Germany’s Polycentric Metropolitan Regions in the World City Network

Raumforschung und Raumordnung

AngelikaMünter¹ 

[1] ILS – Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung, Brüderweg 22-24, 44135, Dortmund, Germany;

关键词: Polycentricity;    Metropolitan regions;    World city network;    Germany;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s13147-011-0090-6

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

On a regional scale, two types of polycentricity can be observed. The first involves polycentric metropolitan regions that have evolved in the course of post-suburban development around a previously monocentric city, whereas the second type involves neighbouring metropolises evolving into a multi-core polycentric metropolitan region due to an increase in the functional interaction between each other. The German urban system is characterised by both types of polycentricity. In this paper I examine the role of these two types of polycentricity within the context of globalisation. I address the question of whether individual metropolitan cores and metropolitan cores and their associated post-suburban areas share the global functions of a metropolitan region or whether such functions are concentrated in a single city within the metropolitan region. To this end, I analyse the locations of leading global advanced producer service firms in Germany in their role as sub-nodes of the world city network. Finally, I discuss the empirical findings in the context of modelling the world city network.

【 授权许可】

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