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European Spatial Development, The Polycentric Eu Capital, And Eastern Enlargement, Carola Hein
European Spatial Development, The Polycentric Eu Capital, And Eastern Enlargement, Carola Hein
Growth and Structure of Cities Faculty Research and Scholarship
Over five decades a new decentralized model for the European capital city has emerged through the distribution of European Union (EU) institutions and agencies, but as the result of national compromise and competition rather than the implementation of a vision of Europe. More than a purely administrative issue, the location of EU headquarters opens questions on the nature of European spatiality, the relation between politics and space and the role of headquarters cities in that space. To date, the decentralized unplanned structure has brought economic and symbolic benefits to the host cities and nations, but has also caused—notably in Brussels—the …