In 1997, the Journal of the American Planning Association published a pair of point–
counterpoint articles now listed by the American Planning Association as “classics” in the …

Recent concepts such as 'megaregions' and 'polycentric urban regions' emphasize that
external economies are not confined to a single urban core, but are shared among a …

This article aims to assess the impacts of urban spatial structure on economic productivity.
Drawing upon detailed gridded population data of 306 Chinese cities at the prefecture level …

Empirical studies on polycentric urban regions (PURs) tend to analyse their spatial
organization by examining only one type of functional linkage between cities. However, it …

Despite a growing interest among policymakers and urban planners in promoting
polycentric and compact development to mitigate traffic congestion, empirical studies have …

This study empirically investigates the causes of urban traffic congestion to bring into focus
the variety of beliefs that provide support for policy interventions to mitigate traffic congestion …

The looming challenge of global land scarcity entails shaping urban structure towards more
efficient land use. To figure out how urban structure affects urban land-use efficiency …

Urban transport and land use policies are informed by our perceptions of the prevailing
spatial structure of cities. This structure can be characterized by five models: The Maximum …

While China's unprecedented urbanization process has caused substantial changes in
urban spatial structure of its cities, relatively less is known about the nature and form of such …

In recent years, much research has been devoted to developing appropriate analytical
frameworks to capture polycentric urban development (PUD). In a recent contribution to this …