Joanne Dolley blogs on third places, it’s meaning and sheds thought on how we can help and improve our third places.

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Nicola Francesco Dotti analyses polymaking in his recent book: Knowledge, Policymaking and Learning for European Cities and Regions, From Research to Practice

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John Rennie Short examines the phenomenon of rapid urbanization. […]

Li Zhang, Richard LeGates, and Min Zhao explore the complex and fascinating story of China’s urbanization.

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The European ‘global macro-region’ is a functional space distinct from the EU, which has been identified in a European Commission funded study by academics from Belgium, the UK, France, Italy, Bulgaria and Sweden. 

The two-and-a-half year study has investigated the major changes that people, businesses and state authorities in European countries are being swept up in as the dynamic changes associated with globalization proceed.

The research provides new answers to leading questions about Europe’s changing urban and regional relations in an increasingly integrated and global world:

1 – To what extent is Europe on the receiving end of the forces of globalization?

2 – To what extent is Europe a leading driver in the dynamics of global change?

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