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Abstract
Comparing Cities on Borders with a GIS-Based Urban Commonality Index
Track: Modeling
Author(s): Nanda K. Viswanathan, W. James Hettrick, James B. Pick
This paper presents a GIS-based commonality index in comparing the eight major U.S.-Mexico border cities. Cluster analyses, based on 16 standardized economic and sociodemographic attributes, were conducted for combined metropolitan area coverages, consisting of Mexican and U.S. census small area units. The commonality index draws from the cluster patterns to summarize the extent of overlap or separation of urban characteristics on the two sides of the border. Graphic and GIS analysis allow fine-dimensioned comparison of the eight cities along the border. Urban planners and others seeking refined urban spatial comparisons of groups of border cities will find this approach useful.
Nanda K. Viswanathan
University of Redlands
Department of Management and Business
University of Redlands, 1200 East Colton Avenue
Redlands, CA 92373-0999
USA
Phone: 909 748-6268
Fax: 909 335-5125
E-mail: viswanat@uor.edu