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SUBMITTER: Xu W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6894597 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Weipan W Chen Haohui H Frias-Martinez Enrique E Cebrian Manuel M Li Xun X
Royal Society open science 20191113 11
The compact city, as a sustainable concept, is intended to augment the efficiency of urban function. However, previous studies have concentrated more on morphology than on structure. The present study focuses on urban structural elements, i.e. urban hotspots consisting of high-density and high-intensity socioeconomic zones, and explores the economic performance associated with their spatial structure. We use night-time luminosity data and the <i>Loubar</i> method to identify and extract the hots ...[more]