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This paper outlines the conceptual framework of the POLYNET transnational study. We explain how four key concepts - the Mega-City Region, Polycentricity, Advanced Producer Services, and Information Flows - underpin the overarching research objective: the empirical investigation of emergent urban Mega-City Region processes in North West Europe through the analysis of 'regional spaces of flows'. This analysis, using quantitative and qualitative approaches, produces new insights and raises new questions that inform important spatial policy debates on regional 'polycentricity', considered in depth in the study’s diverse regional narratives.... view less
Classification
Economic and Social Geography
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 1065-1077
Journal
Regional Studies, 42 (2008) 8
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400701808865
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)