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An urban metric system based on space‐economy: Foundations and implementation

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  • Luc‐Normand Tellier
  • Jérémy Gelb

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An urban metric system (UMS) is here implemented in order to henceforth solve the numerous problems stemming from the absence of a mathematical definition of the boundaries of the various concepts of urban areas. It is based on space‐economy, especially, land‐rent theory, the concepts of attractive and repulsive forces, as well as vector fields. The system is applied to the central cities, agglomerations and metropolitan areas of Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City. Based on the proposed UMS, a synthetic index of urban sprawl is defined and computed for the studied metropolitan areas. En este estudio se implementa un sistema de métricas urbanas (SMU) para resolver en el futuro los numerosos problemas derivados de la ausencia de una definición matemática de los límites de los diversos conceptos de áreas urbanas. Se basa en la economía del espacio, especialmente en la teoría tierra‐renta, los conceptos de fuerzas atractivas y repulsivas, y en los campos vectoriales. El sistema se aplica a las ciudades centrales, las aglomeraciones y las áreas metropolitanas de Montreal, Toronto y la ciudad de Quebec. A partir de la SMU propuesta, se define y calcula un índice sintético de dispersión urbana para las áreas metropolitanas estudiadas. 都市部の様々なコンセプトの境界が数学的に定義されていないことから生じる多数の問題が、今後解消されるように都市計量システム(urban metric system : UMS)を使用する。このシステムは、空間経済の理論、特に引力と斥力のコンセプトである地代の理論、そしてベクトル場に基づいている。このシステムを、モントリオール、トロント、ケベックの中心都市の集積地域と大都市圏に適用する。提示したUMSに基づいて、都市スプロール現象の総合指数を定義して、対象の大都市圏の指数を算出する。

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  • Luc‐Normand Tellier & Jérémy Gelb, 2018. "An urban metric system based on space‐economy: Foundations and implementation," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 10(3), pages 145-160, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:10:y:2018:i:3:p:145-160
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12141
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    1. Tellier, Luc-Normand, 2021. "Characterizing urban form by means of the Urban Metric System," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    2. Piotr Lityński & Artur Hołuj, 2020. "Urban Sprawl Risk Delimitation: The Concept for Spatial Planning Policy in Poland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-19, March.
    3. Dentinho, Tomaz Ponce & Reid, Neil, 2021. "Urban growth models. An application to American cities," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    4. Vanhatalo, Jaana & Partanen, Jenni, 2022. "Exploring the spectrum of urban area key figures using data from Finland and proposing guidelines for delineation of urban areas," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).

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