2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Mathematical Modeling of Uneven Transportation Networks Development
Project/Area Number |
11680071
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Human geography
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Research Institution | Ochanomizu University |
Principal Investigator |
MIZUNO Isao Department of Geography, Faculty of Letters and Education, Ochanomizu University, Associate Professor, 文教育学部, 助教授 (50209764)
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Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2000
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Keywords | transport network / technological innovation / time-space convergence / historical contingency / urban agglomeration / uneven development / nonlinear feedback / simulation |
Research Abstract |
In my research, urban agglomeration, that is, megalopolis in an interurban system is examined. Jannelle's time-space convergence concept means the shrinking time distance between places by the technological innovation of transportation networks. The change in time distance makes the population and the firms lie in a new tension between competition and cooperation. My aim is to submit a more geographic self-organizing location model on the uneven time-space convergence processes. As a result, we can make the following points. First, the larger distance-decay parameter makes a multi-pole type urban distribution, and the smaller makes a single pole type one. Secondly, any megalopolis does not appear if there is no time-space convergence process. Thirdly, where a megalopolis is formed depends on how a series of fluctuation appear in a historical, geographical context.
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Research Products
(3 results)