Abstract

This map summarizes information on the connectivity of 67 important South Asian cities concerning infrastructure networks. The map combines four information layers to reveal a city's overall stature in the region's infrastructure networks, i.e. rail, road, air, and information technology networks. Three dimensions of connectivity are shown: edge thickness reflecting tie strength between pairs of cities; node size reflecting a city's betweenness centrality; and node color reflecting the dominant geographical orientation of a city's connections. A threshold is used for the edges to ensure the map does not appear clogged. The map shows that major connections tend to be within-country linkages between large cities. There are five communities in South Asia's urban infrastructure networks, which largely follow national borders. Delhi, Mumbai, Lahore, Karachi, Chennai, Colombo and Dhaka are shown to be important nodes for the infrastructural integration of South Asia, as these cities mediate flows between relatively unconnected communities and cities.

Document type: Article

Full document

The PDF file did not load properly or your web browser does not support viewing PDF files. Download directly to your device: Download PDF document

Original document

The different versions of the original document can be found in:

http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8058690,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2013.858084,
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8058690/file/8058781
https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/tjomxx/v10y2014i1p47-52.html,
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8058690/file/8058781.pdf,
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16345,
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17445647.2013.858084,
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8058690,
http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/207536,
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17445647.2013.858084,
https://econpapers.repec.org/article/taftjomxx/v_3a10_3ay_3a2014_3ai_3a1_3ap_3a47-52.htm,
https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2079894753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2013.858084



DOIS: 10.6084/m9.figshare.963438.v1 10.1080/17445647.2013.858084 10.6084/m9.figshare.963438

Back to Top

Document information

Published on 01/01/2013

Volume 2013, 2013
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.963438.v1
Licence: Other

Document Score

0

Views 1
Recommendations 0

Share this document

claim authorship

Are you one of the authors of this document?