都市の大きさ,スケール,形状
1Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK. m.batty@ucl.ac.uk
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|February 9, 2008
まとめ
都市は複雑なシステムとして進化し,スペースの競争によって引き起こされるスケーリング法則に従って,下から上へと成長します. この研究は,現実的な都市計画と持続可能性のための都市経済,交通,ネットワーク科学を統合しています.
科学分野:
- 都市ダイナミクス
- 複雑なシステム科学 複雑なシステム科学
- ネットワーク科学 ネットワーク科学
背景:
- 都市進化の理解は,広範な研究にもかかわらず,依然として限られています.
- 都市はますます複雑な適応システムとして見られている.
- ボトムアップの成長パターンとスケーリング法則は,重要な概念として浮上しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 都市進化の統合理論を開発する.
- 都市経済学と輸送行動をネットワーク科学,アロメトリック成長,フラクタル幾何学と結びつける.
- 都市資源の限界と持続可能性に関する新しい洞察を提供すること.
主な方法:
- 文献レビューと既存の研究の合成.
- 様々な科学分野 (都市経済学,交通,ネットワーク科学,アロメトリック成長,フラクタル幾何学) の理論的統合.
- 都市規模と形状を規定するスケーリング法則の分析.
主要な成果:
- 都市は,空間的競争によるスケーリング法則によって支配されるボトムアップの成長を誇示しています.
- 都市進化について統合された理論的枠組みが生まれつつある.
- 都市密度,コンパクト性,広がりに関する新しい視点が提供されています.
結論:
- 都市進化を理解するには,複数の科学分野を統合する必要があります.
- この統合的アプローチは,都市計画と持続可能性に関する現実的な洞察を提供します.
- 将来の都市計画には,科学的な洞察に基づいたボトムアップ戦略の恩恵を受けることができます.
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