Scaling and universality in the micro-structure of urban space

Details Scaling and universality in the micro-structure of urban space Scaling and universality in the micro-structure of urban space

2003-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0305164v2

Physica A, Volume 332, Pages 539-547 (1 February 2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

11 pages, 3 figures; minor changes

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physa.2003.10.024

We present a broad, phenomenological picture of the distribution of the length of open space linear segments, $l$, derived from maps of 36 cities in 14 different countries. By scaling the Zipf plot of $l$, we obtain two master curves for a sample of cities, which are not a function of city size. We show that a third class of cities is not easily classifiable into these two universality classes. The cumulative distribution of $l$ displays power-law tails with two distinct exponents, $\alpha_B=2$ and $\alpha_R=3$. We suggest a link between our data and the possibility of observing and modelling urban geometric structures using Levy processes.

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