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This article examines the relationships between the employment suburbanisation from central cities towards their suburbs, and the process of intra-urban specialisation that occurred simultaneously in the fifty largest French metropolitan areas. A methodology is proposed to identify urban subcentres and to analyse the effects of the intra-urban specialisations on suburbanisation patterns. We conclude that the specialisation of both subcentres and central cities has a significant effect on suburbanisation rates. Lastly, an intra-metropolitan shift/share analysis provides additional insights into the employment dynamics of central cities and suburbs during the last twenty years.
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Received: 25 July 2000 / Accepted: 29 May 2001
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Gaschet, F. The new intra-urban dynamics: Suburbanisation and functional specialisation in French cities. Papers Reg Sci 81, 63–81 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101100100088
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s101100100088