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The purpose of this last chapter is to provide some international comparisons for understanding Portuguese urbanisation against a European background. In this introduction we shall present the concepts, the sources and the indicators used.1
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We thank Álvaro Ferreira da Silva and Nuno Valério for bibliographical information and for discussions on this subject. We also thank Marjan Balkstein and José Maria Lopez Garcia for information on data for the Netherlands and Spain, respectively. Any errors which may remain are our own.
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Mata, M.E., Pereira, P.T. (1996). A Century of Urbanization in Portugal and Europe: Some International Comparisons. In: Pereira, P.T., Mata, M.E. (eds) Urban Dominance and Labour Market Differentiation of a European Capital City. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5382-9_7
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