Effects of municipal boundaries measured by combining urban scaling and spatial interaction

Author:

Tordoir Pieter P.1,van Raan Anthony F. J.2ORCID,Poorthuis Ate3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, 1012 WX Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2. Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, 2311 EZ Leiden, The Netherlands

3. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Abstract

Urban scaling, the superlinear increase of socio-economic measures with increasing population, is a well-researched phenomenon. This article is focused on socio-economic performance scaling, which could possibly be driven by increasing returns of the size and density of interaction networks. If this is indeed the case, we should also find that spatial barriers to interaction affect scaling and cause local performance deviations. Possible barring effects of municipal boundaries are important from the perspective of urban and regional governance. We test the hypothesis of barring effects by correlating municipal boundaries with the structure of commuter networks within a large densely urbanized region, the Randstad in The Netherlands. The measured impacts of these boundaries are correlated with local employment-scaling deviations. Applying spatially weighted modelling techniques, we find that municipal borders have significant effects on inter-municipal commuting and indicate these effects on the map. The results show particularly significant correlations along dividing lines between large urban agglomerations and rural communities. The southern part of the Randstad is more fragmented by such dividing lines than the northern part, which could partly explain the diverging economic development between the two parts.

Funder

Province of South Holland

Publisher

The Royal Society

Subject

Biomedical Engineering,Biochemistry,Biomaterials,Bioengineering,Biophysics,Biotechnology

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