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To provide a critical evaluation of analytical frameworks used to measure polycentric urban development by examining the criteria for defining urban centers and assessing their balance.

November 13, 2020CitiesOpen Access

Measuring polycentric urban development: The importance of accurately determining the ‘balance’ between ‘centers’

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To provide a critical evaluation of analytical frameworks used to measure polycentric urban development by examining the criteria for defining urban centers and assessing their balance.
Reviewed comparative frameworks for capturing polycentric urban development, focusing on center specification and balance quantification.
Conducted empirical analyses measuring morphological polycentricity across Polish NUTS-3 territorial units and Chinese city-regions along the Yangtze Economic Belt.
Showed that polycentricity rankings and comparative outcomes vary substantially based on how individual urban centers are defined.
Identified that precisely measuring the balance between centers is necessary to avoid inconsistent conclusions across diverse regional urban systems.

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Methodological evaluation demonstrates measurement discrepancies in polycentric urban systems across European and Chinese regions, highlighting the need to accurately define center balance.

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Derudder et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69da7f468988aeabbe686e56 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.103009

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Methodological evaluation demonstrates measurement discrepancies in polycentric urban systems across European and Chinese regions, highlighting the need to accurately define center balance.

Measuring polycentric urban development: The importance of accurately determining the ‘balance’ between ‘centers’

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Measuring polycentric urban development: The importance of accurately determining the ‘balance’ between ‘centers’

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