EXPLORATIONS INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND SPATIAL INTERACTION
This paper explores the relationship between spatial structure and spatial interaction at the intraurban level. To examine this relationship an experimental framework is designed based on the application of a doubly constrained entropy-type gravity model to journey-to-work data for twenty-four Canadian urban areas. The study demonstrates that distance-decay exponents are strongly influenced by geographic structure and the geometry of origins and destinations. As such, both the influence of map pattern and the friction of distance should be explicitly incorporated into spatial interaction models. The paper also explores the impact of city size and the nature of the economic base of the urban area upon distance-decay exponents. (a) (TRRL)
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Authors:
- Griffith, D A
- Jones, K G
- Publication Date: 1980
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 187-201
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Serial:
- Environment and Planning A
- Volume: 12
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Pion Limited
- ISSN: 0308-518X
- EISSN: 1472-3409
- Serial URL: http://www.envplan.com/A.html
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Economic factors; Geometry; Gravity models; Intercity transportation; Length; Mathematical models; Origin and destination; Traffic distribution; Urban areas; Work trips
- Uncontrolled Terms: Interurbans
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- Old TRIS Terms: Economic considerations
- ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 621: Journey to work; 6488: Length; 6473: Mathematical model; 687: Origin destination traffic; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society; I71: Traffic Theory;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00316905
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 27 1980 12:00AM