The value of cities as areas of concentration of the new knowledge-based economy: A study for the metropolitan region of Barcelona

Authors

  • Juan Eduardo Chica Mejía Centre of Land Management and Evaluations of the Polytechnic University of Cataluña , Centro de Política del Suelo y Valoraciones de la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña
  • Carlos Marmolejo Duarte Centre of Land Management and Evaluations of the Polytechnic University of Cataluña , Centro de Política del Suelo y Valoraciones de la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24197/ciudades.17.2014.41-63

Keywords:

knowledge economy, urban centrality, geographical proximity

Abstract

Cities have some inherent urban and architectural attributes that make them attractive to the concentration of people and various economic activities. This article analyses how physical proximity to main urban centres of the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona is a determining factor for the growth of employment in the intensive economic activities based on knowledge. For this purpose we study the factors that explain employment density and changes in the concentration of employment during the period 1991-2001 on the functional economic areas of the Region. Results show that it is basically the distance to the metropolitan core the capital factor to the growth of the knowledge economy, due to the benefits that agglomeration and physical proximity have for its development.

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Published

2017-11-08

Issue

No. 17 (2014): Proximity, a new urban value?

Section

Monographic section

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The value of cities as areas of concentration of the new knowledge-based economy: A study for the metropolitan region of Barcelona. (2017). Ciudades, 17, 41-63. https://doi.org/10.24197/ciudades.17.2014.41-63