The economic performance of urban structure: From the perspective of Polycentricity and Monocentricity

Zhang, Tinglin; Sun, Bindong; Wan, Li

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2017.05.002

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“…The capital-labor ratio is positively associated with the level of labor productivity. This is consistent with other research [5,7,8]. The percentage of people with a bachelor's degree or above also has a positive impact on productivity at least at the individual city level.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…As scholars focusing on the conceptual sophistication of polycentricity have argued, this concept is essentially multi-scalar, operating on intra-urban, inter-urban, and regional scales [11,12]. The geographical scale at which the analyses are conducted for polycentric urban development obviously matters because the channels of polycentricity can improve economic performance and thus, the direction of policy implementation can be different [7,13]. At the regional scale, polycentricity can positively affect the level of regional economic performance through a "borrowed size" process.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although several works have attempted to examine whether and to what extent polycentricity has impacts on economic performance, the results from empirical analyses are still inconclusive. For example, Zhang et al (2017) [7] explored the relationship between spatial structure and economic performance at the prefecture scale and, focusing on morphological dimension, argued that polycentricity positively affected the level of labor productivity. However, Li and Liu (2018) [5], who assessed the impact of urban form on productivity in the case of 306 Chinese cities, concluded that morphological polycentricity (measured by the consideration of population size and distance from the main center) is positively associated with economic performance only when the cities are highly dense.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Following previous literature [5,7,8], the Cobb-Douglas production function is used to derive the specification of labor productivity. The aggregate production function with labor (L), capital (K), and total factor productivity (A) is shown in Equation (6) and is divided by the labor and log-transformed in Equation (7):…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In particular, policy makers and urban planners in Europe have sought to promote the polycentric urban spatial structure as an urban policy agenda in the European Spatial Development Perspective [4]. Nowadays, this concept has attracted attention from East Asian countries, especially China, where several new town projects are being planned as the world-class 'polycentric regions' [5][6][7].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Does the Polycentric Urban Region Contribute to Economic Performance? The Case of Korea

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This study aims to explore whether and to what extent two types of polycentricity, morphological and functional, affect the level of urban economic performance. In the analysis, it is found that morphological polycentricity is positively associated with the level of labor productivity whereas functional polycentricity is negatively related to it. In the context of the Korean urban system, characterized by the domination of a few cities and high levels of population density, regions which are more morphologically polycentric and functionally monocentric are likely to have higher labor productivity. These results reflect the processes of agglomeration economies and their impact on urban dynamics. This study contributes to the debates on the impacts of polycentricity on economic performance by examining this relationship in the East Asian context, not in Europe or America, and by distinguishing between effects of two types of polycentricity.

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Examining the impact of polycentric urban form on air pollution: evidence from China

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Polycentric or monocentric, which kind of spatial structure is better for promoting the green economy? Evidence from Chinese urban agglomerations

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2021

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The green economy has gained worldwide attention, especially in the urban agglomerations where population and economic activities are highly concentrated. However, what kind of urban agglomeration spatial structure is more conducive to promoting the green economy? No clear conclusions have been made. Here, we study the impact of urban agglomeration spatial structure on the green economy, and also reveal how urban agglomeration spatial structure influences the three subsystems of green economy. We find that: (1) urban agglomeration spatial structural evolution is closely related to green economy, while in the research period, most urban agglomerations are not located in the optimal range of the spatial structure that drives the green economy. (2) Towards polycentric spatial structure is contributive to green economic growth, however, the excessively polycentric could not benefit green economy. (3) The evolution of urban agglomeration spatial structure exerts heterogenous impacts on the three subsystems when green economy is decomposed into economic subsystem, resources subsystem, and environmental subsystem. Towards polycentric is more conducive to the improvement of economic subsystem and resource subsystem, while, the tendency to monocentric drives the environmental subsystem development. (4) Lastly, our conclusions enlighten the urban agglomeration development planning and spatial mode for approaching a better performance in green economy.

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The economic performance of urban structure: From the perspective of Polycentricity and Monocentricity

Cited by 87 publications

References 20 publications

Does the Polycentric Urban Region Contribute to Economic Performance? The Case of Korea

Does the Polycentric Urban Region Contribute to Economic Performance? The Case of Korea

Examining the impact of polycentric urban form on air pollution: evidence from China

Polycentric or monocentric, which kind of spatial structure is better for promoting the green economy? Evidence from Chinese urban agglomerations

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