Original title: Urban Structure Analysis
Authors: Vašata, D. ; Exner, Pavel ; Šeba, Petr
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: QMath 11 Conference on Mathematical Results in Quantum Physics, Hradec Králové (CZ), 20100906
Year: 2011
Language: eng
Abstract: The built-up land represents an important type of overall landscape. We analyse the structure of built-up land in largest cities in the Czech Republic and selected cities in the USA using the framework of statistical physics. To do this, both the variance of the built-up area and the number variance of built-up landed plots in circles are calculated. In both cases the variance as a function of a circle radius follows a power law. The obtained value of the exponents are comparable to exponents typical for critical systems. The study is based on cadastral data in the Czech Republic and building footprints GIS data in the USA.
Keywords: critical systems; self-organized criticality; Urban structure
Project no.: LC06002 (CEP)
Funding provider: GA MŠk
Host item entry: Mathematical Results in Quantum Physics, ISBN 978-981-4350-35-8

Institution: Nuclear Physics Institute AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0281498

Permalink: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-373391


The record appears in these collections:
Research > Institutes ASCR > Nuclear Physics Institute
Conference materials > Papers