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Spatial differentiation characteristics and driving factors of urban polycentricity in the Yangtze River Delta region based on a geographic detector

open access: yesGeocarto International, 2023
Exploring the driving factors behind urban polycentricity is of paramount significance for advancing the implementation of urban polycentric strategies.
Cheng Wang   +6 more
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Effects of Polycentricity on Economic Performance and Its Dependence on City Size: The Case of China

open access: yesLand, 2022
Polycentric planning strategies have often failed to achieve the expected effects. The ensuing uncertainty associated with the desirability of polycentric strategies is also reflected in the early literature which offers no clear conclusion about whether
Bindong Sun   +3 more
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Polycentricity, Agglomeration, and Industrial Air Pollution in the Chinese City-Regions

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
With the rise of the city-regions development strategy, the impact of the spatial structure in city-regions on environmental pollution becomes an increasingly important issue related to sustainable regional development.
Xu Han, Jianmin Dou, Chenghui Tang
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CONCEPT OF POLYCENTRICITY—THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND SPATIAL REALITY

open access: yesZbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić", 2021
Contemporary scientific literature and strategic documents suggest the concept of polycentricity as a key factor and the aim of regional development policies.
Vedran Živanović   +4 more
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Exploring the Polycentric Structure and Driving Mechanism of Urban Regions From the Perspective of Innovation Network

open access: yesFrontiers in Physics, 2022
Polycentric city-regional development has become a buzzword for urban scholars and planners around the world. Inspired by the two critical characteristics of the polycentric urban region (PUR) as incubators and hinges of knowledge production, this study ...
Chenghui Tang, Jianmin Dou
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Polynuclearity as a Spatial Measure of Urban Sprawl: Testing the Percentiles Approach

open access: yesLand, 2021
Polynuclearity and polycentricity are spatial phenomena which overlap each other in the context of urban sprawl, and this sometimes hinders the possibility of clearly distinguishing the two.
Piotr Lityński, Piotr Serafin
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Unravelling the association between polycentric urban development and landscape sustainability in urbanizing island cities

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
Polycentric urban development has become popular worldwide as expected to generate greater agglomeration externality and facilitate socioeconomic achievements.
Yi Pan   +4 more
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The Effects of Urban Polycentricity on Particulate Matter Emissions From Vehicles: Evidence From 102 Chinese Cities

open access: yesUrban Planning, 2023
This article analyzes the impact of the level of urban polycentricity (UP) on particulate matter emissions from vehicles (PMV) across 102 prefecture-level cities in China between 2011 and 2015.
Mi Ye   +4 more
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A network optimisation approach to identify trade-offs between socio-economic and ecological objectives for regional integrated planning

open access: yesCity and Environment Interactions, 2022
Integrated regional planning aims to achieve sustainable development by considering multiple socio-economic, environmental, and ecological goals. However, determining the synergies and trade-offs between sustainability goals is a challenging task that ...
Amin Khiali-Miab   +3 more
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Unpacking polycentricity at the city-regional scale: Insights from Dusseldorf and Stockholm

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, 2015
The normative concept of polycentricity has become a promising tool to pursue spatial policy goals such as spatial equity and justice, sustainable and balanced development, and, more recently territorial cohesion, at various scales across Europe.
Peter Schmitt   +3 more
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