TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Rural-urban scaling of age, mortality, crime and property reveals a loss of expected self-similar behaviour
JO  - Scientific reports
A1  - Sutton, Jack
A1  - Shahtahmassebi, Golnaz
A1  - Ribeiro, Haroldo V.
A1  - Hanley, Quentin S.
SP  - e16863
EP  - e16863
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
N2  - The urban scaling hypothesis has improved our understanding of cities; however, rural areas have been neglected. We investigated rural-urban population density scaling in England and Wales using 67 indicators of crime, mortality, property, and age. Most indicators exhibited segmented scaling about a median critical density of 27 people per hectare. Above the critical density, urban regions preferentially attract young adults (25-40 years) and lose older people (> 45 years). Density scale adjusted metrics (DSAMs) were analysed using hierarchical clustering, networks, and self-organizing maps (SOMs) revealing regional differences and an inverse relationship between excess value of property transactions and a range of preventable mortality (e.g. diabetes, suicide, lung cancer). The most striking finding is that age demographics break the expected self-similarity underlying the urban scaling hypothesis. Urban dynamism is fuelled by preferential attraction of young adults and not a fundamental property of total urban population.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2045-2322
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74015-x
ID  - ref1
ER  -