Polycentric development - the key to regional competitiveness and cohesion?
Turok, Ivan
Polycentric development - the key to regional competitiveness and cohesion? - 2005 - Town & Country Planning 74(3) March 2005, 102-104(3) .
Looks at how the idea of polycentricity, one of the cornerstones of the European Spatial Development Perspective, has influenced the Scottish planning community and considers its relevance to the National Planning Framework for Scotland. Analyses the rationale for polycentric development and examines the doubts raised about the general value of the concept and its particular applicability to the Central Belt in Scotland. Includes a strategy map from Scotland's National Planning Framework.
Polycentric development - the key to regional competitiveness and cohesion? - 2005 - Town & Country Planning 74(3) March 2005, 102-104(3) .
Looks at how the idea of polycentricity, one of the cornerstones of the European Spatial Development Perspective, has influenced the Scottish planning community and considers its relevance to the National Planning Framework for Scotland. Analyses the rationale for polycentric development and examines the doubts raised about the general value of the concept and its particular applicability to the Central Belt in Scotland. Includes a strategy map from Scotland's National Planning Framework.