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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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Urban Polycentricity and Architectural Heritage: A PROMETHEE-Based Multicriteria Approach

open access: yesBuildings
Polycentricity is a multiscalar concept referring to the interconnections of neighboring spatial areas in search of synergies. More specifically, urban polycentricity has lately gained increasing momentum in academic research and strategic planning as ...
Evina Sofianou   +2 more
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The Typology of Urban Polycentricity: A Comparative Study of Firm Distribution in 35 Chinese Cities

open access: yesUrban Science
Prevailing theories and empirical studies have suggested that the internal spatial structures of large cities have transformed from monocentric to polycentric.
Zhihui Wu, Yanyan Peng, Bo Qin
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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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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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Measuring polycentricity: a whole graph embedding perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Polycentricity is a critical characteristic of the spatial organization of cities. Many indices have been proposed to measure the degree of morphological polycentricity or functional polycentricity.
Weibel, Robert   +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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Polycentrism

open access: yes, 2023
Abstract How does governing work today? How does society (mis)handle pressing challenges such as armed violence, cultural difference, ecological degradation, economic restructuring, geopolitical shifts, global pandemics, migration flows, and technological change in ways that are democratic, effective, fair, peaceful, and sustainable ...
Gadinger, F., Scholte, J.A.
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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 LityƄski, 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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