On the Economic Foundation of the Urban Network Paradigm: Spatial Integration, Functional Integration and Economic Complementarities within the Dutch Randstad
By Frank van Oort, Martijn J. Burger, O. Raspe. 2009
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Conceptually, the degrees of spatial and functional integration and urban complementarities in economic network relations are hypothesised to be important. In this paper, data on interfirm relations in the Dutch Randstad are used to test conditions for integration and the existence of economic complementarities. A clear hierarchy is observed in the different types of spatial interdependencies in the Randstad, in which the central place model prevails. Furthermore, no evidence is found for the functional integration of municipalities in the Randstad. It is concluded that, at this moment, the Randstad does not function as a spatially and functionally integrated region and that spatial economic policy can better focus on smaller regions within the Randstad. This also calls into question the applicability of the urban network concept in general, as the Dutch Randstad is usually seen as a prime example of an economically successful polycentric urban system.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics
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- Functional Polycentricity: Examining Metropolitan Spatial Structure through the Connectivity of Urban Sub-centres (2012, methodology): “Another approach used for measuring the degree of functional polycentricity in an urban system is the gravity model (de Goei et al., 2010; van Oort et al., 2010).”
- Comparing Cross-border Metropolitan Integration in Europe: Towards a Functional Typology (2013, background): “…whether these relations are international (Dabinett and Richardson 2005), interregional (Armstrong and Vickerman 1995; Anderson and Wever 2003), between cities (Cheshire 1999; van Oort, Burger, and Raspe 2010), or intra-metropolitan (Hansen and Serin 2007; Sohn, Reitel, and Walther 2009).”