The polycentric knowledge economy in Barcelona
Muñiz, Ivan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
García López, Miquel-Àngel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)

Date:	2010
Description:	26 pàg.
Abstract:	This study focuses on the employment decentralization process in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR) between 1991 and 2001. Disaggregating employment data among four categories of knowledge-intensive activities (Knowledge-Intensive Services; High- Technology Industries; Producer Services; and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate) and two groups of other employment (Other Manufacturing and Other Services), the aim is to test whether these four groups decentralized in a similar way to other employment, and whether this process encouraged them to locate in a polycentric or spatially dispersed pattern. The results show that knowledgeintensive and other employment activities decentralize in a similar way, although the former tends to be more concentrated through the formation of employment subcenters and therefore follows a polycentric location model. As a result, physical proximity is still important for numerous activities, especially those that incorporate more knowledge.
Note:	Altres ajuts: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación "Ayuda de estancias de movilidad posdoctoral en el extranjero, incluidas becas MICINN/Fulbright y Cátedras Príncipe de Asturias 2008-2009."
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Agglomeration economies ; Employment scatteration ; Knowledge economy ; Polycentrism
Published in:	Urban Geography, Vol. 31 Núm. 6 (2010) , p. 774-799, ISSN 1938-2847

DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.6.774

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