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circuity: a standalone construct

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Transport geography

the ratio of network travel distance to straight-line distance between places, used to compare how directly networks connect origins and destinations.

In transport geography, circuity refers to the ratio of network travel distance to straight-line distance between places, used to compare how directly networks connect origins and destinations. This meaning comes from Levinson (2009) in Regional Science and Urban Economics.[1]

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References

Levinson, D., & El-Geneidy, A. (2009). The minimum circuity frontier and the journey to work. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 39(6), 732-738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2009.07.003

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