The classification of urban systems: a review from monocentric to polycentric

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10.2991/isbcd-17.2017.1How to use a DOI?

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Urban systems, monocentric, polycentric

Abstract

A city could be defined either monocentric or polycentric, in the passage; a systematic review of the urban systems is developed. After defined the elements of disappearance of monocentric system, four types of polycentric system is classified. In conclusion, a city could be locally important or regionally important or even global important in its relevant spatial scale. Thus, the spatial scale of urban systems is crucial of analyzing the structure of urban system, be it in the local, regional, or global scale.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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