A Novel Method for Simulating Urban Population Potential Based on Urban Patches: A Case Study in Jiangsu Province, China

Urban population potential is a good measure of urban spatial interactions. However, previous studies often assigned population data to the administrative point of the government or the centroid of the region, such as the county, ward or village. In these cases, two problems exist: (1) the zone cent...

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Main Authors: Nan Dong, Xiaohuan Yang, Hongyan Cai, Liming Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-04-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/4/3984