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Functional Urban Areas—Theoretical Background

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Functional Urban Areas in Poland

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This chapter explores the theoretical insight behind the concept of functional regions as areas that integrate cities into their immediate hinterland. The literature on urban development from a demographic context will also be explored, including a wide ranging literature overview on population processes, namely the second demographic transition and residential suburbanisation.

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Kurek, S., Wójtowicz, M., Gałka, J. (2020). Functional Urban Areas—Theoretical Background. In: Functional Urban Areas in Poland. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31527-6_2

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