Inferred central role of settlements

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.

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Tags

  • central-places
  • settlement-hierarchy
  • network-analysis

Topics

  • TRAN
  • REGI
  • SOCI

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