Socioeconomic Attributes in the Topology of the Intercity Road Network in Greece
This paper studies the Greek interregional road network (GRN) using network, statistical, and empirical analysis. The research aims to extract the socioeconomic information embedded in the topology of the GRN and to interpret to what extent this network serves and promotes regional development. The...
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| description | This paper studies the Greek interregional road network (GRN) using network, statistical, and empirical analysis. The research aims to extract the socioeconomic information embedded in the topology of the GRN and to interpret to what extent this network serves and promotes regional development. The analysis reveals that the topology of the GRN is subject to spatial constraints, relevant to the theoretical model of the lattice network but with some geographically dispersed hub-and-spoke modules. It also reveals that the network structure is described by an adjusted gravitational pattern, with priority given to serving regions according to their population and, secondarily, geographical remoteness, and that its association with regional variables outlines an elementary pattern of “axial development through road connectivity”. Interesting contrasts between metropolitan and non-metropolitan (excluding Attica and Thessaloniki) cases emerge from the study. Overall, this paper highlights the effectiveness of complex network analysis in modeling spatial-economic and, in particular, transportation networks and promotes the network paradigm in transportation research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-68b9924b86a44bb99a11867f9e43ceda2025-08-20T02:42:32ZengMDPI AGFuture Transportation2673-75902025-01-0151310.3390/futuretransp5010003Socioeconomic Attributes in the Topology of the Intercity Road Network in GreeceDimitrios Tsiotas0Department of Regional and Economic Development, School of Applied Economics and Social Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 33100 Amfissa, Phocis, GreeceThis paper studies the Greek interregional road network (GRN) using network, statistical, and empirical analysis. The research aims to extract the socioeconomic information embedded in the topology of the GRN and to interpret to what extent this network serves and promotes regional development. The analysis reveals that the topology of the GRN is subject to spatial constraints, relevant to the theoretical model of the lattice network but with some geographically dispersed hub-and-spoke modules. It also reveals that the network structure is described by an adjusted gravitational pattern, with priority given to serving regions according to their population and, secondarily, geographical remoteness, and that its association with regional variables outlines an elementary pattern of “axial development through road connectivity”. Interesting contrasts between metropolitan and non-metropolitan (excluding Attica and Thessaloniki) cases emerge from the study. Overall, this paper highlights the effectiveness of complex network analysis in modeling spatial-economic and, in particular, transportation networks and promotes the network paradigm in transportation research.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7590/5/1/3road transportregional developmentcomplex networksspatial networkspattern recognition |
| spellingShingle | Dimitrios Tsiotas Socioeconomic Attributes in the Topology of the Intercity Road Network in Greece Future Transportation road transport regional development complex networks spatial networks pattern recognition |
| title | Socioeconomic Attributes in the Topology of the Intercity Road Network in Greece |
| title_full | Socioeconomic Attributes in the Topology of the Intercity Road Network in Greece |
| title_fullStr | Socioeconomic Attributes in the Topology of the Intercity Road Network in Greece |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socioeconomic Attributes in the Topology of the Intercity Road Network in Greece |
| title_short | Socioeconomic Attributes in the Topology of the Intercity Road Network in Greece |
| title_sort | socioeconomic attributes in the topology of the intercity road network in greece |
| topic | road transport regional development complex networks spatial networks pattern recognition |
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