In this paper, we consider the implications of applying city region concept to a medium-sized and whether such an application spatial governmental policy is appropriate when central in question also not necessarily economically dominant or connected its wider city-region. This gives deeper understanding process subnational restructuring UK state via production regions which has now been progres...

in this paper, a multi-product single machine scheduling problem with the possibility of producing defected jobs, is considered. we concern rework in the scheduling environment and propose a mixed-integer programming (mip) model for the problem.  based on the philosophy of just-in-time production, minimization of the sum of earliness and tardiness costs is taken into account as the objective fu...

This article examines key housing challenges in mid-sized cities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two questions guide our critical reflection: understanding to what extent pandemic represents new and planners can do respond them? We use example of Region Waterloo, situated 100km west Toronto one Canada’s fastest growing urban areas. Waterloo has many similar characteristics other within commuting ...

Mid-sized cities are usually considered in the literature to be shrinking cities. Some policies promote right-sizing and others revitalization. The relationship between land-use planning mobility having been established, present research issue is focused on whether a policy of revitalizing centers mid-sized favorable low-carbon mobility. Our study investigates commuting trips through two indica...

This article analyses processes of change undergone by Spanish medium-sized cities during 1981–2011 on the one hand, and 2000–2018 other, as they are different sources. We established a classification to show importance this type city starting from hypothesis that process is generalised in which behave according their position territory. The dynamics predominantly associated with contexts econo...