Real Estate Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
2015
Publication Source
Desarrollo y Sociedad
Volume
75
Start Page
223
Last Page
264
DOI
10.13043/DYS.75.6
Abstract
This paper discusses the need to delineate metropolitan areas and current practice in several countries. It argues for the use of a simple algorithm that examines cross-municipality commuting patterns. Municipalities are aggregated iteratively provided they send a share of their commuters, above a given threshold, to the rest of a metropolitan area. The algorithm is implemented on Colombian data and its robustness is assessed. Finally, the properties of the resulting spatial labor market networks are explored.
Copyright/Permission Statement
This work is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Keywords
delineation of metropolitan areas, municipal aggregation, Colombian cities, Zipf’s Law
Recommended Citation
Duranton, G. (2015). A Proposal to Delineate Metropolitan Areas in Colombia. Desarrollo y Sociedad, 75 223-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.13043/DYS.75.6
Date Posted: 27 November 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.