Interaction maximization and the observed distribution of urban populations : An agent-based model of humanity's metric condition
Details
Serval ID
serval:BIB_483C5D8999BA
Type
Inproceedings: an article in a conference proceedings.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Interaction maximization and the observed distribution of urban populations : An agent-based model of humanity's metric condition
Title of the conference
European Colloquium on Theoretical and Quantitative Geography
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2007
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Editor
Christakos M, Batty M., Caloz R., Collet C., Fotheringham S., Genton M., Grasland C., Huriot J.-M., Julião J.P., Lombardo S., Pumain D., Rabino G., Sanders L., Tenedorio J.A., Thomas I., Weibel R., White R., Bavaud F., Cosinschi M., Da Cunha A., Kanevski M., Pini G., Racine J.-B., Reynard E., Rozenblat C., Tomassini M.
Language
english
Abstract
The very existence of urban formations on all inhabited
continents and throughout the history of mankind since
the 3rd millennium B.C. leads to suppose a tendency of
some structured societies to maximize interaction by
minimizing physical distance. Were this tendency
unconstrained, it should eventually lead to the
concentration of all of the society?s population into one
single point: a situation only partially realized by the
distribution of urban populations at the global scale.
Models of constraints preventing its realization have
thus to be proposed. We have set up one such model, using
agent based simulation of food production and
accessibility, in order to account for the structural
constraints particular to the physical space. The
simulations have notably shown that, while necessarily
emerging from a society investing agricultural surplus
into the upholding of specialists, an upper limit to
city-growth is imposed by the phenomena of spatial
friction.
continents and throughout the history of mankind since
the 3rd millennium B.C. leads to suppose a tendency of
some structured societies to maximize interaction by
minimizing physical distance. Were this tendency
unconstrained, it should eventually lead to the
concentration of all of the society?s population into one
single point: a situation only partially realized by the
distribution of urban populations at the global scale.
Models of constraints preventing its realization have
thus to be proposed. We have set up one such model, using
agent based simulation of food production and
accessibility, in order to account for the structural
constraints particular to the physical space. The
simulations have notably shown that, while necessarily
emerging from a society investing agricultural surplus
into the upholding of specialists, an upper limit to
city-growth is imposed by the phenomena of spatial
friction.
Publisher's website
Create date
19/07/2010 14:55
Last modification date
20/08/2019 14:55
Usage data
