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Polycentrism
Polycentrism
is the principle of organization of a region around several political, social or financial centres. Examples of polycentric cities include the
Ruhr area
in
Germany
,
Stoke-on-Trent
in the
UK
and the
San Francisco Bay Area
in the
United States
. These "cities" have no single centre, but several. Other examples are
Randstad
in the
Netherlands
and the
Gold Coast
in
Australia
.
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