Taylor's (Tpl) power law is applied to the human population density of Italian regions and provinces from 1971 to 2011. We use three different weighting systems to estimate Tpl at national and sub-national level in which seemingly unrelated regression models are adopted. We are able to show the following results: Tpl is suitable for human populations and sensitive to the adopted weighting system; Tpl slope is positive and, at sub-national level, has an inverse behaviour with respect to the spatial variability of the weighting variables; Tpl slope can be viewed as an indicator of populations spatial distribution homogeneity.
Benassi, F., Naccarato, A. (2019). Modelling the spatial variation of human population density using Taylor's power law, Italy 1971-2011. REGIONAL STUDIES, 53(2), 206-216 [10.1080/00343404.2018.1454999].
Modelling the spatial variation of human population density using Taylor's power law, Italy 1971-2011
Federico Benassi;Naccarato Alessia
2019-01-01
Abstract
Taylor's (Tpl) power law is applied to the human population density of Italian regions and provinces from 1971 to 2011. We use three different weighting systems to estimate Tpl at national and sub-national level in which seemingly unrelated regression models are adopted. We are able to show the following results: Tpl is suitable for human populations and sensitive to the adopted weighting system; Tpl slope is positive and, at sub-national level, has an inverse behaviour with respect to the spatial variability of the weighting variables; Tpl slope can be viewed as an indicator of populations spatial distribution homogeneity.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
