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Spatial autocorrelation and localization of urban development

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A nonlinear analysis of urban evolution is made by using of spatial autocorrelation theory. A first-order nonlinear autoregression model based on Clark’s negative exponential model is proposed to show urban population density. The new method and model are applied to Hangzhou City, China, as an example. The average distance of population activities, the auto-correlation coefficient of urban population density, and the auto-regressive function values all show trends of gradual increase from 1964 to 2000, but there always is a sharp first-order cutoff in the partial autocorrelations. These results indicate that urban development is a process of localization. The discovery of urban locality is significant to improve the cellular-automata-based urban simulation of modeling spatial complexity.

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  1. Department of Geography, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China

    Liu Jisheng

  2. Department of Geography, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Chen Yanguang

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Foundation item: Under the auspices of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40371039)

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Liu, J., Chen, Y. Spatial autocorrelation and localization of urban development. Chin. Geograph.Sc. 17, 34–39 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-007-0034-9

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