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The paper uses GIS data to derive maps for the visualization of spatial developmental patterns with complementary quantitative analysis for the spatial-temporal impact assessment. The ex post impact assessment shows that the master plans of Shenzhen have successfully guided urban development towards a polycentric spatial structure. Regarding the data used in the study, Global Human Settlement Layer (GSHL) is a valuable dataset that is generally suited to assessing the urban development pattern. The time series mapping of growth in built-up areas as well as population and built-up intensity mapping based on time specific categorization supplemented by the quantitative assessment of high urban concentrations (hUCs) based on time specific thresholding allows the identification of development patterns over a long period of time.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijgi7070252","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,27]],"date-time":"2018-06-27T11:02:05Z","timestamp":1530097325000},"page":"252","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Ex Post Impact Assessment of Master Plans\u2014The Case of Shenzhen in Shaping a Polycentric Urban Structure"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9524-3560","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaoping","family":"Xie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, 01217 Dresden, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Hou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing 100830, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2806-3121","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hendrik","family":"Herold","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, 01217 Dresden, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"UN-Habitat III (2017). 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