B<sc>urger</sc> M. J., M<sc>eijers</sc> E. J. and <sc>van</sc> O<sc>ort</sc> F. G. Regional spatial structure and retail amenities in the Netherlands, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper examines how the presence of retail amenities in Dutch regions is dependent on their spatial structure. Retail amenities, in particular those...

Measuring functional coherence in metropolitan regions, in particular polycentric ones, requires taking the issues of multiplexity and individual level heterogeneity more explicitly into account, as the spatial organisation of functional linkages is not necessarily identical. Based on the...

Metropolisation is understood here as the process through which a loose collection of proximally located cities starts to become more functionally, culturally and institutionally integrated. It can be assumed that in theory metropolisation enhances performance, and indeed this conviction...