Masucci, AP;
Smith, D;
Crooks, A;
Batty, M;
Random planar graphs and the London street network.
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Abstract
In this paper we analyse the street network of London both in its primary and dual representation. To understand its properties, we consider three idealised models based on a grid, a static random planar graph and a growing random planar graph. Comparing the models and the street network, we find that the streets of London form a self-organising system whose growth is characterised by a strict interaction between the metrical and informational space. In particular, a principle of least effort appears to create a balance between the physical and the mental effort required to navigate the city.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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| Title: | Random planar graphs and the London street network |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epjb/e2009-00290-4 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2009-00290-4 |
| Keywords: | physics.data-an, physics.data-an, physics.soc-ph |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/15202 |
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