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Disentangling agglomeration and network externalities: A conceptual typology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Agglomeration and network externalities are fuzzy concepts. When different meanings are (un)intentionally juxtaposed in analyses of the agglomeration/network externalities-menagerie, researchers may reach inaccurate conclusions about how they interlock. Both externality types can be analytically combined, but only when one adopts a coherent approach to their conceptualization and operationalization, to which end we provide a combinatorial ...
Trends in regional jobs-housing proximity based on the minimum commute: The case of Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
Een netwerk van wereldsteden: Ruggengraat en/of exploitatiekanaal van globalisering? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Can the straw man speak? An engagement with postcolonial critiques of ‘global cities research’ Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper engages with postcolonial critiques of global cities research (GCR). We argue that such criticisms tend to be hampered by their tendency to be polemical rather than engaging, as evidenced by both the quasi-systematic misrepresentation of the core objectives of GCR and the skating over of its internal diversity. We present a genealogy of postcolonial critiques starting from Robinson’s (2002) agenda-setting discussion of GCR, followed ...
Pacifying Babel’s Tower: A scientometric analysis of polycentricity in urban research Vrije Universiteit Brussel
It is sometimes claimed that the degree of polycentricity of an urban region influences that region’s competitiveness. However, because of widespread use and policy relevance, the underlying concept of polycentricity has become a ‘stretched concept’ in urban studies. As a result, academic debate on the topic leads to situations reminiscent of Babel’s Tower. This meta-study of the scientific literature in urban studies traces the conceptual ...