Authors: Vicente Royuela Javier Romaní Manuel Artís
Publish Date: 2008/07/01
Volume: 90, Issue: 3, Pages: 419-440
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to develop the concept and definition of multidimensional urban areas thereby providing insights into our understanding of the subregional structures of household spatial systems Hence we propose a framework for strategic planning that considers several areas of household needs In order to achieve this goal we develop a multicriteria methodology to define the territorialisation of the region of Catalonia Spain We first analyse the different methodologies used to define territorial areas based on economic criteria for example those used to construct traveltowork areas TTWA among other methods Thus in practice several criteria and techniques are used to organize a territory including administrative areas commutingbased algorithms and gravitational techniques Finally these points help us build a system of multicriteria urban areas that is consistent with the overall use of time by individualsWe are grateful to Mónica Reyes for allowing us to use some of the results of her previous research and to Jordi Suriñach for his support and comments This paper summarises the results of a study developed for the Observatori de Desenvolupament Estratègic de Catalunya ODECAT of the Regional Government of Catalonia We also thank the financial support of SEJ200607665 SEJ200767767C0402 and CICYT SEJ200504348ECON
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