Polycentric Puzzles: Emerging Mega-City Regions Seen through the Lens of Advanced Producer Services

Michael Hoyler (1) , Robert Christian Kloosterman (2) , Martin Sokol (3)

1 Department of Geography [Loughborough]
2 AMIDSt
3 Geography

This paper introduces a special issue of Regional Studies on 'Globalization, City-Regions and Polycentricity in North West Europe'. The issue focuses on the thematic core of the EU-funded project POLYNET: the analysis of economic connections and information flows generated by advanced producer services in eight European polycentric city-regions. The paper first discusses key elements of the current debate on global city-regions and points out some unresolved gaps. A summary of the main findings of the contributions to the special issue is followed by a research agenda for future work on emerging mega-city regions.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Michael Hoyler, Robert Christian Kloosterman, Martin Sokol. Polycentric Puzzles: Emerging Mega-City Regions Seen through the Lens of Advanced Producer Services. Regional Studies, 2008, 42 (08), pp.1055-1064. ⟨10.1080/00343400802389377⟩. ⟨hal-00514720⟩