Measuring Polycentric Urban Development in China: An Intercity Transportation Network Perspective

Liu, Xingjian; Derudder, Ben; Wu, Kang

doi:10.1080/00343404.2015.1004535

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“…In the context of urban networks, groups of densely connected cities form network “clusters,” where intracluster connections are stronger than intercluster linkages (Derudder and others ). These clusters correspond to network‐based regions in economic geography and reflect functional (economic) integration across cities (Liu and others ). Regional integration policies—for example, Brunei Darussalam‐Indonesia‐Malaysia‐Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP‐EAGA)—are deemed important for reducing economic inequality in Southeast Asia, generating intercity traffic flows and fostering network‐based city regions (Yap ).…”

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Spatial Inequality in the Southeast Asian Intercity Transport Network

Liu

Dai

Derudder

2017

Geographical Review

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Spatial inequality in transport access is both the driver and outcome of rising economic inequality in Southeast Asia. Unlike many regional disparity studies that focus on national economic indicators, this paper takes an urban network approach to assess the spatial inequality in Southeast Asian intercity transport network. We analyze urban connectivity in intercity road, rail, and air networks for a total of 47 Southeast Asian cities. Spatial inequality at the city and network level is revealed via centrality measures and community detection, respectively. Gini coefficients for individual centrality rankings point to a hierarchical degree distribution, a rather even distribution of closeness centrality, and a highly concentrated distribution of betweenness centrality. Four network communities are identified, reflecting the influences of entrenched uneven development, fragmented geography, and economic and political policies.

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Spatial Inequality in the Southeast Asian Intercity Transport Network

Liu

Dai

Derudder

2017

Geographical Review

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“…Extending regional studies of polycentricity in inter-city economic and transport linkages (e.g., Hoyler, Kloosterman, & Sokol, 2008;Liu, Derudder, & Wu, 2016), the authors use publication databases to analyse knowledge production within the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region of China and beyond. They show that the YRD's hinge role in knowledge collaboration is mainly at the national rather than at the global scale.…”

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Universities, knowledge and regional development

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2017

Regional Studies

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Universities, knowledge and regional development. Regional Studies. The rapid expansion of universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world in recent decades has been followed by growing scrutiny of their role in knowledge production and regional development. This editorial and the papers in the accompanying theme issue reflect on the importance of placing universities at the centre of regional analysis. They examine why analysis of the stresses and strains permeating universities, knowledge production and regional development continues to provide fertile terrain for researchers in which to participate in important intellectual endeavours. Finally, they highlight the value of regional researchers asking the same demanding questions of the institutions in which they work as they do of other sectors of the economy and society. RÉSUMÉLes universités, la connaissance et l'aménagement du territoire. Regional Studies. Suite au développement rapide des universités et des autres établissements d'enseignement supérieur à travers le monde au cours des dernières décennies, on a prêté une attention accrue à leur rôle quant à la production de la connaissance et à l'aménagement du territoire. Cet éditorial-ci et les articles qui figurent dans le numéro thématique considèrent l'importance de situer les universités au coeur de l'analyse régionale. Ils examinent les raisons pour lesquelles les pressions qui se répandent parmi les universités, la production de la connaissance et l'aménagement du territoire continuent de fournir un terrain favorable aux chercheurs où ils peuvent participer à d'importantes démarches intellectuelles. Pour terminer, ils soulignent la valeur des chercheurs régionaux qui posent les mêmes questions difficiles aux établissements où ils travaillent qu'ils posent aux autres secteurs de l'économie et de la société. MOTS-CLÉSuniversités; enseignement supérieur; production de la connaissance; aménagement du territoire ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Universitäten, Wissen und Regionalentwicklung. Regional Studies. Die rasche Expansion von Universitäten und anderen Hochschulen in aller Welt während der letzten Jahrzehnte hat zu einer wachsenden Untersuchung ihrer Rolle in der

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“…Kloosterman & Lambreghts, ; Champion, ; Green, ). We believe there are two aspects of this concept which require special attention in the existing literature: (1) the characteristics of scale‐dependence; and (2) the morphological and functional polycentricity (Liu et al ., ).…”

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“…Zhang & Kloosterman, ; Zhao et al ., ), and lack systematic comparisons of polycentricity of urban regions, with the rare exceptions of Liu et al . (, ) and Tang et al . ().…”

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Measuring functional polycentricity of China's urban regions based on the interlocking network model, 2006–15

Zhou

Zhang

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Singap J Trop Geogr

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The polycentricity of urban regions has been an important theme in the study of urban systems. To fill in the blank of longitudinal and comparative studies, this paper uses the interlocking network model to measure the polycentricity of Chinese urban regions and subsequently examines their changes based on the location information of advance producer service (APS) firms. The results shows that the polycentricity of some Chinese urban regions did change significantly from 2006–15. Some urban regions have changed in type as a result of the changes in polycentricity and primacy ratios. Not only the polycentricity but also the polycentricity change is sensitive to scale. In addition, this paper interprets from three aspects—the economic factor, the political factor, as well as the impacts of Chinese APS firms and foreign APS firms.

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Measuring Polycentric Urban Development in China: An Intercity Transportation Network Perspective

Abstract: Measuring polycentric urban development: The importance of accurately determining the 'balance' between 'centers'

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Spatial Inequality in the Southeast Asian Intercity Transport Network

Spatial Inequality in the Southeast Asian Intercity Transport Network

Universities, knowledge and regional development

Measuring functional polycentricity of China's urban regions based on the interlocking network model, 2006–15

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