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After the beginning of the 20th century the rate of growth of the economy increased considerably. This growth had a tremendous impact on the spatial organisation of the urban system. The population was becoming increasingly concentrated in the three largest urban centres till 1910. However, after this period one can observe a redistribution of the population over the city system, as a consequence of a changing spatial organizational structure. This functional reorganisation did influence different parts of the city system in different ways. It led to a reinforcement of some parts of the system and to changing spatial relationships, which are illustrated by the development of the physical infrastructure over the whole study period.
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van der Knaap, G.A. (1980). A Cross-Temporal Analysis of the Urban System. In: Population Growth and Urban Systems Development. Studies in Applied Regional Science, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8742-5_4
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