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| Exploring the network structure and nodal centrality of China's air transport network: A complex network approach | |
Wang, Jiaoe1 ; Mo, Huihui1,2,3; Wang, Fahui4; Jin, Fengjun1
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| 2011-07-01 | |
| Source Publication | JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
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| Volume | 19Issue:4Pages:712-721 |
| Abstract | This paper paper uses a complex network approach to examine the network structure and nodal centrality of individual cities in the air transport network of China (ATNC). Measures for overall network structure include degree distribution, average path length and clustering coefficient. Centrality metrics for individual cities are degree, closeness and betweenness, representing a node's location advantage as being directly connected to others, being accessible to others, and being the intermediary between others, respectively. Results indicate that the ATNC has a cumulative degree distribution captured by an exponential function, and displays some small-world (SW) network properties with an average path length of 2.23 and a clustering coefficient of 0.69. All three centrality indices are highly correlated with socioeconomic indicators of cities such as air passenger volume, population, and gross regional domestic product (GRDP). This confirms that centrality captures a crucial aspect of location advantage in the ATNC and has important implications in shaping the spatial pattern of economic activities. Most small and low-degree airports are directly connected to the largest cities with the best centrality and bypass their regional centers, and therefore sub-networks in the ATNC are less developed except for Kunming in the southwest and Urumchi in the northwest because of their strategic locations for geographic and political reasons. The ANTC is relatively young, and not as efficient and well-developed as that of the US. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Subtype | Article |
| Keyword | Air Transport Network Complex Network Centrality China |
| WOS Headings | Social Sciences ; Science & Technology ; Technology |
| WOS Subject Extended | Business & Economics ; Geography ; Transportation |
| WOS Keyword | SMALL-WORLD NETWORKS ; AIRPORT NETWORK ; PASSENGER TRANSPORT ; TRENDS |
| Indexed By | SSCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS Subject | Economics ; Geography ; Transportation |
| WOS ID | WOS:000292427700025 |
| Publisher | ELSEVIER SCI LTD |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/68156 |
| Collection | 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所 |
| Corresponding Author | Mo, Huihui |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Reg Sustainable Dev Modeling, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China 3.China Commun & Transportat Assoc, Beijing 100053, Peoples R China 4.Louisiana State Univ, Dept Geog & Anthropol, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Wang, Jiaoe,Mo, Huihui,Wang, Fahui,et al. Exploring the network structure and nodal centrality of China's air transport network: A complex network approach[J]. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY,2011,19(4):712-721. |
| APA | Wang, Jiaoe,Mo, Huihui,Wang, Fahui,&Jin, Fengjun.(2011).Exploring the network structure and nodal centrality of China's air transport network: A complex network approach.JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY,19(4),712-721. |
| MLA | Wang, Jiaoe,et al."Exploring the network structure and nodal centrality of China's air transport network: A complex network approach".JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY 19.4(2011):712-721. |
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