Polycentric urban development in China: A multi-scale analysis

• Published in: Environment and planning. B, Urban analytics and city science Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 953 - 972
• Main Authors: Liu, Xingjian, Derudder, Ben, Wang, Mingshu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2018
• Subjects: inter-city; Polycentricity; multi-scale; China; intra-city

This article reports a multi-scale analysis of polycentric urban development in 22 Chinese city-regions. Using fine-grained population data, our analysis contrasts polycentric development patterns at multiple geographical scales. We present a typology of Chinese city-regions based on both (1) their...