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The Zurich Metropolitan Region

How large is the Zurich metropolitan region, and how is it positioned in relation to the rest of Switzerland? Where and how should it develop?
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Switzerland – an Urban Portrait
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© 2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin.

© 2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin.

Chapters in this book

  1. Book 1: Introduction. Switzerland – Presented in Terms of Networks, Borders, and Differences
  2. Front matter 1
  3. Content x
  4. Introduction 15
  5. Networks 41
  6. Borders 49
  7. Differences 115
  8. Conversation 135
  9. Theory 163
  10. Colophon 225
  11. Book 2: Borders, Communes. A Brief History of the Territory
  12. Front matter 232
  13. Content 240
  14. Introduction 245
  15. Surfaces, Deposits 251
  16. Border, Cell, Treaty 285
  17. Imprints 307
  18. Germanic Land 321
  19. Cooperatives, Communes 339
  20. Crystallization 383
  21. Autonomy and Difference 431
  22. Colophon 455
  23. Buch 3: Materials for an Urbanistic Project
  24. Front matter 462
  25. Content 474
  26. Introduction 479
  27. Metropolitan Regions
  28. Economic Growth and Economic Productivity 487
  29. Lake Geneva Metropolitan Region 513
  30. The Metropolitan Region Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg 561
  31. The Zurich Metropolitan Region 605
  32. Networks of Cities
  33. The Urban Ring of Bern 649
  34. Network of Cities, Central Switzerland 701
  35. The Urban Network of the Lakes 719
  36. The Quiet Zones
  37. The Western Quiet Zone: Gros-de-Vaud and Lower Alpine Area of Fribourg 737
  38. The Central Quiet Zone The Napf 797
  39. The Eastern Quiet Zone Appenzell – Toggenburg 827
  40. The Alps 865
  41. Alpine Resorts 899
  42. Alpine Fallow Lands
  43. Safien Valley 929
  44. Wassen 961
  45. Calancatal / Val Calanca 979
  46. Colophon 1007
  47. Acknowledgments 1013
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783034608664.605

Chapters in this book

  1. Book 1: Introduction. Switzerland – Presented in Terms of Networks, Borders, and Differences
  2. Front matter 1
  3. Content x
  4. Introduction 15
  5. Networks 41
  6. Borders 49
  7. Differences 115
  8. Conversation 135
  9. Theory 163
  10. Colophon 225
  11. Book 2: Borders, Communes. A Brief History of the Territory
  12. Front matter 232
  13. Content 240
  14. Introduction 245
  15. Surfaces, Deposits 251
  16. Border, Cell, Treaty 285
  17. Imprints 307
  18. Germanic Land 321
  19. Cooperatives, Communes 339
  20. Crystallization 383
  21. Autonomy and Difference 431
  22. Colophon 455
  23. Buch 3: Materials for an Urbanistic Project
  24. Front matter 462
  25. Content 474
  26. Introduction 479
  27. Metropolitan Regions
  28. Economic Growth and Economic Productivity 487
  29. Lake Geneva Metropolitan Region 513
  30. The Metropolitan Region Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg 561
  31. The Zurich Metropolitan Region 605
  32. Networks of Cities
  33. The Urban Ring of Bern 649
  34. Network of Cities, Central Switzerland 701
  35. The Urban Network of the Lakes 719
  36. The Quiet Zones
  37. The Western Quiet Zone: Gros-de-Vaud and Lower Alpine Area of Fribourg 737
  38. The Central Quiet Zone The Napf 797
  39. The Eastern Quiet Zone Appenzell – Toggenburg 827
  40. The Alps 865
  41. Alpine Resorts 899
  42. Alpine Fallow Lands
  43. Safien Valley 929
  44. Wassen 961
  45. Calancatal / Val Calanca 979
  46. Colophon 1007
  47. Acknowledgments 1013
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