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From Complexity to Simplicity

In: Complexity and Spatial Networks

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  • Aura Reggiani

    (University of Bologna)

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“Near is beautiful” was argued by Miller (2004, p. 248) in his essay on “Tobler's First Law and Spatial Analysis”. The awareness has also grown that relations among things that are near can generate complex spatio-temporal phenomena. The simplicity of Tobler's law invokes reflections on the complexity of interacting phenomena and the ‘simple’ laws which have been articulated in the scientific literature when attempting to ‘decode’ these phenomena. Certainly, from a spatial economic viewpoint, Tobler's law is consistent with the minimum cost-distance principle. In addition, Miller sheds light on the meaning of ‘near’ and ‘distant’: near is central to the space-economy, it is a more flexible and powerful concept than is often appreciated, and it could be expanded to include both space and time. Thus, not only (near or distant) space, but also the time component is fundamental in the analysis of the interacting economic phenomena. In parallel with Tobler, Hägerstrand (1967) pointed to the relevance of joint space-time diffusion processes, and Wilson (1967) linked spatial interaction with statistical information principles and entropy laws. An associated microeconomic foundation of spatial interaction modelling was subsequently developed by Anas (1983) on the basis of random utility theory (McFadden 1974). Later on, Nijkamp and Reggiani (1992) linked dynamic entropy with (dynamic) spatial interaction models.

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  • Aura Reggiani, 2009. "From Complexity to Simplicity," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Aura Reggiani & Peter Nijkamp (ed.), Complexity and Spatial Networks, chapter 0, pages 275-284, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-642-01554-0_19
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01554-0_19
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    1. Emmanouil Tranos & Peter Nijkamp, 2013. "The Death Of Distance Revisited: Cyber-Place, Physical And Relational Proximities," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(5), pages 855-873, December.
    2. Aura Reggiani, 2022. "The Architecture of Connectivity: A Key to Network Vulnerability, Complexity and Resilience," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 415-437, September.
    3. Aura Reggiani & Peter Nijkamp, 2015. "Did Zipf Anticipate Spatial Connectivity Structures?," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 42(3), pages 468-489, June.
    4. Aura Reggiani & Pietro Bucci & Giovanni Russo, 2011. "Accessibility and Impedance Forms: Empirical Applications to the German Commuting Network," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 34(2), pages 230-252, April.
    5. Emmanouil Tranos & Peter Nijkamp, 2014. "Digital infrastructure and physical proximity," Chapters, in: André Torre & Frédéric Wallet (ed.), Regional Development and Proximity Relations, chapter 8, pages 267-290, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    6. Michał Banaszak & Michał Dziecielski & Peter Nijkamp & Waldemar Ratajczak, 2019. "Geography in motion: Hexagonal spatial systems in fuzzy gravitation," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 51(2), pages 393-402, March.
    7. Reggiani, Aura, 2013. "Network resilience for transport security: Some methodological considerations," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 28(C), pages 63-68.
    8. Michal Banaszak & Michal Dziecielski & Peter Nijkamp & Waldemar Ratajczak, 2015. "Self-Organisation in Spatial Systems—From Fractal Chaos to Regular Patterns and Vice Versa," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(9), pages 1-13, September.

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