A traffic network can be viewed as a geometric graph with the nodes representing traffic
infrastructures and the edges standing for the links between these nodes. In order to reduce …

Complex network theory is a multidisciplinary research direction of complexity science which
has experienced a rapid surge of interest over the last two decades. Its applications in land …

Abstract Christopher Alexander, a British-American scholar, famously differentiated an old
(natural) city from a new (planned) one in structure. The former resembles a “semilattice”, or …

Abstract Service bottlenecks are a key barrier to building a resilient public transport system.
In this paper, we propose a new approach to automatically extract the role of a station in …

Research into multi-layer network growth in the detection of urban dynamics provides
scholars a new way to discuss the structure changing trends and related impacts. The …

The research on complex networks offers novel insight into the analysis of complex urban
systems. The objective of this article is to provide a review of complex network theory in …

Sustainable transportation is one of the major concerns in cities. This concern involves all
type of movements motivated by different goals (mobility of citizens, transportation of goods …

The sustainable development of urban public transport (UPTN) and commercial complexes
is an important consideration of city planners. This study examined the coordinated coupling …

Metro lines emerged and developed in cities driven by various factors, and resulted in
different structures as we see today. How do metro lines grow as a system? The …

Recent decades have witnessed the burgeoning development of mass rapid transit around
the world. The growing extensiveness and complexity of transit networks have motivated …