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Megalopolis unbound: Knowledge collaboration and functional polycentricity within and beyond the Yangtze River Delta Region in China, 2014 [PDF]

Urban Studies, 2016
Recent work on world city networks, urban polycentricity and megapolitan urban forms share an interest in the economic functionality of inter-city linkages. The intersection of these bodies of literature is in the often overlooked defining features of megalopolitan forms – their being the ‘hub’ that links national to international urban systems and the
Li, Y, Phelps, N
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A big data approach to modelling urban population density functions: from monocentricity to polycentricity

Annals of GIS
Urban studies have a long tradition of examining the regularity of urban structure by modelling urban population density functions and probing the theoretical or behavioural foundation behind it. Previous studies commonly used census data in areal units such as census tracts or census block groups, which varied a great deal in area size and shape and ...
Cehong Luo, Yujie Hu, Fahui Wang
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Realizing a Regenerative Future by Revisiting Our Roots: A Dialectical Model of Management for the Circular Economy

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract The circular economy (CE) is often treated as a technological or system‐design challenge. We argue that it is also a managerial transition that remains under‐theorized. Rather than assuming that CE requires wholly new managerial frameworks, we revisit Fayol's functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling as enduring managerial ...
Kerry Hudson, Roberta De Angelis
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying functional agglomerations and urban centers using open-source data and machine learning: Framework, applications and planning implications

Journal of Urban Management
Metropolitan polycentricity is a topic that has been extensively studied. Traditional approaches to identifying urban centers have relied on high-resolution survey data, which is limited in many regions. More recent studies utilizing open-access point of
Pengyu Zhu, Jianqi Li, Zining Wang
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Technology for Whom and for What? A Global South View of Tech Diplomacy

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International politics is linked to its technical‐social character. Also, technology is socially constructed and thereby not entirely neutral or impartial. A tech‐driven geopolitical landscape has been a defining feature of contemporary world politics.
Eugenio V. Garcia
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EU Space Governance at the Threshold of A New Era

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This introductory article to the special issue “EU Space Governance at the Threshold of a New Era” explores the European Union's evolving role as a strategic actor in space. It argues that the EU is undergoing a fundamental shift from a regulatory to a security‐oriented approach, driven by institutional consolidation, technological ambition ...
Philip De Man, Jan Wouters
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Delineating polycentric megacity regions based on intra- and extra-regional economic transactions between emerging high-tech industries and producer services: a case study on the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area, China

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Polycentric megacity regions (MCRs) have been widely recognised as pivotal engines of economic development, the study of which necessitates scholarly attention to the up-to-date economic dynamics underpinning regional competitiveness and refining spatial
Jili Xu, Xu Zhang, Haitao Ma, Yuyao Ye
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Relieving Beijing’s Nonessential Capital Functions: Metropolitan Area Polycentricity for Sustainability

Land
This study explores the transformation of Beijing’s metropolitan commuting network resulting from the relief of the non-essential capital functions policy. The aim is to understand how this policy has contributed to the development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration.
Yongheng Feng, Qing Lu
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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Managing parallel business models in the circular transition: From tension recognition to synergy realization

International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract Organizations are increasingly urged to adopt circular economy principles for their business strategies, yet ‘going circular’ is challenging. The circular business model (CBM) transition—shifting from linear to CBMs—is complex, and our initial analysis of the literature indicated that organizations do not know how to implement circular ...
Farshad Hajiakbari, Alex A. Alblas, Néomie Raassens, Marcel L. A. M. Bogers   +3 more
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