Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping ›› 2021, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (11): 81-86.doi: 10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2021.343

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Detection of meso-scale structure characteristics of the central plains urban agglomeration based on the network built from toponym co-occurrences in the news

YUE Hanqiu1, WANG Qi2, LU Di1, LI Yuliang1   

  1. 1. College of Tourism and planning, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, China;
    2. China North Latitude(Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100043, China
  • Received:2021-06-23 Revised:2021-09-17 Online:2021-11-25 Published:2021-12-02

Abstract: In this study, the central plains urban agglomeration (CPUA) is selected as the study area to construct a city network using toponym co-occurrence in the news. Furthermore, a method framework is proposed to detect community structure and core-peripheral structure of the resultant network. The following findings are obtained:① The CPUA are divided into 5 communities and the provincial boundary has played a major role in hindering the interaction between cities in virtual cyberspace. ② In the core-periphery structure composed of cities in Henan province, the identified core cities are distributed in an oblique "L" shape around Zhengzhou.③The central position of Zhengzhou is more prominent, while Luoyang's sub-center status is not obvious, and the overall multi-center level of CPUA is relatively low. Based on the above findings, suggestions are given from regional planning and urban role positioning for the integration of cities within the CPUA.

Key words: central plains urban agglomeration, city network, toponym co-occurrences, community structure, core-peripheral structure

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