Determination of circularity distribution of Metropolitan Manila landscape

Authors

Michelle T. Cirunay National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Antonino A. Paguirigan National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Rene C. Batac National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

We observe universal features of the distributions of areas and perimeters of segmented areas formed due to criss-crossings of streets in two Metropolitan Manila cities. The tails of the distributions follow power-laws, best described by exponents α = -2.5 and ß = -2.3 for area, and perimeter, respectively. On the other hand, the circularity of the distributions shows stark differences, suggesting that this is the better discriminant of the different features of the cities.

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Issue

2015: Proceedings of the 33rd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2015-PB-35

Section

Poster Session PB

Published

2015-06-03

How to Cite

[1]

MT Cirunay, AA Paguirigan, and RC Batac, Determination of circularity distribution of Metropolitan Manila landscape, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 33, SPP-2015-PB-35 (2015). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/1241.