How to calculate and map the functional urban area of a city intermedia in the regional space where it is inserted in addition to defining the main flows of migration commuting to work and study for her flow?
What is the way to set up the area of the FUA? What methodological way to map the FUA, distinguishing the main urban center of the rest of the area which is the functional urban area?
If I were you, I would use the notion of natural cities,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270634544_Headtail_Breaks_for_Visualization_of_City_Structure_and_Dynamics
Herewith a tool http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=47b1d6fdd1984a6fae916af389cdc57d
If one take a city as a whole, it would possible to derive its FUA.
Article Head/tail Breaks for Visualization of City Structure and Dynamics
Check out Reilly's Law of gravitation. It determines push and pull factors for migrating from smaller to bigger cities.
Consider commuting radii around a cluster of workplaces. This was Wilbur Thompson's conception. I believe that you can find it in his book, A Preface to Urban Economics.
Dear Rogério,
I attach some European reports defining these areas (FUA, MUA and LUZ).
Best,
Borja
http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/ToolsandMaps/ESPON2013Database/3.6_TR-Urban_Audit.pdf
http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf
Dear Borja,
Thank you for your contribution.
Rogério
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