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Measuring polycentric urban development : the importance of accurately determining the ‘balance’ between ‘centers’
- Source :
- CITIES, Cities, 111:103009. Elsevier
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- In recent years, much research has been devoted to developing appropriate analytical frameworks to capture polycentric urban development (PUD). In a recent contribution to this journal, Bartosiewicz and Marcinczak (2020) present what is arguably the most comprehensive, comparative review to date of the degree to which different analytical frameworks produce consistent results. The purpose of this research note is to show why we believe parts of Bartosiewicz and Marcinczak's (2020) findings need nuance and qualification. Our starting point is that a useful comparison between different studies and measurement frameworks needs to consider the relevance of consistency in several key dimensions, two of which are particularly pertinent here: (1) the careful specification of what constitutes a ‘center’ in a polycentric urban system, and (2) the identification of the ‘balance’ between centers as a measure of the degree of polycentricity. Two brief empirical analyses of the degree of morphological polycentricity in Polish NUTS-3 areas and the Chinese city-regions along the ‘Yangtze Economic Belt’ are included. Finally, suggestions are provided to facilitate future comparative analyses of PUD.
- Subjects :
- Sociology and Political Science
Computer science
0211 other engineering and technologies
0507 social and economic geography
UT-Hybrid-D
Social Sciences
02 engineering and technology
Development
Morphological polycentricity
Rank-size distribution
Urban primacy
ITC-HYBRID
Consistency (negotiation)
Urban planning
Regional science
Standard deviation
Relevance (information retrieval)
Balance (metaphysics)
05 social sciences
021107 urban & regional planning
Polycentric urban development
Functional polycentricity
Science General
Urban Studies
Identification (information)
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Polycentricity
Rank-size rule
050703 geography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02642751 and 18736084
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- CITIES, Cities, 111:103009. Elsevier
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c9d3d5012668502b8d2312295645b8b1