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Urban Value Chains and re-framing agglomeration-centric conceptions of urban theory

Andres, Lauren; Bryson, John R; Bill, Graves; Barney, Warf; (2022) Urban Value Chains and re-framing agglomeration-centric conceptions of urban theory. Urban Geography , 44 (08) pp. 1701-1722. 10.1080/02723638.2022.2125665. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper engages with a new way to interpret agglomeration-centric conceptions in urban theory, acknowledging the diversity of local contexts, of places and various scales by developing the concept of Urban Value Chains (UVC). It explores how the stretching of UVCs engages with the hegemony of agglomerations; this is framed within accounts of city-regionalist orthodoxy and with an emphasis on concentrations of opportunity in core city environments founded upon concentrations of localized resources. To do so, we move beyond the value chain literature’s focus on logistics and manufacturing processes to explore processes related to human interactions and activities within and beyond urban settings. By examining post-pandemic agglomeration dynamics through the lens of UVCs, we re-interpret the importance of cities in the future but also demonstrate that future cities may re-enforce the role of distant places, putting them within the reach of UVCs through extended value-creation stretching processes.

Type: Article
Title: Urban Value Chains and re-framing agglomeration-centric conceptions of urban theory
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2022.2125665
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2022.2125665
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Urban value chain; cities; urbanization; hinterlands; urban theory; agglomeration
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10155023
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