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Area of Science:

  • Urban studies
  • Network science
  • Spatial analysis

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  • Increasing global urbanization presents challenges for resource management (water, food, energy).
  • Urban infrastructure functions as a collaborative system of service points for the population.
  • Understanding the spatial collaboration within urban service networks is crucial for efficient city management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the spatial collaboration among urban infrastructure service points.
  • To analyze the influence of human collective movement and resource usage on urban network structures.
  • To propose a novel approach for infrastructure classification incorporating human mobility.

Main Methods:

  • Construction of a shared network model based on human collective movement and resource usage.
  • Utilized data usage detail records (UDRs) from cellular networks in a western Chinese city.
  • Analysis of network properties, including node types, link patterns, and community structures.

Main Results:

  • The proposed urban network is not scale-free but exhibits a triangular property linked to two node types.
  • Network structure reflects the urban-rural dualistic context and comprises spatially separated communities.
  • Identified communities correspond to local activity zones and do not align perfectly with administrative boundaries.

Conclusions:

  • Incorporating human movement into infrastructure classification is effective, as evidenced by well-defined spatial clusters.
  • The study reveals the internal spatial structure of a city through network analysis.
  • Findings offer a new perspective on studying spatially distributed systems by integrating human mobility data.