polycentric
Americanadjective
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Origin of polycentric
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Schmidt and Li said the findings have implications for regional-level planning that are already institutionalized in German and European systems that promote polycentric development as a goal.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2024
“Most other countries … want to create a polycentric or a multipolar world, with no single center of control, in which no one imposes its visions, interests and values on others,” he said on Saturday.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
I think that implies a much more polycentric internet, a much more heterogeneous internet, an internet that mimics the complexity and diversity of our online life, although that has diminished with gentrification.
From The Verge ● May 23, 2022
The Franco-Colombian researcher Carlos Moreno says cities should aspire to dissolve their downtowns in favor of a polycentric model where every urbanite has the necessities of life within 15 minutes.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2020
In the early 1970s this tightly knit, although polycentric, group continued to expect and did receive Bulgaria's participation in preserving the status quo in Eastern Europe.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
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