Monocentric and Polycentric Density Functions and Their Required Commutes [PDF]
, 1992 This paper examines the relationship between urban structure and commuting behavior. Analyzing the 1980 journey-to-work data for the Los Angeles region, this paper has shown that polycentric density functions fit the actual urban structure better than the conventional monocentric model.
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Urban Dynamics and Networking in Coastal Cities -The case of tourism [PDF]
Traditionally coastal cities had a role as trading ports or gates of entry connecting the hinterland other parts of the world or the country, and acting as points of departure or arrival for goods and people.
Dimitrios Economou, Maria Vrassida
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Evaluating the application of the European spatial development perspective in the United Kingdom: Methodological considerations and emerging trends [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to consider how the emerging European spatial development policy agenda is influencing the performance of regional strategic planning in the United Kingdom.
Sykes, Olivier John
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Accessibility impacts of tod experiences in European metropolitan areas [PDF]
, 2014 The study investigates how Transit Oriented Development - TOD structure affect accessibility in cities with the aim of establishing whether TOD patterns of urban expansion, in terms of network connectivity and inhabitants and job density, could be ...
Papa, Enrica, Bertolini, Luca
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Revealing the Changing Spatial Structure of Cities from Human Activity Patterns [PDF]
, 2015 Identifying changes in the spatial structure of cities is a prerequisite for the development and validation of adequate planning strategies. Nevertheless, current methods of measurement are becoming ever more challenged by the highly diverse and ...
Batty, Mike McCormick +5 more
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Disentangling agglomeration and network externalities : a conceptual typology [PDF]
, 2016 Agglomeration and network externalities are fuzzy concepts. When different meanings are (un)intentionally juxtaposed in analyses of the agglomeration/network externalities-menagerie, researchers may reach inaccurate conclusions about how they interlock ...
Derudder, Ben +2 more
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Does a Polycentric Spatial Structure Help to Reduce Industry Emissions? [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Han S, Miao C.
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Economization of spatial planning. The case of Poland’s Spatial Development Concept [PDF]
At the regional (subnational) level spatial planning has remained firm mainly in its land use aspects. Despite of pretty advanced legislation in Poland requiring each self-government region to prepare spatial planning outlines based on regional-socio ...
Jacek Zaucha
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SustainabilityRegarding whether a polycentric urban spatial structure is a sustainable urban development model, various studies use different employment center identification methods, resulting in inconsistent conclusions. This paper takes Hangzhou, Wuhan, and Nanning, three Chinese cities at different stages of development as cases, and adopts various methods to ...
Juan Zhu, Xinyi Niu, Yao Wang
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Metropolitan Regions as a Changing Policy Concept in a Comparative Perspective
Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 2017 In Europe, metropolitan policies emerge in a multi-scalar system of supranational, national and regional scales. Besides national policies on metropolitan issues, more and more European policies address metropolitan regions.
Carola Fricke
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