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Data Mining and GIS Modeling of Urban Spatial Distribution Characteristics Based on Voronoi Diagram: Taking Shanxi Province as an Example
Received date: 2013-10-21
Request revised date: 2013-12-11
Online published: 2015-01-05
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Strengthening urbanization has now become the main task of China’s modernization. Urban spatial distribution patterns are characterized by complexity and diversity. Through these characteristics, it is easy to notice problems such as the uneven distributions of urban areas within provinces, the excessive implemented levels in administrative divisions, and huge gaps existed between cities and towns in terms of their urbanization levels. Therefore, it is important to find out how to display the spatial distribution of urban area rationally and explore useful information. As one of the spatial data mining tools, Voronoi diagram can be used to implement spatial subdivision and reveal the scope of spatial influence generated by urban area. In this article, a Voronoi diagram of Shanxi Province, which is weighted by the city centricity intensity, is generated using the Weighted Voronoi Diagram Extension for ArcGIS 9.x. It is also used to analyze the spatial influence of cities in Shanxi and to evaluate the rationalities and limitations in developing these cities. Undeveloped areas in these cities are obtained by combining Voronoi diagram with Delaunay triangulation and overlay analysis. Counties to be developed are obtained by implementing overlay analysis on county, street, and river data. Finally, the rationality and feasibility are evaluated by integrating general Voronoi diagram with Cv values. Through the analysis, conclusions could be made as follows: Taiyuan city has a larger spatial influence area than the other cities, and it has a negative impact on the development of other cities; western and eastern areas in Shanxi are developed unevenly; the cities of Fanzhi, Lingshi, and Xinjiang have the advantages and potentials to be developed in priority. Through the integration of general Voronoi Diagram and Cv values, the results correspond well to the actual situations.
Key words: Voronoi diagram; spatial data mining; coordination number; city “void”; Cv
LIN Hui , ZHENG Xinqi . Data Mining and GIS Modeling of Urban Spatial Distribution Characteristics Based on Voronoi Diagram: Taking Shanxi Province as an Example[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2015 , 17(1) : 62 -68 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1047.2015.00062
Fig. 1 Flowchart of analyzing steps图1 分析流程图 |
Tab. 1 Centricity intensity level of prefecture-level cities in Shanxi Province表1 山西省地级市中心强度 |
地级市 | 城市经济总量(亿)Gi | 第三产业总产量(亿)Yi | 非农人口总量(万人)Ni | 区位因子Pj | 中心性强度 |
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太原市 | 1747.77 | 949.28 | 347.05 | 0.0070 | 0.0436 |
大同市 | 659.65 | 320.83 | 182.37 | 0.0040 | 0.0101 |
阳泉市 | 422.79 | 167.49 | 82.16 | 0.0087 | 0.0114 |
长治市 | 879.99 | 278.32 | 139.62 | 0.0044 | 0.0105 |
晋城市 | 699.84 | 235.19 | 116.39 | 0.0054 | 0.0107 |
朔州市 | 629.61 | 250.6 | 79.44 | 0.0047 | 0.0082 |
晋中市 | 698.87 | 280.6 | 143.49 | 0.0033 | 0.0073 |
运城市 | 685.93 | 320.64 | 193.05 | 0.0033 | 0.0084 |
忻州市 | 388.24 | 193.15 | 116.22 | 0.0030 | 0.0045 |
临汾市 | 823.57 | 304.29 | 176.2 | 0.0028 | 0.0073 |
吕梁市 | 801.84 | 216.76 | 141.44 | 0.0030 | 0.0064 |
Fig. 2 Regular Voronoi diagram of Shanxi Province图2 山西省地级市常规Voronoi图 |
Fig. 3 Weighted Voronoi grid diagram of the prefecture-level cities in Shanxi Province图3 山西省地级市加权Voronoi栅格图 |
Fig. 4 Discovery process of cities to be developed in Shanxi Province图4 山西省待发展城镇的发现过程 |
Fig. 5 Regular Voronoi diagram with the addition of cities to be developed in Shanxi Province图5 添加待发展县级城市后的山西省城市常规Voronoi图 |
Tab. 2 Cvvalues of the prefectural-level cities in Shanxi Province compared to Cv values after the addition of the prioritized development counties表2 添加待优先发展县城前后山西省城市Voronoi图的Cv值对比 |
地名 | 添加前城市Cv值 | 添加后城市Cv值 |
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运城 | 0.46 | 2.65 |
吕梁 | 1.09 | 3.00 |
临汾 | 0.40 | 2.65 |
朔州 | 0.75 | 1.80 |
太原 | 1.22 | 2.45 |
忻州 | 1.04 | 2.65 |
晋中 | 1.05 | 2.24 |
晋城 | 0.37 | 2.65 |
长治 | 0.34 | 2.45 |
大同 | 1.79 | 2.45 |
阳泉 | 0.50 | 3.32 |
繁峙县 | 2.83 | |
灵石县 | 2.45 | |
新绛县 | 2.65 |
Fig. 6 Comparison of spatial impact extent of the prefectural-level cities in Shanxi Province between analyses without and with the influence of neighboring provinces considered图6 对是否受邻省地级市影响的山西省地级市空间影响范围前后对比 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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