Description
This dataset describes the inferred central role of settlements, established by repeatedly verifying if a settlement is the largest for incremental car travel time bands. UNIT OF MEASURE: Travel timebands in which settlement is largest. RESOLUTION: 1:1000000. COMPLETENESS: 100%. POLICY CONTEXT: Regional and urban policies. METHODOLOGY: Network analysis. DATA SOURCES: DG REGIO settlements, TomTom networks, JRC-GEOSTAT2018. LEVEL OF AGGREGATION: cities defined on population density clusters. UNCERTAINTY AND LIMITATIONS: Network analysis restricted by country borders.
Contact
Contributors
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- Chris Jacobs Crisioni
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0000-0001-6225-4813
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- Mert Kompil
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0000-0002-3547-480X
How to cite
Jacobs Crisioni, Chris; Kompil, Mert (2022): Inferred central role of settlements. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/185f3224-a5f9-46f2-9db7-63eefb5af9a0
Keywords
Central places Network analysis Settlement hierarchy
Data access
This dataset describes the inferred central role of settlements, established by repeatedly verifying if a settlement is the largest for incremental car travel time bands. The downloadable file is a zip file containing an ESRI shapefile and also a txt file containing dataset information (e.g. calculation methodology and meaning of the attributes)
Publications
- WILEY, HOBOKEN, USA
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Abstract
National city ranks do not describe a settlement's local and regional relevance adequately. We introduce a method to rank settlements' centrality based on travel time and settlement size. We investigate the relationship between a settlement's size, whether it is a local or regional centre, and its service endowment. The approach explains per capita service endowments in Europe well, adding nuances that national rankings do not fully capture. In addition, it establishes a characterization of service types by empirically discernible preferences in spatial scale. Finally, results suggest that service endowment in settlements can be reshuffled because of faster road connections, with services spatially concentrating in better connected areas.
Geographic areas
Temporal coverage
| From date | To date |
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| 2018-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2022-08-29
- Modified date
- 2024-01-17
- Issued date
- 2022-09-02
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Population and society, Transport
- Update frequency
- irregular
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/185f3224-a5f9-46f2-9db7-63eefb5af9a0
- Popularity
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