From Randstad to Deltametropolis: changing attitudes towards the scattered metropolisFootnote1

This article is based upon research that was conducted within the framework of: (a) the EURBANET project which was co‐financed by the European Community through the INTERREG IIC programme for the North Western Metropolitan Area (NWMA); and (b) the ESR programme ‘Spatial Developments and Policies in Polynuclear Urban Configurations in Northwest Europe’ which is financed by NWO, BNG (Dutch Municipalities Bank) and the municipalities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht.

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