'Polycentricity on a regional scale', or in short the 'polycentric region'(PR), is a key concept in
both urban and regional research and planning. But the term is used in many different ways …

Abstract In 2015, the China State Council in its 13th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social
Development strategically initiated the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area …

Empirical research establishing the costs and benefits that can be associated with
polycentric urban systems is often called for but rather thin on the ground. In part, this is due …

Metropolitan growth in Europe has resulted in drastic changes of urban forms, socio-spatial
structures and land-use patterns due to sequential processes of urbanization …

Land Degradation (LD) is a complex phenomenon resulting in a progressive reduction in the
capacity of providing ecosystem services (ES). Landscape transformations promoting an …

Bogotá's urban and regional planning has focused on pressing demographic, economic,
and urban development needs that can no longer be administered without a comprehensive …

This study implements an exploratory data analysis of landscape metrics and a change
detection analysis of land use and population density to assess landscape dynamics (1954 …

Introduction Bay Areas are viewed as a complex region with integrated objectives and
numerous functions. Despite the increasing interaction between bay area development and …

This article presents a systematic review of empirical studies on polycentric spatial structures
at a regional scale in order to assess their effectiveness as prescriptive and normative …

Spatial planning practice is increasingly facing the challenge of managing the complexity of
daily urban systems. As a normatively defined spatial imaginary, the concept of polycentricity …