Cities and connectivity: Air transportation and high-speed rail in Spain
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Abstract
Based on classical theories of a gravitational nature and using statistical techniques supported by regression, correlation and conglomerate analyses, this paper analyzes the differential significance of Spanish centers in the air transport and high-speed rail (HSR) networks.
The results show the strong distortion between the Spanish air and rail networks and hierarchies compared to the urban hierarchy. It is evident, therefore, that the transport networks do not respond exclusively to a demographic demand (relationship that exists in each airport or AVF station between the number of passengers that use it and the demographic volume that could be a potential user of these infrastructures), but other factors intervene that explain this disparity.
This distortion between the networks and hierarchies will allow us to delve into an in-depth discussion that will analyze the particularities in the configuration of the Spanish air transport and HSR networks.