Form follows function? Linking morphological and functional polycentricity

M Burger, E Meijers - Urban studies, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Empirical research establishing the costs and benefits that can be associated with
polycentric urban systems is often called for but rather thin on the ground. In part, this is due …

Twin track cities? Competitiveness and cohesion in Glasgow and Edinburgh

I Turok, N Bailey - Progress in Planning, 2004 - Elsevier
It has become common to say that social cohesion and economic competitiveness go
together, indeed to claim that cohesion actually promotes prosperity. This is a reversal of the …

Spatial structure and productivity in US metropolitan areas

EJ Meijers, MJ Burger - Environment and planning A, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent concepts such as 'megaregions' and 'polycentric urban regions' emphasize that
external economies are not confined to a single urban core, but are shared among a …

[图书][B] The new spatial planning: Territorial management with soft spaces and fuzzy boundaries

G Haughton, P Allmendinger, D Counsell, G Vigar - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
Spatial planning, strongly advocated by government and the profession, is intended to be
more holistic, more strategic, more inclusive, more integrative and more attuned to …

[图书][B] Changing cities: rethinking urban competitiveness, cohesion and governance

N Buck, IR Gordon, A Harding - 2017 - books.google.com
A new conventional wisdom, spanning academic and policy communities, sees a
combination of economic competitiveness, social cohesion and responsive governance as …

Cities, regions and competitiveness

I Turok - Regional Competitiveness, 2012 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Turok I.(2004) Cities, regions and competitiveness, Regional Studies 38, 1061–1075.
Competitiveness is a complex concept used in a variety of ways and contexts. The paper …

Polycentricity and the multiplexity of urban networks

MJ Burger, B Van Der Knaap… - European Planning Studies, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Empirical studies on polycentric urban regions (PURs) tend to analyse their spatial
organization by examining only one type of functional linkage between cities. However, it …

[图书][B] The urbanism of exception

MJ Murray - 2017 - books.google.com
This book challenges the conventional (modernist-inspired) understanding of urbanization
as a universal process tied to the ideal-typical model of the modern metropolis with its …

Strategic spatial planning and contested ruralities: Insights from the Republic of Ireland

M Scott - European Planning Studies, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Since the publication of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), a growing
body of literature has emerged related to European spatial planning. Much of this literature …

Summing small cities does not make a large city: Polycentric urban regions and the provision of cultural, leisure and sports amenities

E Meijers - Urban studies, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
The paper explores whether a polycentric urban region can reap the advantages of its
combined urban size to a similar extent as a similar-sized monocentric city-region. This …