different spatial structures, in particular the monocentricity – polycentricity dimension, affect the economic performance of U ….S. metropolitan areas. OLS and 2SLS models explaining labor productivity show that spatial structure matters. Polycentricity is …

spatially organized within regions. Urban spatial structures have declined in terms of size, dispersion and polycentricity … Italian NUTS-3 regions. The findings include negative impacts of both polycentricity and dispersion and a positive impact of …

structures, including the polycentricity of urban systems at national, regional and metropolitan scale. By using a harmonised … definition of functional urban areas in OECD countries, this paper first provides a sound definition of polycentricity at each … spatial scale, highlighting for each of them the different links with policy. Second, it provides measures of polycentricity …

urban space differs across OECD cities and countries. The prevalent trend is an increasing dispersion of the population …

1981, 1991 and 2001 Censuses. Two hypotheses are tested; namely, that there is increasing polycentricity within each of the … effects of generic reductions in distance deterrence, evidence is found of trends towards greater polycentricity at both these …