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Knowledge polycentricity and the evolving Yangtze River Delta megalopolis

Li, Y; Phelps, NA; (2017) Knowledge polycentricity and the evolving Yangtze River Delta megalopolis. Regional Studies , 51 (7) pp. 1035-1047. 10.1080/00343404.2016.1240868. Green open access

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Abstract

Knowledge polycentricity and the evolving Yangtze River Delta megalopolis. Regional Studies. Inspired by the two defining but often overlooked features of megalopolises as ‘hinges’ and ‘incubators’, this paper presents a multi-scalar and dynamic analysis of the knowledge polycentricity of China’s Yangtze River Delta Region. Using data on publications and co-publications from 2000 to 2014, the results show that the structures of knowledge production and knowledge collaboration within and beyond the region have, to differing degrees, become more polycentric. Whereas the region has acted as an ‘incubator’ of knowledge at the megalopolitan scale, its ‘hinge’ role in knowledge collaboration has been mainly played at the national scale.

Type: Article
Title: Knowledge polycentricity and the evolving Yangtze River Delta megalopolis
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1240868
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1240868
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, Business & Economics, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, megalopolis, polycentricity, urban networks, knowledge collaboration, Yangtze River Delta Region, WORLD CITY NETWORK, FUNCTIONAL POLYCENTRICITY, URBAN REGIONS, CHINA, AGGLOMERATION, CONSEQUENCES, INTEGRATION, GEOGRAPHY, SCIENCE, MODEL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1566452
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