A positive theory of network connectivity

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 308-325

  Levinson, David ^a   Huang, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuitness; Network growth; Network structure; Road network; Topology; Treeness

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84859461285     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b37094     Document Type: Article

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