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A sensitivity study on the measurement of urban polycentricity in chinese cities: Center definition, indicator selection, and their interaction effects. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Research on urban polycentricity has long been hampered by fragmented case studies, inconsistent standardized criteria, and methodological misuse, complicating cross-study comparisons and limiting a nuanced understanding of complex spatial structures. To
Juan Zhu, Yao Wang
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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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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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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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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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Cities, networks, polycentrism: examining the place of polycentrism in spaces of flows [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
In a globalising world economy, cities have increasingly come to be defined not by their size in terms of built up area or population but by their functions in the networks constructed by cross-territorial capital flows. In contemporary inter-city networks, city regions are differentiated not only by their physical pattern of urban development but also
Pain, Kathy, Shi, Shuai
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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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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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