Measuring and Visualizing Urban Network Dynamics

Laurie A. Schintler and Giacomo Galiazzo
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Laurie A. Schintler: George Mason University
Giacomo Galiazzo: George Mason University

Chapter Chapter 15 in Complexity and Spatial Networks, 2009, pp 209-219 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract An urban area is a complex, dynamic system of networks through which information, capital and power propagate across and within nodes of activities. While innovations in information technology are making it easier for transactions in these networks to occur over greater distances, the importance of spatial proximity in such networks is still very much relevant. Economic, social and other types of benefits drive activities to co-locate, where one may view the process as one of preferential attachment. The physical agglomeration of activities that arises out this process, at any point in time, is what we characterize in this chapter as the “backbone” of region. We hypothesize that such a feature is not static, but rather, it shifts in space over time in response to changing constraints and circumstances.

Keywords: Census Tract; Satellite Imagery; Preferential Attachment; Giant Component; Dwelling Unit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01554-0_15

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