Yan Longxu, Wang De, Zhang Shangwu, Yin Zhenxuan, Tan Wenken

Keywords： International Metropolises; Urban Centers Planning; Spatial Development; Policy Coordination; Policy Transmission

Abstract：

Urban center is one of the core concepts in urban spatial structure. However, further studies are still required regarding how to plan urban centers. Through investigating the urban centers planning cases in five international metropolises, which are London, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, and Shanghai, we firstly conclude that an urban-center plan provides frameworks for urban spatial development, for how planning policies work in coordination, and for top-down policy transmission. It mainly targets at two objectives: (1) to promote the city’s external competitiveness; and (2) to improve the city’s operational efficiency. Then, several detailed goals and strategies are concluded. Finally, two implications are discussed: one is to distinguish the functional planning of urban centers from the hierarchical division; the other is to focus planning policies on the spatial structure represented by the urban centers, such as making targeted policies for different categories of centers and formulating flexible policies for potential centers. 

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