Urban network

César Ducruet ()
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César Ducruet: EconomiX - EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The concept of urban network implies a certain degree of interdependency among cities that are connected by various linkages at different spatial scales. Geographers, but also many other scientists, have theorized the urban network, leading to a wide diversity of definitions and empirical studies. This entry reviews existing approaches through three successive steps: schools of thought across scientific disciplines; operational urban networks in relation to spatial planning; and empirical analyses of intercity transport and other systems. The scarcity of studies offering a multilayered approach to urban networks and/or integrating local socioeconomic determinants motivates further research in this field.

Keywords: Urban geography; city-system; system of cities; city network; spatial networks; transport networks; urban development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Published in The International Encyclopedia of Geography, Wiley-Blackwell & Association of American Geographers, 2020

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