par Vandermotten, Christian ;Marissal, Pierre
Référence Espace géographique, 29, 4, page (289-300)
Publication Publié, 2000
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : This paper proposes a new regional economic typology of Europe, which confirms a centre-periphery pattern. Recent geographical and structural developments show a continuous displacement of the centre of gravity of the European economy towards the South. But the fast growth of the periphery and the formation of new industrial regions that prevailed during the Fordist era are now being replaced by more complex spatial and structural changes, characterised by tertiarisation, metropolisation and recentralisation processes. However, the central regions now enclose subcentral crisis areas. These phenomena can be explained by Kondratiev cycles.