A prehistory of the polycentric urban region: excavating Dutch applied geography, 1930–60

Peter Hall’s analysis of the Dutch Randstad, in his The World Cities (1966), generated the archetype of the polycentric urban region (PUR). Although influential, Hall primarily amplified 1950s’ Dutch planning discourse. This paper analyses the PUR’s genesis, discussing the economic modernization of...

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Main Author: Michiel Van-Meeteren
Format: Default Article
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/12806954.v1
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