Delineating urban areas using building density
Marie-Pierre de Bellefon
(1, 2, 3)
,
Pierre-Philippe Combes
(4, 5, 6)
,
Gilles Duranton
(7)
,
Laurent Gobillon
(8, 2, 3)
,
Clément Gorin
(6)
1
INSEE Paris
2 PSE - Paris School of Economics
3 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
4 ECON - Département d'économie (Sciences Po)
5 CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research
6 GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne
7 University of Pennsylvania
8 INED - Institut national d'études démographiques
2 PSE - Paris School of Economics
3 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
4 ECON - Département d'économie (Sciences Po)
5 CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research
6 GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne
7 University of Pennsylvania
8 INED - Institut national d'études démographiques
Pierre-Philippe Combes
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 16106
- IdHAL : pierre-philippe-combes
- ORCID : 0000-0001-7935-7149
- IdRef : 034631100
Laurent Gobillon
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 743074
- IdHAL : laurent-gobillon
- ORCID : 0000-0003-4849-7397
- IdRef : 105651346
Résumé
We develop a new dartboard methodology to delineate urban areas using detailed information about building location, which we implement using a map of all buildings in France. For each pixel, our approach compares actual building density after smoothing to counterfactual smoothed building density computed after randomly redistributing buildings. We define as urban any area with statistically significant excess building density. Within urban areas, extensions to our approach allow us to distinguish ‘core’ urban pixels and detect centres and subcentres. Finally, we develop novel one- and two-sided tests that provide a statistical basis to compare maps with different delineations, which we use to assess the robustness of our approach and to document large differences between our preferred delineation and the corresponding official one.
Domaines
Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Fichier |
---|---|
Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
en
Delineating urban areas using building density
|
Résumé |
en
We develop a new dartboard methodology to delineate urban areas using detailed information about building location, which we implement using a map of all buildings in France. For each pixel, our approach compares actual building density after smoothing to counterfactual smoothed building density computed after randomly redistributing buildings. We define as urban any area with statistically significant excess building density. Within urban areas, extensions to our approach allow us to distinguish ‘core’ urban pixels and detect centres and subcentres. Finally, we develop novel one- and two-sided tests that provide a statistical basis to compare maps with different delineations, which we use to assess the robustness of our approach and to document large differences between our preferred delineation and the corresponding official one.
|
Auteur(s) |
Marie-Pierre de Bellefon
1, 2, 3
, Pierre-Philippe Combes
4, 5, 6
, Gilles Duranton
7
, Laurent Gobillon
8, 2, 3
, Clément Gorin
6
1
INSEE Paris
( 301652 )
-
- France
2
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
4
ECON -
Département d'économie (Sciences Po)
( 226874 )
- 28 rue des Saints-Pères - 75007 Paris
- France
5
CEPR -
Center for Economic Policy Research
( 143559 )
- Royaume-Uni
6
GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne -
Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne
( 1169842 )
- 93, chemin des Mouilles 69130 Écully 6, rue Basse des Rives 42023 Saint-Étienne cedex 02
- France
7
University of Pennsylvania
( 115889 )
- 3451 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 | 215-898-5000
- États-Unis
8
INED -
Institut national d'études démographiques
( 57627 )
- Campus Condorcet
9, cours des Humanités - CS 50004
93322 Aubervilliers Cedex
- France
|
Date de publication |
2021-09
|
Langue du document |
Anglais
|
Nom de la revue |
|
Vulgarisation |
Non
|
Comité de lecture |
Oui
|
Audience |
Internationale
|
Date de publication électronique |
2019-12
|
Volume |
125
|
Page/Identifiant |
103226
|
Domaine(s) |
|
Mots-clés (JEL) |
|
DOI | 10.1016/j.jue.2019.103226 |
Fichier principal
2021_debellefon_combes_duranton_gobillon_gorin_delineating_urban_areas_using_building_density.pdf ( 5.6 Mo
)
Télécharger
Origine :
Fichiers éditeurs autorisés sur une archive ouverte
Loading...