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Metropolitan Region

By: Laurence Bherer & Gilles Sénécal
In: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies
Edited by: Ray Hutchison
Subject:Urban Planning, Urban Sociology, Urban Studies
Keywords:city-region; commuting; metropolis; metropolitan; metropolitan region; regions; territory

The notion of metropolitan region refers to a collection of territories considered interdependent, [Page 510]some located in the central areas and others on the urban fringe. It is also identified ...

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  Bherer, L., & Sénécal, G. (2010). Metropolitan region. In R. Hutchison (Ed.), Encyclopedia of urban studies (pp. 510-512). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971973.n185
  
  Bherer, Laurence, and Gilles Sénécal. "Metropolitan Region." In Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, edited by Hutchison, Ray, 510-12. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971973.n185.
  
  Bherer, L. and Sénécal, G. 2010. Metropolitan Region. In: Ray Hutchison Editor, 2010. Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 510-512 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971973.n185> [Accessed 19 Jun 2021].
  
  Bherer, Laurence and Gilles Sénécal. "Metropolitan Region." Encyclopedia of Urban Studies. Edited by Ray Hutchison. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010, pp. 510-12. SAGE Knowledge. 19 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971973.n185.
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