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Polycentric City Model

The Polycentric City Model is a spatial equilibrium framework that characterizes urban areas as systems of multiple, functionally integrated centers of economic activity, distinguished from monocentric models by the dispersal of employment and population across several interconnected hubs rather than a single central business district.

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718

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Polycentric Urban Model

Parents

Publications

355

Multiple equilibria and structural transition of non-monocentric urban configurations

Masahisa Fujita, Hideaki Ogawa · Regional Science and Urban Economics · 1982 · 942 citations

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The polycentric metropolis; learning from mega-city regions in Europe

EJ Meijers · 2007 · 610 citations

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The Polycentric Urban Region: Towards a Research Agenda

Robert C. Kloosterman, S. Musterd · Urban Studies · 2001 · 586 citations

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Structure of Urban Movements: Polycentric Activity and Entangled Hierarchical Flows

Camille Roth, Soong Moon Kang, Michael Batty et al. · PLoS ONE · 2011 · 457 citations · Full text

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Form Follows Function? Linking Morphological and Functional Polycentricity

Martijn Burger, Evert Meijers · Urban Studies · 2011 · 452 citations

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Authors

718

  1. EM
    Evert Meijers

    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    15 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. BD
    Ben Derudder

    Ghent University, Belgium

    13 publications · 992 citations

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  3. BS
    Bindong Sun

    East China Normal University, China

    9 publications · 597 citations

    9

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  4. XL
    Xingjian Liu

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    7 publications · 975 citations

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  5. TZ
    Tinglin Zhang

    East China Normal University, China

    7 publications · 491 citations

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Institutions

361

  1. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. East China Normal University

    Shanghai, China

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    2K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Southeast University

    Nanjing, China

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    2K citations

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Venues

  1. Urban Studies

    39 publications · 4.9K citations

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  2. Cities

    20 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. Regional Studies

    17 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. Urban Geography

    15 publications · 761 citations

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  5. European Planning Studies

    14 publications · 776 citations

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