alignment of economic policies to the land-use (spatial) planning and transport planning to create an equally distributed economic system. (Roberts et al., 1999)
This distributed system is an advanced form of polycentric urban system. (Roberts et al., 1999) Overall, the system consists of two main elements: 1. Nodes/ Anchors 2. Networks/ Connections
4.2.3.1. Nodes/ Anchors Dividing the urban centre into smaller parts means compromising the benefits of agglomeration effects. Hence it is important to organize this division into compact strategic nodes within the city, developing them using the principals of co-location and density in a such a way that each node may be a hub of firms specialised in compatible sectors. Therefore, more developed these strategic nodes are, more the benefits of agglomeration to the nearby areas by localization of (higher order) services.
Polycentric city with connected satellite clusters
Networked Urban System
Urban growth boundary (compact city)
Neighbourhood links
Principle urban centers
City links
District links
District centers Neighbourhood centers
Figure 37 - Principle of Networked urban system and its features Source: Re-illustrated from (Babelon, 2015)
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