Time–space convergence and urban decentralisation

Collapsed Rhythms

“…This is not something new, as it has been noted throughout history (Crang, 2001), but it becomes central when we are confronted with a panorama of speeded up time-spaces (Crang, 2007). Due to urban sprawl and the deregulation of work schedules, managing time and space becomes a central concern in everyday life (Ma & Kang, 2011;Southerton, 2009;Ulferts, Karunka, & Kubicek, 2013).…”

A New Method for Measuring the Economic Convergence and Its Application on Central China Provinces

“…Economy distance will be affected by the economic spillover and convergence to a certain extent, which requires the research exist on the space of the economic growth of an area and the surrounding area (Rey and Dev, 2006;Ma and Kang, 2011) when using spatial econometrics method to analyze and study the interdependent relationship. However, as for the classic convergence mode analysis method, the conclusion is often one whole economic system of convergence and diffusion (Costantini and Lupi, 2005).…”

Agent-based modelling for planning support of local residential policy in Kanazawa city, Japan

“…Different from traditional means, the utility model here for presenting subjective difference between agent's choices is represented by (6). As showed by it, a component is ε has been used to reflect the unobserved random contribution to utility.…”

“…Experienced urban shrinkage over the past decades, many Japanese cities have to face the problems like downtown decline, low residential rate and population density in urban center and low utilization rate of city facilities. Especially since the increase of commuting distance has been proved won't result to obviously increase in commuting time [6], more people are moving to suburban. This phenomenon partly accelerated downtown decline.…”