Chaos and order in the contemporary city. The impact of urban spatial structure on population density and commuting distance in Barcelona, 1986-2001
Ivan Muñiz () and
Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López
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Ivan Muñiz: Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Working Papers from Department of Applied Economics at Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona
Abstract:
One of the criticisms leveled at the model of dispersed city found all over the world is its unarticulated, random, and undifferentiated nature. To check this idea in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region, we estimated the impact of the urban spatial structure (CBD, subcenters and transportation infrastructures) over the population density and commuting distance. The results are unfavorable to the hypothesis of the increasing destructuring of cities given that the explanatory capacity of both functions improves over time, both when other control variables are not included and when they are included.
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2012-06
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