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The Emerging C-Society

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Industrial and regional development in Europe has been shaped by the growth and change of logistical systems, i.e. the slow but steady evolution of logistical infrastructure. Logistical infrastructure is in this context defined to be equipment and networks used for the transportation and distribution of commodities, people, information, and knowledge. The logistical system of an economy also includes the infrastructure within urban nodes.

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  1. Institute for Futures Studies and TEMAPLAN AB, Sweden

    Åke E. Andersson & Ulf Strömquist

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  1. Åke E. Andersson
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  1. Centre for Regional Science Research and Department of Economics, University of Umeå, S-901 87, Umeå, Sweden

    David F. Batten

  2. Temaplan AB, Applied Systems Analysis for Industry and Government, Sandhamnsgatan 81, S-115 28, Stockholm, Sweden

    Roland Thord

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Andersson, Å.E., Strömquist, U. (1989). The Emerging C-Society. In: Batten, D.F., Thord, R. (eds) Transportation for the Future. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74866-0_4

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