{"paper_id":"4cc0e7ef-39af-47c7-97f9-932a313007ef","body_text":"Accurate Identification of Micro-scale Urban Functional Zones from the Perspective of Spatial Dialectic | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Accurate Identification of Micro-scale Urban Functional Zones from the Perspective of Spatial Dialectic Changfan Zhang This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3274001/v2 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 2 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Show more versions Abstract With the advancement of global urbanization, accurate identification of urban functional zones has become a crucial task for the high-quality development of cities. Traditional methods that rely on POI data are insufficient to accurately identify micro-scale urban functional zones. Thus, this study proposes a novel method for identifying urban functional zones based on VOI (Volume of Interest) data and applies it to a small region in Hong Kong for comparative research. Subsequently, the identification accuracy of the two methods is assessed using a confusion matrix and the Kappa Coefficient. The results show that the VOI data contains richer and more comprehensive urban spatial information compared to POI data, enabling a superior representation of connections and influences among different zones within cities. The study can be applied to analyse micro-scale urban functional zones in other cities, providing a new perspective for the in-depth research. Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. 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