The Polycentric Metropolis: Learning from Mega-City Regions in Europe

A new 21st century urban phenomenon is emerging: the networked polycentric mega-city region. Developed around one or more cities of global status, it is characterized by a cluster of cities and towns, physically separate but intensively networked in a complex spatial division of labour. This book describes and analyses eight such regions in North West Europe.

For the first time, this work shows how businesses interrelate and communicate in geographical space - within each region, between th...