Noronha, Teresa deVaz, Eric2014-07-282014-07-282014Noronha, Teresa de e Vaz, Eric. Framing urban habitats: The small and medium towns in the peripheries. Habitat International. 2014, pp. 1-9.AUT: MTV00577;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/4842This paper proposes an integrative vision of the role of small and medium towns in the developing world. A conceptual framework is explored on the role of sustainable regions and the effects as well as the causalities of urbanisation within the changing dynamics of cities. The new urban habitats that are formed bring not only a direct impact of population pressures on fragile regions, but this new urban habitats, lead to classical economic models that extent into patterns where developing countries can be main actors in the trends of regional innovation dynamics.engSmall and medium townsRegional developmentPeripheriesDeveloping regionsUrban habitatsjournal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.06.025