KANGAROOS, CITIES AND SPACE: A FIRST APPROACH TO THE AUSTRALIAN URBAN SYSTEM

Daniel Arribas-Bel (), Fernando SANZ Gracia () and Domingo Ximénez-de-Embún ()
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Daniel Arribas-Bel: GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University (USA)
Fernando SANZ Gracia: Department of Economic Analysis, Universidad de Zaragoza (SPAIN)

Region et Developpement, 2012, vol. 36, 165-187

Abstract: Australia shapes a unique urban system. This paper examines the Australian urban system using data for urban centers and localities in 1996 and 2001. A summary and a basic descriptive analysis of the database are provided, followed by an examination of whether the system follows Zipf’s and Gibrat’s laws. None of them are found to hold. An Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) as well as a confirmatory analysis are carried out by using some of the most recent developments in spatial econometrics (Heteroskedastic Consistent GM Estimation) to analyze the spatial dimension of city size and growth, finding no influence for the former but a significant one for the latter.

Keywords: AUSTRALIAN URBAN SYSTEM; ZIPF’S LAW; GIBRAT’S LAW; ESDA (EXPLORATORY SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS); SPATIAL GIBRAT. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 R00 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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