An allometric scaling relation based on logistic growth of cities

DOI10.1016/J.CHAOS.2014.04.017zbMATH Open1348.91232arXiv1312.3785OpenAlexW1988397621MaRDI QIDQ339841FDOQ339841

Authors: Yanguang Chen 

Publication date: 11 November 2016

Published in: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The relationships between urban area and population size have been empirically demonstrated to follow the scaling law of allometric growth. This allometric scaling is based on exponential growth of city size and can be termed "exponential allometry", which is associated with the concepts of fractals. However, both city population and urban area comply with the course of logistic growth rather than exponential growth. In this paper, I will present a new allometric scaling based on logistic growth to solve the abovementioned problem. The logistic growth is a process of replacement dynamics. Defining a pair of replacement quotients as new measurements, which are functions of urban area and population, we can derive an allometric scaling relation from the logistic processes of urban growth, which can be termed "logistic allometry". The exponential allometric relation between urban area and population is the approximate expression of the logistic allometric equation when the city size is not large enough. The proper range of the allometric scaling exponent value is reconsidered through the logistic process. Then, a medium-sized city of Henan Province, China, is employed as an example to validate the new allometric relation. The logistic allometry is helpful for further understanding the fractal property and self-organized process of urban evolution in the right perspective.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.3785

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zbMATH Keywords

allometryurban areaurban population

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Models of societies, social and urban evolution (91D10) Mathematical geography and demography (91D20)

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