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Planning for Polycentricity in European Metropolitan Areas - expectations, rationales and practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Polycentricity is one of the key words coined by the ESDP in 1999 to frame strategic planning at the transnational level. In recent years, however, the concept of polycentricity (and its inherent expectations) has increasingly trickled down as well to ...
Schmitt, Peter
core  

Spatial patterns of knowledge-intensive business services in cities of various sizes, morphologies and economies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
We compare intra-urban localization patterns of advertising and IT companies in three large Czech cities. The main aim of our analysis is an empirically-based contribution to the question to what extent do knowledge bases affect the spatial distribution ...
Ivan, Igor, Slach, Ondřej, Zenka, Jan
core   +1 more source

Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

open access: yesAsia 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
wiley   +1 more source

A big data approach to modelling urban population density functions: from monocentricity to polycentricity

open access: yesAnnals 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
openaire   +2 more sources

What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐western Syria)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesHumanities & 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
doaj   +1 more source

Managing parallel business models in the circular transition: From tension recognition to synergy realization

open access: yesInternational 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Open Banking Regulation to Platform Orchestration: The Evolution of Digital Platform Governance

open access: yesInformation Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study contributes to information systems (IS) scholarship by extending platform governance theory to regulatory contexts, explaining how regulatory forces co‐evolve with technological architectures to shape openness and control. This research examines the evolution of platform governance in the context of open banking, where regulatory ...
Priyadharshini Muthukannan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relieving Beijing’s Nonessential Capital Functions: Metropolitan Area Polycentricity for Sustainability

open access: yesLand
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
openaire   +1 more source

How Fragmented Are Global Policy Debates on Health Data Sharing? Studying Fragmentation Through Discourse Network Analysis

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Global policy‐making is often described as taking place in a fragmented and complex institutional landscape. In this article, we revisit the verdict of fragmentation through the lens of discourse network analysis, seeking to understand the extent to which global policy debates can be characterised as fragmented.
Maria Weickardt Soares   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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