Introduction

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serval:BIB_B86785E31529
Type
A part of a book
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Publications
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Title
Introduction
Title of the book
Methods for Multilevel Analysis and Visualisation of Geographical Networks
Author(s)
Rozenblat C., Melançon G.
Publisher
Springer
Address of publication
Dordrecht
ISBN
978-94-007-6676-1 (hardback)
978-94-007-6677-8 (paperback)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2013
Editor
Rozenblat C., Melançon G.
Series
Methodos Series
Pages
1-15
Language
english
Notes
rozenblat_introduction_2013
Abstract
Although increasing our knowledge of the properties of networks of cities is essential, these properties can be measured at the city level, and must be assessed by analyzing actor networks. The present volume focuses less on individual characteristics and more on the interactions of actors and institutions that create functional territories in which the structure of existing links constrains emerging links. Rather than basing explanations on external factors, the goal is to determine the extent to which network properties reflect spatial distributions and create local synergies at the meso level that are incorporated into global networks at the macro level where different geographical scales occur. The paper introduces the way to use the graphs structure to identify empirically relevant groups and levels that explain dynamics. It defines what could be called âeurooemulti-levelâeuro˝, âeurooemulti-scaleâeuro˝, or âeurooemultidimensionalâeuro˝ networks in the context of urban geography. It explains how the convergence of the network multi-territoriality paradigm collaboratively formulated, and manipulated by geographers and computer scientists produced the SPANGEO project, which is exposed in this volume.
Keywords
Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics, Human Geography, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Quantitative Geography
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