Real estate investment and urban density: exploring the polycentric urban region using a topological lens

@article{Pain2020RealEI,
  title={Real estate investment and urban density: exploring the polycentric urban region using a topological lens},
  author={Kathy Pain and Shuai Shi and Daniel Black and Jonathan D. Blower and Sue Grimmond and Alistair Hunt and Stanimira Milcheva and Ben Crawford and Nick Dale and Samuel Doolin and Senjuti Manna},
  journal={Territory, Politics, Governance},
  year={2020},
  pages={1-20}
}
Focusing on commercial office real estate as both a manifestation of and a conduit of cross border capital flows, this paper refers to the concepts of topology and topography in a theoretical and empirical exploration of contemporary ‘network economy’ spatial implications for the ‘polycentric urban region’ (PUR). A body of research has cast doubt on the normative European representation of the multi-centre PUR as a balanced, sustainable spatial development model. Yet the model has continued to… 
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