학술논문

Identification of Critical Links in Urban Road Network Based on GIS
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Sustainability. October, 2023, Vol. 15 Issue 20
Subject
Geographic information system
Road construction -- Case studies -- Analysis
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Case studies -- Analysis
Geographic information systems -- Case studies -- Analysis
Geospatial data -- Case studies -- Analysis
Language
English
ISSN
2071-1050
Abstract
A GIS-based method is proposed to identify critical links in urban road networks. This study utilizes a geographic information system (GIS) to evaluate the distribution of road infrastructure, road density, and network accessibility at the micro, meso, and macro levels. At the micro level, GIS is used to assess the distribution of public facilities along the roads. At the meso level, a city’s road density distribution is evaluated. At the macro level, a spatial barrier model and a transportation network model are constructed to assess the network accessibility. An inverse distance weighting method is employed to interpolate the accessibility. Furthermore, a network topology is established, and the entropy method is utilized to evaluate the sections comprehensively. The sections are ranked based on the evaluation results to identify the critical links in the urban road network. The road-network data and points of interest (POI) data from the Anning District in Lanzhou are selected for a case study, and the results indicate that the top five critical links have scores of 0.641, 0.571, 0.570, 0.519, and 0.508, respectively. Considering the three indicators enhances the accuracy of critical section identification, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed method. Visualizing each indicator using GIS 10.7 provides a new approach to identifying critical links in urban road networks and offers essential theoretical support for urban planning.
Author(s): Jingwen Yuan [1]; Hualan Wang (corresponding author) [1,*]; Yannan Fang [2] 1. Introduction Urban road networks play a crucial role in cities’ economic and social functioning. The stability of [...]