Multi-Scale Recursive Identification of Urban Functional Areas Based on Multi-Source Data

Ting Liu, Gang Cheng () and Jie Yang
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Ting Liu: College Surveying & Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
Gang Cheng: College Surveying & Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
Jie Yang: College Surveying & Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-24

Abstract: The study of urban functional area identification is of great significance for urban function cognition, spatial planning, and economic development. In the identification of urban functional areas, most studies considered only a single data source and a single division scale, the research results have problems such as low update frequency or incomplete information in a single data set, and overfitting or underfitting in a single spatial resolution. Aiming at the above problems, this paper proposes a multi-scale recursive recognition method based on interactive validation for urban functional areas using taxi trajectory data and point of interest (POI) data as the main data sources. First, the dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm generates a time series similarity matrix, a CA-RFM model combining the clustering algorithm and random forest model is constructed. The model extracts significant feature regions as inputs through a K-medoid clustering algorithm, which are imported into the random forest model for urban functional zone (UFZ) identification. Then, to overcome the shortcomings of a single scale in expressing urban structural characteristics, a recursive model of different levels of urban road networks is established to classify multi-scale functional areas. Finally, cross-validation using the CA-RFM model and POI quantitative identification method obtains the final identification results of urban functional areas. This paper selects Shenzhen as the study area, the results show that the combination of clustering algorithm and random forest model greatly reduces the error of manual selection of training samples. In addition, the study demonstrates the superiority of the proposed method in two aspects, namely, faster delineation and improved accuracy in urban functional area identification.

Keywords: urban functional zone; CA-RFM model; multi-scale recursive recognition; POI quantitative identification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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