Figure 5
From: A model for simulating emergent patterns of cities and roads on real-world landscapes
Historical dependency of the simulation on the past population distribution in Italy. (a–d) The initial state (a) is given by estimates of population distribution in ancient Roman cities. Starting from this initial state, the intermediate state of the simulation at R = 24 km (b) and the final state with R = 40 km (c) are depicted, as the distance scale, R, is increased ramped up from 8 to 40 km during the simulation (d). (e,f) Improvement in the KL distance from the 2011 census data at the Provincia-level by the inclusion of historical development is shown for all scenarios (e), and zoomed-in for the final Water Bodies scenario (f).
