Introducing the Randstad: A polycentric metropolis (2024)

Nadin, V. (2021). Introducing the Randstad: A polycentric metropolis. In W. A. M. Zonneveld, & V. Nadin (Eds.), The Randstad: A polycentric metropolis (pp. 3-25). (Regions and Cities; No. 147). Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203383346-2

Nadin, V. ; Zonneveld, W.A.M. / Introducing the Randstad : A polycentric metropolis. The Randstad: A polycentric metropolis. editor / W.A.M. Zonneveld ; Vincent Nadin. London : Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. pp. 3-25 (Regions and Cities; 147).

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Nadin, V 2021, Introducing the Randstad: A polycentric metropolis. in WAM Zonneveld & V Nadin (eds), The Randstad: A polycentric metropolis. Regions and Cities, no. 147, Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 3-25. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203383346-2

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The Randstad: A polycentric metropolis. ed. / W.A.M. Zonneveld; Vincent Nadin. London: Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. p. 3-25 (Regions and Cities; No. 147).

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Nadin V, Zonneveld WAM. Introducing the Randstad: A polycentric metropolis. In Zonneveld WAM, Nadin V, editors, The Randstad: A polycentric metropolis. London: Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group. 2021. p. 3-25. (Regions and Cities; 147). doi: 10.4324/9780203383346-2