City network for one-day business trip (2009) The possibilities for one-day business trips, based on actual travel times and allowing for at least 6 hours at the destination, show clearly the European core-periphery pattern as well as the importance of rail for inter-metropolitan relations. The overall pattern shows a high level of integration within the European core, including also large parts of the UK. The Iberian peninsula is linked to the core, and also the links between the core and eastern countries like Poland and Hungary are clearly visible, but in all these cases the intensity is much lower than what can been seen inside the core. In other words there are fewer flights and less choice for business persons from those parts of Europe. The possibilities for one-day trips from or to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey do not exist. Of course this pattern is no surprise: distance remains a barrier and crossing it takes resources of time and money. As the theory of agglomeration economies explains, proximity does indeed confer some relative advantages. /via: humanscalecities
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City network for one-day business trip (2009)

The possibilities for one-day business trips, based on actual travel times and allowing for at least 6 hours at the destination, show clearly the European core-periphery pattern as well as the importance of rail for inter-metropolitan relations. The overall pattern shows a high level of integration within the European core, including also large parts of the UK. The Iberian peninsula is linked to the core, and also the links between the core and eastern countries like Poland and Hungary are clearly visible, but in all these cases the intensity is much lower than what can been seen inside the core. In other words there are fewer flights and less choice for business persons from those parts of Europe. The possibilities for one-day trips from or to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey do not exist. Of course this pattern is no surprise: distance remains a barrier and crossing it takes resources of time and money. As the theory of agglomeration economies explains, proximity does indeed confer some relative advantages.

/via: humanscalecities

Source: espon.eu

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