Urban Transfer Entropy across Scales.
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SUBMITTER: Murcio R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4514628 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Urban Transfer Entropy across Scales.
Murcio Roberto R Morphet Robin R Gershenson Carlos C Batty Michael M
PloS one 20150724 7
The morphology of urban agglomeration is studied here in the context of information exchange between different spatio-temporal scales. Urban migration to and from cities is characterised as non-random and following non-random pathways. Cities are multidimensional non-linear phenomena, so understanding the relationships and connectivity between scales is important in determining how the interplay of local/regional urban policies may affect the distribution of urban settlements. In order to quanti ...[more]
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