Polycentrism

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• Polycentrism
  10 May 2016, by B. E.

  Polycentrism refers to a mode of organisation of space comprising units that each have different degrees of centrality. The use of the term "centre", or the qualifier "central", suggests an idea of concentration, weight, and/or decisional power in comparison to the rest of the entity considered. Synonymity with the words "poly-nuclear" and "multipolar" has long been assumed in geography. As for the notion of the "pole", while the word can be used to describe the structure of an object (...)