Publications
2026
Scholarly publications
Sobhani, A., Burger, M., Cardoso, R., & Meijers, E. (2026). Media portrayal and location behavior: Crime reporting and house prices in U.S. cities. Journal of Urban Affairs. Advance online publication. [DOI]
2025
Scholarly publications
Meijers, E., Smit, M., & van Meeteren, M. (2025). Editorial: TESG Forum on Rob Tamsma’s (1972), ‘The Northern Netherlands: Large Problem Area in a Small Country, Small Problem Area in a Large Economic Community’. Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 116(5), 536-539. [DOI]
Demuynck, W., Derudder, B., Meijers, E., & van Meeteren, M. (2025). Between suburb and city: Conceptualising interplaces. Urban Studies , Article 00420980251376979. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Bohm, N., van Oosten, A., Driessen, C., Meijers, E., Peters, K., Rocco, R., & Van Vliet, B. (2025). A scaffolding perspective on teacher guidance in challenge-based courses. In R. Rooij, R. Cavallo, & F. van der Hoeven (Eds.), Teaching Architecture: Insights from TU Delft - Research on Education Innovation in Architecture & the Built Environment (pp. 125-130). TU Delft/Faculteit Bouwkunde. [DOI] [Portal]
Professional publications
Meijers, E., Stead, D., & Bouwmeester, J. (2025). Country Profile of Netherlands. ARL- Akademie für Raumentwicklung in der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft.
2024
Scholarly publications
Wang, T., Zhao, Y., Bao, Z., & Meijers, E. (2024). Intercity relationships between 293 Chinese cities quantified based on toponym co-occurrence. CyberGeo : European journal of geography, 2024, Article 1057. [DOI]
Tongjing, W., Meijers, E., Bao, Z., & Wang, H. (2024). Intercity networks and urban performance: a geographical text mining approach. International Journal of Urban Sciences, 28(2), 262-283. [DOI] [Repository]
2023
Scholarly publications
Vogel, D., & Meijers, E. (2023). #Corona: a negativity pandemic for urban dwellers? Utrecht University. [DOI] [Repository]
Wang, T., Meijers, E., & Wang, H. (2023). The multiplex relations between cities: a lexicon-based approach to detect urban systems. Regional Studies, 57(8), 1592-1604. [DOI] [Repository]
Harrison, J., Hoyler, M., Derudder, B., Liu, X., & Meijers, E. (2023). Governing polycentric urban regions. Territory, Politics, Governance, 11(2), 213-221. [DOI] [Repository]
Van den Berghe, K., Peris, A., Meijers, E., & Jacobs, W. (2023). Friends with benefits: the emergence of the Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp (ARA) polycentric port region. Territory, Politics, Governance, 11(2), 301-320. [DOI] [Repository]
2022
Scholarly publications
Meijers, E., & Burger, M. (2022). Small and medium-sized towns: Out of the dark agglomeration shadows and into the bright city lights? In A Research Agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns (pp. 23-38). Edward Elgar Publishing. [DOI] [Repository]
Sohn, C., Licheron, J., & Meijers, E. (2022). Border cities: Out of the shadow. Papers in Regional Science, 101(2), 417-438. [DOI] [Repository]
Cardoso, R., Sobhani, A., & Meijers, E. (2022). The cities we need: Towards an urbanism guided by human needs satisfaction. Urban Studies, 59(13), 2638-2659. [DOI] [Repository]
Derudder, B., Meijers, E., Harrison, J., Hoyler, M., & Liu, X. (2022). Polycentric urban regions: conceptualization, identification and implications. Regional Studies, 56(1), 1-6. [DOI] [Repository]
Humer, A., Cardoso, R., & Meijers, E. (2022). Breaking with the spatial-cycle model: the shift towards ‘syncurbanization’ in polycentric urban regions. Regional Studies, 56(1), 21-35. [DOI] [Repository]
Professional publications
Reijndorp, A., Meijers, E., Meier, S., & Hermans, M. (2022). ESSAY - De regiopolis als collectieve organisatie van individuele trajecten. In M. Hermans (Ed.), Patchwork IBA Parkstad (pp. 102-110). Nai010 uitgevers.
Meijers, E. (2022). It’s the politics, stupid: het Rijk en de spreiding van welvaart. In G. Van Nijendaal (Ed.), Brede welvaart, grote opgaven: Over de bestuurlijke en financiële vraagstukken rond regionale verschillen in brede welvaart en regionale opgaven (pp. 35-48). Raad voor het openbaar bestuur. https://www.raadopenbaarbestuur.nl/documenten/publicaties/2022/04/12/brede-welvaart-grote-opgaven [Repository]
2021
Scholarly publications
Meijers, E., & Sandberg, K. (2021). Territorial cohesion, polycentrism and regional disparities: revisiting an unsolved debate. In D. Rauhut, F. Sielker, & A. Humer (Eds.), EU Cohesion Policy and Spatial Governance: Territorial, Social and Economic Challenges (pp. 127-141). (Elgar Studies in Planning Theory, Policy and Practice). Edward Elgar Publishing. [DOI] [Repository]
Cardoso, R., & Meijers, E. (2021). Metropolization processes and intra-regional contrasts: The uneven fortunes of English secondary cities. In M. Pendras, & C. Williams (Eds.), Secondary Cities: Exploring Uneven Development in Dynamic Urban Regions of the Global North (pp. 103-132). Bristol University Press.
Meijers, E., & Cardoso, R. (2021). Shedding Light or Casting Shadows? Relations Between Primary and Secondary Cities. In M. Pendras, & C. Williams (Eds.), Secondary Cities: Exploring uneven development in dynamic urban regions of the global north (pp. 25-54). Bristol University Press.
Meijers, E. J., Burger, M., & van Oort, F. G. (2021). Randstad Holland between functional entity and political desire. In W. Zonneveld, & V. Nadin (Eds.), The Randstad: A Polycentric Metropolis (1 ed., pp. 127-148). (Regions and Cities). Routledge. [DOI] [Repository]
Cardoso, R., & Meijers, E. (2021). Metropolisation: the winding road toward the citification of the region. Urban Geography, 42(1), 1-20. [DOI] [Repository]
Peris, A., Meijers, E., & van Ham, M. (2021). Information diffusion between Dutch cities: Revisiting Zipf and Pred using a computational social science approach. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 85, 1-12. Article 101565. [DOI] [Repository]
2020
Scholarly publications
Cardoso, R., & Meijers, E. (2020). The process of metropolization in megacity-regions. In Handbook of Megacities and Megacity-Regions (pp. 360-375). Edward Elgar Publishing. [DOI]
de Vos, D., Lindgren, U., van Ham, M., & Meijers, E. (2020). Does broadband internet allow cities to ‘borrow size’? Evidence from the Swedish labour market. Regional Studies, 54(9), 1175-1186. [DOI] [Repository]
Peris, A., Faber, W. J., Meijers, E., & Van Ham, M. (2020). Un siglo de difusión de información en Países Bajos producido a partir de un archivo digital masivo de periódicos históricos: Base de datos DIGGER. CyberGeo, 2020. [DOI] [Repository]
2019
Scholarly publications
van Ham, M., & Meijers, E. J. (2019). Working from Home and Commuting: Heterogeneity over Time, Space, and Occupations.
Cardoso, R., Meijers, E., van Ham, M., Burger, M., & de Vos, D. (2019). Why bright city lights dazzle and illuminate: A cognitive science approach to urban promises. Urban Studies, 56(2), 452-470. [DOI]
de Vos, D., & Meijers, E. (2019). Population, diversity, and restaurants: Trends in the geography of cuisine variety in the Netherlands. Regional Statistics, 9(2), 67-88. [DOI]
De Vos, D., & Meijers, E. (2019). Information Technology and Local Product Variety: Substitution, Complementarity and Spillovers. Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 110(4), 486-506. [DOI]
Meijers, E., & van der Wouw, D. (2019). Struggles and strategies of rural regions in the age of the ‘urban triumph’. Journal of Rural Studies, 66, 21-29. [DOI]
Meijers, E., & Peris, A. (2019). Using toponym co-occurrences to measure relationships between places: review, application and evaluation. International Journal of Urban Sciences, 23(2), 246-268. [DOI]
Burger, M., van Oort, F. G., & Meijers, E. (2019). Examining Spatial Structure Using Gravity Models. In L. D'Acci (Ed.), The Mathematics of Urban Morphology (pp. 471-479). (Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology). Springer. [DOI]
2018
Scholarly publications
Korthals Altes, W., Kleinhans, R., & Meijers, E. J. (2018). Relational versus local values of cultural heritage; Tourism gentrification and governance in context. Socio.hu, 1. [DOI]
Boussauw, K., van Meeteren, M., Sansen, J., Meijers, E., Storme, T., Louw, E., Derudder, B., & Witlox, F. (2018). Planning for agglomeration economies in a polycentric region: Envisioning an efficient metropolitan core area in Flanders. European Journal of Spatial Development, (69), 1-26. [DOI]
Meijers, E., Hoogerbrugge, M., & Cardoso, R. (2018). Beyond Polycentricity: Does Stronger Integration Between Cities in Polycentric Urban Regions Improve Performance? Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 109(1), 1-21. [DOI]
de Vos, D., Meijers, E., & van Ham, M. (2018). Working from home and the willingness to accept a longer commute. Annals of Regional Science, 61(2), 375-398. [DOI]
Peris, A., Meijers, E., & van Ham, M. (2018). The Evolution of the Systems of Cities Literature Since 1995: Schools of Thought and their Interaction. Networks and Spatial Economics, 18(3), 533-554. [DOI]
2017
Scholarly publications
Cardoso, R. V., Meijers, E. J., van Ham, M., Burger, M. J., & de Vos, D. (2017). The City as a Self-Help Book: The Psychology of Urban Promises.
Cardoso, R. V., & Meijers, E. J. (2017). Secondary Yet Metropolitan? The Challenges of Metropolitan Integration for Second-Tier Cities. Planning Theory and Practice, 18(4), 616-635. [DOI]
Meijers, E. J., & Burger, M. J. (2017). Stretching the concept of ‘borrowed size’. Urban Studies, 54(1), 269-291. [DOI]
Cardoso, R. V., & Meijers, E. J. (2017). The metropolitan name game: The pathways to place naming shaping metropolitan regions. Environment and Planning A, 49(3), 703-721. [DOI]
2016
Scholarly publications
Burger, M. J., & Meijers, E. J. (2016). Agglomerations and the rise of urban network externalities. Papers in Regional Science, 95(1), 5-15. [DOI]
Cardoso, R. V., & Meijers, E. J. (2016). Contrasts between first-tier and second-tier cities in Europe: a functional perspective. European Planning Studies, 24(5), 996-1015. [DOI]
Goess, S., de Jong, M., & Meijers, E. (2016). City branding in polycentric urban regions: identification, profiling and transformation in the Randstad and Rhine-Ruhr. European Planning Studies, 24(11), 2036-2056. [DOI]
Meijers, E. J., Burger, M. J., & Hoogerbrugge, M. M. (2016). Borrowing size in networks of cities: City size, network connectivity and metropolitan functions in Europe. Papers in Regional Science, 95(1), 181-198. [DOI]
2015
Scholarly publications
Burger, M. J., Meijers, E. J., Hoogerbrugge, M. M., & Tresserra, J. M. (2015). Borrowed Size, Agglomeration Shadows and Cultural Amenities in North-West Europe. European Planning Studies, 23(6), 1090-1109. [DOI]
2014
Scholarly publications
Burger, M. J., Meijers, E. J., & van Oort, F. G. (2014). Editorial: The Development and Functioning of Regional Urban Systems. Regional Studies, 48(12), 1921-1925. [DOI]
Meijers, E., Hoogerbrugge, M., Louw, E., Priemus, H., & Spaans, M. (2014). City profile: The Hague. Cities, 41(PA), 92-100. [DOI]
Meijers, E., Hoogerbrugge, M., & Hollander, K. (2014). Twin cities in the process of metropolisation. Urban Research and Practice, 7(1), 35-55. [DOI]
2013
Scholarly publications
Meijers, E. J. (2013). Metropolitan labor productivity and urban spatial structure: A comparison of U.S. monocentric and polycentric metropolitan areas. In Advances in Spatial Science (pp. 141-166). (Advances in Spatial Science; Vol. 72). Springer. [DOI]
Louw, E., Leijten, M., & Meijers, E. (2013). Changes subsequent to infrastructure investments: Forecasts, expectations and ex-post situation. Transport Policy, 29, 107-117. [DOI]
Meijers, E., Hoekstra, J., & Spaans, M. (2013). Fixed link, fixed effects? Housing market outcomes of new infrastructure development in the Dutch Delta Area. Geografisk Tidsskrift, 113(1), 11-24. [DOI]
2012
Scholarly publications
Burger, M., & Meijers, E. (2012). Form follows function? linking morphological and functional polycentricity. Urban Studies, 49(5), 1127-1149. [DOI]
Meijers, E., Hoekstra, J., Leijten, M., Louw, E., & Spaans, M. (2012). Connecting the periphery: Distributive effects of new infrastructure. Journal of Transport Geography, 22, 187-198. [DOI]
2010
Scholarly publications
Meijers, E. J., & Burger, M. J. (2010). Spatial structure and productivity in US metropolitan areas. Environment and Planning A, 42(6), 1383-1402. [DOI]
2009
Scholarly publications
Stead, D., & Meijers, E. (2009). Spatial planning and policy integration: Concepts, facilitators and inhibitors. Planning Theory and Practice, 10(3), 317-332. [DOI]
2008
Scholarly publications
Meijers, E. J., & Sandberg, K. (2008). Reducing regional disparities by means of polycentric development: panacea or placebo? Scienze Regionali, 7(2), 71.
Meijers, E. (2008). Critical mass and complementarity in contemporary urban networks. Town Planning Review, 79(5), 485-506. [DOI]
Meijers, E., Hoekstra, J., & Aguado, R. (2008). Strategic planning for city networks: The emergence of a basque global city? International Planning Studies, 13(3), 239-259. [DOI]
Meijers, E. (2008). Measuring polycentricity and its promises. European Planning Studies, 16(9), 1313-1323. [DOI]
Meijers, E. (2008). Summing small cities does not make a large city: Polycentric urban regions and the provision of cultural, leisure and sports amenities. Urban Studies, 45(11), 2323-2342. [DOI]
2007
Scholarly publications
Meijers, E. (2007). Clones or complements? The division of labour between the main cities of the Randstad, the Flemish Diamond and the RheinRuhr Area. Regional Studies, 41(7), 889-900. [DOI]
Meijers, E. (2007). From central palace to network model: Theory and evidence of a paradigm change. Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 98(2), 245-259. [DOI]
2005
Scholarly publications
Waterhout, B., Zonneveld, W., & Meijers, E. (2005). Polycentric development policies in Europe: Overview and debate. Built Environment, 31(2), 163-173. [DOI]
Meijers, E., Waterhout, B., & Zonneveld, W. (2005). Polycentric development policies in European countries: An introduction. Built Environment, 31(2), 97-102. [DOI]
Meijers, E. (2005). Polycentric urban regions and the quest for synergy: Is a network of cities more than the sum of the parts? Urban Studies, 42(4), 765-781. [DOI]
2003
Scholarly publications
Meijers, E., & Romein, A. (2003). Realizing potential: Building regional organizing capacity in polycentric urban regions. European Urban and Regional Studies, 10(2), 173-186. [DOI]