2007/09/27 by Dimitri Volchenkov, D. Volchenkov, Ph. Blanchard
Engineering · Environmental Science · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis #Land Use and Ecosystem Services #Urban Design and Spatial Analysis #physics.data-an #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2007.11.049
24 pages, 5 *.eps figures
arxiv created 2007/09/27 · openalex publication_date 2007/12/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
We report about universality of rank-integration distributions of open spaces in city space syntax similar to the famous rank-size distributions of cities (Zipf's law). We also demonstrate that the degree of choice an open space represents for other spaces directly linked to it in a city follows a power law statistic. Universal statistical behavior of space syntax measures uncovers the universality of the city creation mechanism. We suggest that the observed universality may help to establish the international definition of a city as a specific land use pattern.