Maximizing city sizes or maximizing spatial interaction between cities. A look into the relative evolution of Romanian city regions from 1948 to 2021
This paper aims to analyse the spatial interaction of Romanian Cities from 1948 to 2021 trying to perceive if, along seven decades of quite different political regimes - from Central Planning to Market Interaction-, there have been changes in the logic of spatial interaction between City Regions. Th...
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
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| author | Tomaz Ponce Dentinho Gabriela Carmen Pascariu Cristina PANTELICA Daniela Luminita Constantin Patricio AROCA |
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| description | This paper aims to analyse the spatial interaction of Romanian Cities from 1948 to 2021 trying to perceive if, along seven decades of quite different political regimes - from Central Planning to Market Interaction-, there have been changes in the logic of spatial interaction between City Regions. The study looks into the economic-demographic evolution of Romanian city regions and tests whether, throughout time, adding to the role of the economic base, their evolution follows a logic of size maximization, or a logic of maximization of interaction flows subject to the spatial structure of Romanian cities. Results show that the logic of spatial interaction changed during the period. Except for the first periods from 1948-1956-1966, the spatial evolution of Romanian City Regions is better explained by a logic of size maximization, either in the period of Central Planning (1966-1992) or in the period of Market Interaction where the population of the previous period, or the logic of size maximization, has a strong effect in the relative performance of city-regions when compare with the logic of maximization of interaction flows. Furthermore, exports play a more reduced role in regional growth when space is appropriately integrated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e2b6ab7fcdbf4e32bde73d689c4f91de2023-07-20T11:21:15ZengAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of IasiEastern Journal of European Studies2068-651X2068-66332023-06-01141577810.47743/ejes-2023-0103Maximizing city sizes or maximizing spatial interaction between cities. A look into the relative evolution of Romanian city regions from 1948 to 2021Tomaz Ponce Dentinho0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7409-2345Gabriela Carmen Pascariu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8169-0124Cristina PANTELICA2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9676-351XDaniela Luminita Constantin3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-7396Patricio AROCA4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3763-933XBucharest University of Economic Studies, RomaniaAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic StudiesUniversidad Andrés BelloThis paper aims to analyse the spatial interaction of Romanian Cities from 1948 to 2021 trying to perceive if, along seven decades of quite different political regimes - from Central Planning to Market Interaction-, there have been changes in the logic of spatial interaction between City Regions. The study looks into the economic-demographic evolution of Romanian city regions and tests whether, throughout time, adding to the role of the economic base, their evolution follows a logic of size maximization, or a logic of maximization of interaction flows subject to the spatial structure of Romanian cities. Results show that the logic of spatial interaction changed during the period. Except for the first periods from 1948-1956-1966, the spatial evolution of Romanian City Regions is better explained by a logic of size maximization, either in the period of Central Planning (1966-1992) or in the period of Market Interaction where the population of the previous period, or the logic of size maximization, has a strong effect in the relative performance of city-regions when compare with the logic of maximization of interaction flows. Furthermore, exports play a more reduced role in regional growth when space is appropriately integrated.https://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2023_1401_DEN.pdfspatial interactionsize maximizationflow maximizationregional developmentromania |
| spellingShingle | Tomaz Ponce Dentinho Gabriela Carmen Pascariu Cristina PANTELICA Daniela Luminita Constantin Patricio AROCA Maximizing city sizes or maximizing spatial interaction between cities. A look into the relative evolution of Romanian city regions from 1948 to 2021 Eastern Journal of European Studies spatial interaction size maximization flow maximization regional development romania |
| title | Maximizing city sizes or maximizing spatial interaction between cities. A look into the relative evolution of Romanian city regions from 1948 to 2021 |
| title_full | Maximizing city sizes or maximizing spatial interaction between cities. A look into the relative evolution of Romanian city regions from 1948 to 2021 |
| title_fullStr | Maximizing city sizes or maximizing spatial interaction between cities. A look into the relative evolution of Romanian city regions from 1948 to 2021 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maximizing city sizes or maximizing spatial interaction between cities. A look into the relative evolution of Romanian city regions from 1948 to 2021 |
| title_short | Maximizing city sizes or maximizing spatial interaction between cities. A look into the relative evolution of Romanian city regions from 1948 to 2021 |
| title_sort | maximizing city sizes or maximizing spatial interaction between cities a look into the relative evolution of romanian city regions from 1948 to 2021 |
| topic | spatial interaction size maximization flow maximization regional development romania |
| url | https://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2023_1401_DEN.pdf |
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