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Containment and connectivity in Dutch urban systems: a network-analytical operationalisation of the three-systems model
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posted on 2019-10-08, 09:09 authored by Ate Poorthuis, Michiel Van-MeeterenThis paper discusses key methodological issues with nodalising interaction data of urban networks to produce a state‐of‐the‐art settlement geography of the Netherlands. We operationalise the three‐systems model that analyses functional settlement geographies through the interaction between the daily urban system, the central place system and the export base system. We utilise theoretically‐informed selections of spatial interactions derived from travel survey data at the finely‐grained postcode level. After examining the methodological challenge of the node‐inclusivity dilemma, we estimate the causal mechanisms that geographically structure each system and determine which spatial interactions should be assigned to nodes (containment) and edges (connectivity). The three systems produce different regionalisations that are neither mutually exclusive nor perfectly nested. Further analysis of the multiplexity of the three systems reveals the importance of the imbricated boundaries between the urban subsystems. We argue that these interplaces deserve more attention as they are particularly sensitive to changes in urbanisation trends.
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School
- Social Sciences and Humanities
Department
- Geography and Environment
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Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale GeografieVolume
112Issue
4Pages
387-403Publisher
WileyVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAGPublisher statement
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: POORTHUIS, A. and VAN MEETEREN, M., 2019. Containment and connectivity in Dutch urban systems: a network-analytical operationalisation of the three-systems model. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 112 (4), pp.387-403, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12391. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.Acceptance date
2019-09-30Publication date
2019-11-19Copyright date
2019ISSN
0040-747XeISSN
1467-9663Publisher version
Language
- en