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View article: The role of naming in shaping regional identity and attachment in polycentric urban regions: The case of Poland
The role of naming in shaping regional identity and attachment in polycentric urban regions: The case of Poland Open
Polycentric urban regions encompass centres that function both independently and as parts of an integrated whole, which presents a challenge to their functional integration. This study investigates how regional naming captures a specific d…
View article: Between suburb and city: Conceptualising interplaces
Between suburb and city: Conceptualising interplaces Open
A conceptual blind spot in prevailing models of metropolitan regions is how to understand urbanisation in secondary localities that evolve to be neither an ideal-typical suburb nor a city. This article foregrounds Nick Phelps’ notion of ‘i…
View article: Emerging synergies in polycentric cities? Exploring the impact of intercity cooperation on labour market integration in the Yangtze River Delta, 2014–2021
Emerging synergies in polycentric cities? Exploring the impact of intercity cooperation on labour market integration in the Yangtze River Delta, 2014–2021 Open
sponsorship: The research presented in this paper was financially supported through research grants of the Polish National Science Centre (NCN, 2020/38/A/HS4/00312) and KU Leuven (C14/21/021). (Polish National Science Centre (NCN)|2020/38/…
View article: An intercity investment network dataset of China based on the enterprise registration records (2000–2020)
An intercity investment network dataset of China based on the enterprise registration records (2000–2020) Open
Intercity investment activities among enterprises reflect the flow of capital between cities, thereby directly illustrating the economic connections between them. However, there is currently no publicly available dataset that captures this…
View article: Agglomeration externalities or network externalities? Explaining productivity in Chinese urban regions
Agglomeration externalities or network externalities? Explaining productivity in Chinese urban regions Open
sponsorship: This work was supported by Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent [grant number 01SC0820]; China Scholarship Council [grant number 202006040029]; Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) [grant number G014119N]; KU Leuven research grant …
View article: Exploring the impacts of high-speed rail on technology-intensive manufacturing: the case of the Yangtze River Delta region, 2007–2016
Exploring the impacts of high-speed rail on technology-intensive manufacturing: the case of the Yangtze River Delta region, 2007–2016 Open
High-speed rail (HSR) may influence economic activities that rely heavily on innovation by facilitating skilled labour, face-to-face interactions, and knowledge spillovers. This study explores how HSR development affects the spatial distri…
View article: Overcoming gridlock? The role of city networks in transnational cooperation on climate mitigation
Overcoming gridlock? The role of city networks in transnational cooperation on climate mitigation Open
Local governments engage in combating global warming by cooperating in transnational city networks. These networks are often hailed as an alternative to the alleged gridlock of interstate cooperation. Still, it remains unclear if and how t…
View article: <i>Flexurba</i> : An open-source R package to flexibly reconstruct the <i>Degree of Urbanisation</i> classification
<i>Flexurba</i> : An open-source R package to flexibly reconstruct the <i>Degree of Urbanisation</i> classification Open
This paper describes flexurba , a software library written in R, with the first open reconstruction of the Degree of Urbanisation algorithm to classify cities, towns, and rural areas. The R package offers enhanced flexibility and facilitat…
View article: The spatial interlocking of commercial office real estate and advanced producer services: a central flow theory lens
The spatial interlocking of commercial office real estate and advanced producer services: a central flow theory lens Open
The paper extends geographical enquiry into the external urban relations described by central flow theory in an exploration of the roles of commercial office real estate (CORE) and advanced producer services (APS) as a conduit for inter-ci…
View article: Delineating neighbourhoods: An urban morphology and multi-dimensional approach
Delineating neighbourhoods: An urban morphology and multi-dimensional approach Open
Although neighborhoods are a widely used analytical concept in urban geography, in empirical research, they are often proxied using grids or statistical sectors. The rationales underlying these proxies are often separated from the theoreti…
View article: R packages as open software infrastructure
R packages as open software infrastructure Open
This poster describes R packages as open software infrastructure for reproducible research. There are distinct advantages associated with R packages, compared to sharing code as supplementary material, for both the open science community a…
View article: Delineating Neighborhoods: An Approach Combining Urban Morphology with Point and Flow Datasets
Delineating Neighborhoods: An Approach Combining Urban Morphology with Point and Flow Datasets Open
Although neighborhoods are a widely used analytical concept in urban geography, they are often proxied using grids or statistical sectors in empirical research. The rationales underlying these proxies are often separated from the theoretic…
View article: City connectivity in the office networks of the world’s largest banking firms
City connectivity in the office networks of the world’s largest banking firms Open
This visualisation specifies a possible map of international financial centres (IFCs) at the nexus of relational approaches to financial centres and approaches looking at the geographies of corporate organisation in finance. We chart inter…
View article: When Is a Matrix a Geographical Network?
When Is a Matrix a Geographical Network? Open
sponsorship: No Statement Available (National Science Foundation)
View article: Transnational media corporations in global media cities: A geographical approach to understanding media power through corporate office networks
Transnational media corporations in global media cities: A geographical approach to understanding media power through corporate office networks Open
A central concern of media scholars has been the discursive and economic power of a small number of transnational media corporations (TNMCs). In this paper, we advance research on TNMC power through a novel empirical analysis of their glob…
View article: Does urban polycentricity contribute to regional economic growth? Empirical evidence from a panel of Chinese urban regions
Does urban polycentricity contribute to regional economic growth? Empirical evidence from a panel of Chinese urban regions Open
Research examining the economic effects of urban polycentricity remains inconclusive. We contribute to this debate by developing a longitudinal framework in which changes in polycentricity in Chinese urban regions are linked with changes i…
View article: The Effects of Urban Polycentricity on Particulate Matter Emissions From Vehicles: Evidence From 102 Chinese Cities
The Effects of Urban Polycentricity on Particulate Matter Emissions From Vehicles: Evidence From 102 Chinese Cities Open
This article analyzes the impact of the level of urban polycentricity (UP) on particulate matter emissions from vehicles (PMV) across 102 prefecture-level cities in China between 2011 and 2015. We adopt a spatial panel modeling approach to…
View article: The urban experience: An interdisciplinary policy perspective,
The urban experience: An interdisciplinary policy perspective, Open
status: Published