Contesting Mexico City's alleged polycentric condition through a centrality-mixed land-use composite index

We examine Mexico City's urban structure through a composite index by combining two previously existing metrics: one derived from the Urban Network Analysis tool (UNA), recently published by MIT researchers, and the other, using an Entropy Index, which in essence, represents the mixed land-use...

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Published in:Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 53; no. 11; pp. 2380 - 2396
Main Authors: Escamilla, Jorge Montejano, Cos, Camilo Caudillo, Cárdenas, José Silván
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England Sage Publications, Ltd 01.08.2016
SAGE Publications
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Centrality
Cities
Computer networks
Entropy
Indexes
Land
Land use
Land use planning
Mexico City Mexico
Mixed use developments
Network analysis
Urban areas
Urban planning
Urban structure
Urban structures
Urban studies
Mexico
Mexico City Mexico
Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico City
network analysis
urban centrality
polycentric urban form
Mexico City
ISSN:0042-0980, 1360-063X
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Summary:We examine Mexico City's urban structure through a composite index by combining two previously existing metrics: one derived from the Urban Network Analysis tool (UNA), recently published by MIT researchers, and the other, using an Entropy Index, which in essence, represents the mixed land-use degree. The proposed composite index embodies a different approach from previous methods reported in the literature because it uses disaggregated data at the unit level, performs weighted cluster calculations through a network data set, and incorporates a mixed land-use metric. This method was developed in order to test if the urban arrangement showed signs of a polycentric condition under a particular centrality standpoint. We observed that Mexico City has a relatively weak polycentric urban condition.
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ISSN:0042-0980
1360-063X
DOI:10.1177/0042098015588685