Benchmarking future city-regions beyond nation-states

Bibliographic Data

ID7366684
AuthorsI Calzada (0000-0002-4269-830X, University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume2
Issue1
Pages351-362
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies Regional Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2168-1376 • E-ISSN: 2168-1376
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21681376.2015.1046908
OpenAlexW1900236111
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited11

This paper argues that new city-regional configurations are emerging and establishing a regional order beyond nation-states, both as a consequence of certain nationalistic political devolution claims and due to the economic renewal and nation-state re-scaling trend advocated by the ‘new regionalism’. Based on the author’s findings, which elucidate the distinction between four nationalistic (Scotland, Catalonia, Basque Country and Iceland) and four non-nationalistic city-region cases (Oresund, Liverpool/Manchester, Dublin and Portland), this paper highlights that there is no single model for city-regions and emphasizes that this trend has become increasingly complex due to its wide range of causes: political devolution and nation-state rescaling processes (Scotland, Catalonia, Basque Country, Liverpool and Manchester), flow of commuters (Oresund), democratic regeneration (Iceland), and economic renewal (Dublin and Portland

Democracy · Devolution (biology · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Federalism · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Regionalism (politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Scottish History and National Identity

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