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Polycentricity in European Spatial Planning: From an Analytical Tool to a Normative Agenda
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In this paper, the authors unpack the concept of polycentricity, trace its origin and its development and clarify the confusion over its multiple interpretations at various spatial scales, which has become one of the key components of the integrated spatial development strategy promoted by the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP).Abstract:
The notion of polycentricity is gaining widespread currency in both academic and professional debates. It has opened its way in the spatial policy documents of the European Union and member states alike, and has become one of the key components of the integrated spatial development strategy promoted by the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP). Whilst polycentricity is increasingly shaping the spatial policy discourses both in the Commission and in member states, the precise meaning of the term has remained elusive. The first two sections of this article aim to unpack the concept of polycentricity, trace its origin and its development and clarify the confusion over its multiple interpretations at various spatial scales. The third section of the article explains how the concept of polycentricity which has traditionally been used as an analytical tool to explain an existing or emerging reality is now increasingly being used to determine that reality. This is based on the analyses of the use of pol...read more
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Design of urban space : an inquiry into a socio-spatial process / Ali Madanipour
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the making of URBAN space, the process of urban design, and the role of the built environment in the design of urban spaces, as well as its regulation.
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Form Follows Function? Linking Morphological and Functional Polycentricity:
Martijn Burger,Evert Meijers +1 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that most regions tend to be more morphologically polycentric than functionally polycentric, which is largely explained by the size, external connectivity and degree of self-sufficiency of a region’s principal centre.
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Functional Polycentricity: A Formal Definition in Terms of Social Network Analysis:
TL;DR: This paper sets out a formal definition and derivation of functional polycentricity based on techniques originating in social network analysis and sets out worked examples to show how the techniques described might be utilised.
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Resurgent Cities, Urban Myths and Policy Hubris: What We Need to Know
TL;DR: The Symposium on Resurgent Cities (SOC) as mentioned in this paper was the first attempt to put the idea of "resurgent cities" on the research agenda, and more than 40 papers were given on a range of issues related to that unifying theme, including: what does this phrase really mean? What plausible hypo-theses underlie the idea that resurgence is likely or feasible now? How does it relate tothe facts of cities in OECD and other more developed countries?
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Measuring Polycentricity and its Promises
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize the results of two recent ESPON projects that aim to create a quantitative measurement of the extent of polycentricity of national urban systems, as well as the links they find between poly-centricity and economic and social objectives.
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