A spatial network explanation for a hierarchy of urban power laws

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 345, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 227-244

  Andersson, Claes ^a   Hellervik, Alexander ^a   Lindgren, Kristian ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Land values; Power laws; Random multiplicative growth; Spatial networks; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LAND USE; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; URBAN PLANNING; VALUE ENGINEERING;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; LAND VALUES; POWER LAWS; RANDOM MULTIPLICATIVE GROWTH; SPATIAL NETWORKS; URBAN GROWTH;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 8344236748     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(04)00992-6     Document Type: Review

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