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We study centrality in urban street patterns of different world cities represented as networks in geographical space. The results indicate that a spatial analysis based on a set of four centrality indices allows an extended visualization and characterization of the city structure. A hierarchical clustering analysis based on the distributions of centrality has a certain capacity to distinguish different classes of cities. In particular, self-organized cities exhibit scale-free properties similar to those found in nonspatial networks, while planned cities do not.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 18459 |
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| Keywords: | spatial networks, urban, Mathematical geography. Cartography, Statistics |
| Subjects: | Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > Mathematical geography. Cartography Social Sciences > Statistics |
| Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Architecture |
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| Depositing user: | Dr Nina Baker |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2010 14:17 |
| Last modified: | 04 Oct 2012 13:00 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/18459 |
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