2007/09/27 by Dimitri Volchenkov, D. Volchenkov, Volchenkov, D. +2
Engineering · Environmental Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Land Use and Ecosystem Services #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis #Urban Design and Spatial Analysis #physics.comp-ph #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0709.4415
16 pages, 6 *.eps figures, 1 table
arxiv created 2007/09/27 · openalex publication_date 2007/09/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Potentially influential spaces in the spatial networks of cities can be detected by means of the entropy participation ratios. Local (connectivity) and global (centrality) entropies are considered. While the connectivity entropy has a tendency to increase with the city size, the centrality entropy is decreasing that reflects the global connectedness of cities. In urban networks, the local and global properties of nodes are positively correlated that indicates the intelligibility of cities. Correlations between entropy participation ratios can be used in purpose of intelligibility measurements and city networks comparisons.