Sir Peter Hall is Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London, UK and Senior Research Fellow at the Young Foundation, London, UK. Author or editor of over 35 books, he is one of the world's pre-eminent authorities on urban and regional planning. Kathy Pain is the ALDAR Professor of Real Estate Development at the School of Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading, UK. She is a professional urban planner and researcher on global city relations, sustainable development and policy.
Part I The Polycentric Metropolis: Emerging Mega-City Regions
From Metropolis to Polyopolis
Part II Analysing the Polycentric Metropolis: Quantifying the Mega-City Region
Anatomy of the Polycentric Metropolis: Eight Mega-City Regions in Overview
Organization of the Polycentric Metropolis: Corporate Structures and Networks
The Connectivity of the European Heartland
The Informational Geography of Europolis: Mapping the Flow of Information
Part III Understanding the Polycentric Metropolis: Actors, Networks, Regions
Firms and Places: Inside the Mega-City Regions
Flows and Relationships: Internal and External Linkages
People and Places: Interrelating the 'Space of Flows' and the 'Space of Places'
Part IV Visiting the Polycentric Metropolis: Regional Identities, Regional Policies
South East England: Global Constellation
Randstad Holland: Multiple Faces of a Polycentric Role Model
Central Belgium: Polycentrism in a Federal Context
RhineRuhr: 'Polycentricity at its Best'?
Rhine-Main: Making Polycentricity Work?
European Metropolitan Region Northern Switzerland: Driving Agents for Spatial Development and Governance Responses
The Paris Region: Polycentric Spatial Planning in a Monocentric Metropolitan Region
Greater Dublin in the Celtic Tiger Economy: Towards a Polycentric Mega-City Region?
Part V Planning Europolis: The Effectiveness of Policy
From Strategy to Delivery: Policy Responses
