Measuring Polycentricity and its Promises
Measuring Polycentricity and its Promises
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DOI：
10.1080/09654310802401805
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Meijers, Evert
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作者：
Meijers, Evert
尽管多中心发展的概念在欧洲变得流行并日益普遍，作为据称有助于凝聚力和竞争力的规范性政策立场，但其经验基础仍然相当薄弱。这在一定程度上是因为缺乏概念的清晰度，这使得它的衡量变得困难。本研究简报综合了ESPON最近的两个项目的结果，这两个项目的目的是对国家城市系统的多中心程度以及它们发现的多中心与经济和社会目标之间的联系进行量化衡量。这两种方法都有其局限性，过去一直是，而且可以从不同的角度加以批评。对如何继续推进这一研究议程提出了一些建议。
Even a decade after the concept of polycentric development became popular and increasingly widespread in Europe as a normative policy stance allegedly leading to cohesion and competitiveness, its empirical basis is still rather weak. This is partly due to a lack of conceptual clearness, which makes its measurement difficult. This research briefing synthesises the results of two recent ESPON projects that aim to create a quantitative measurement of the extent of polycentricity of national urban systems, as well as the links they find between polycentricity and economic and social objectives. Both approaches have their limits and have been, and can be criticized from various perspectives. Some suggestions on how to proceed with this research agenda are presented.