- Additional Authors
- Veneri, Paolo.
- Description
- 21 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- Contemporary urban systems in OECD countries are structured around functional regions, which often overcome established city boundaries. Reading space in terms of functional regions allows assessing changes in urban hierarchies and spatial structures, including the polycentricity of urban systems at national, regional and metropolitan scale. By using a harmonised definition of functional urban areas in OECD countries, this paper first provides a sound definition of polycentricity at each spatial scale, highlighting for each of them the different links with policy. Second, it provides measures of polycentricity and explores the economic implications of different spatial structures. Results show that relatively more monocentric regions have higher GDP per capita than their more polycentric counterparts. At country level, on the other hand, polycentricity is associated with higher GDP per capita.
- Series Statement
- OECD Regional Development Working Papers, 2073-7009 ; no.2014/01
- Uniform Title
- OECD Regional Development Working Papers, no.2014/01.
- Subject
- Urban, Rural and Regional Development
- LCCN
- 10.1787/5jz5mpdkmvnr-en
- OCLC
- oecd-lib
- Author
Brezzi, Monica.
- Title
Assessing Polycentric Urban Systems in the OECD [electronic resource]: Country, Regional and Metropolitan Perspectives / Monica Brezzi and Paolo Veneri
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2014.
- Series
OECD Regional Development Working Papers, 2073-7009 ; no.2014/01
OECD Regional Development Working Papers, 2073-7009 ; no.2014/01.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Urban, Rural and Regional Development
- Added Author
Veneri, Paolo.
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/5jz5mpdkmvnr-en doi