Urban development beyond a centre-periphery dichotomy: An analysis of small and medium-sized towns in Denmark
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Urban development beyond a centre-periphery dichotomy : An analysis of small and medium-sized towns in Denmark. / Fertner, Christian; Hansen, Høgni Kalsø; Winther, Lars.
In: European Journal of Spatial Development, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2024, p. 63-81.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Urban development beyond a centre-periphery dichotomy
T2 - An analysis of small and medium-sized towns in Denmark
AU - Fertner, Christian
AU - Hansen, Høgni Kalsø
AU - Winther, Lars
N1 - Funding Information: This study is based on the ESPON project TOWNS DENMARK, conducted in 2022 (https://www.espon.eu/towns%20Denmark). We want to thank the ARL Working Group Small Towns in Metropolitan Areas for organising a seminar on the topic and for providing valuable feedback on earlier versions of the study. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Politecnico di Torino. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - There is growing European policy interest in the potential of small and medium-sized towns (SMSTs) to contribute to more balanced territorial development. National policy in Denmark has only recently begun to address SMSTs directly. Often, the development of SMSTs is reduced to either being part of larger urban regions or, in the case of rural areas, hidden behind broader regional development agendas. A key research question is therefore which development paths can be detected beyond the growth–decline dichotomy. Against this backdrop, the ESPON TOWN DENMARK project (2022) juxtaposed general trends of growth and decline in population and employment in Danish SMSTs with other aspects such as demography, education, industry, service provision and regional position. We develop and apply an analytical typology adding more nuances to SMST pathways within and outside metropolitan areas.
AB - There is growing European policy interest in the potential of small and medium-sized towns (SMSTs) to contribute to more balanced territorial development. National policy in Denmark has only recently begun to address SMSTs directly. Often, the development of SMSTs is reduced to either being part of larger urban regions or, in the case of rural areas, hidden behind broader regional development agendas. A key research question is therefore which development paths can be detected beyond the growth–decline dichotomy. Against this backdrop, the ESPON TOWN DENMARK project (2022) juxtaposed general trends of growth and decline in population and employment in Danish SMSTs with other aspects such as demography, education, industry, service provision and regional position. We develop and apply an analytical typology adding more nuances to SMST pathways within and outside metropolitan areas.
KW - demography
KW - employment
KW - regional development
KW - service provision
KW - Towns
KW - typology
KW - mellemstore byer
KW - mindre byer
UR - https://journals.polito.it/index.php/EJSD/article/view/338
U2 - 10.5281/zenodo.11387018
DO - 10.5281/zenodo.11387018
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85195556083
VL - 21
SP - 63
EP - 81
JO - European Journal of Spatial Development
JF - European Journal of Spatial Development
SN - 1650-9544
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 395822139