Universal scaling laws of collective human flow patterns in urban regions.

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      Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101563288 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2045-2322 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20452322 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Rep Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : Nature Publishing Group, copyright 2011-
    • Subject Terms:
      Population Density*; Geographic Information Systems/*instrumentation; Algorithms ; Cell Phone ; Cities ; Humans ; Japan ; Rivers ; Urban Population ; Urbanization
    • Abstract:
      Detail observation of human locations became available recently by the development of information technology such as mobile phones with GPS (Global Positioning System). We analyzed temporal changes of global human flow patterns in urban regions based on mobile phones' GPS data in 9 large cities in Japan. By applying a new concept of drainage basins in analogous to river flow patterns, we discovered several universal scaling relations. These include, the number of moving people in a drainage basin of diameter L is proportional to [Formula: see text] in the morning rush hour, which is surprisingly different from reasonable intuition of proportionality to the 2 dimensional area, [Formula: see text]. We show that this unexpected 3 dimensional feature is related to the strong attraction of the city center to become a 3 dimensional structure due skyscrapers.
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    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20201209 Date Completed: 20210324 Latest Revision: 20210324
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      PMC7722863
    • Accession Number:
      10.1038/s41598-020-77163-2
    • Accession Number:
      33293581