Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: We propose a non-equilibrium framework for modelling the evolution of cities, which describes intra-urban migration as an irreversible diffusive process. We validate this framework using the actual migration data for the Australian capital cities. With respect to the residential relocation, the population is shown to be composed of two distinct groups, exhibiting different relocation frequencies. In the context of the developed framework, these groups can be interpreted as two components of a binary fluid mixture, each with its own diffusive relaxation time. Using this approach, we obtain long-term predictions of the cities' spatial structures, which define their equilibrium population distribution.
Source: Entropy
DOI: 10.3390/e23010066
Authors: Bohdan Slavko, Mikhail Prokopenko, Kirill S. Glavatskiy
Institution: The University of Sydney
Language: English
Subfield: Building and Construction
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,944
Funder: Australian Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W3084113304