functional structuring of the local settlements system. The analyses were done at each census level, and the measures adopted by the decision makers in order to stimulate the economy of development poles were underlined. A special attention was given to the communist period, when decisional impulses were followed by immediate effects at the level of dissipative capacity of towns, towards which the investments allocated in order to develop industry were oriented.
Journal: Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis
- Issue Year: 2/2010
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 25-37
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English