Research Article

Urban Economic Structures as Multidimensional Networks: A Complex Systems Framework for Analyzing Economic Development Trajectories

Table 2

Description of data slices used in the four networks constructed for this study.

Network 1Network 2Network 3Network 4

Occupation levelMajor (O = 22)Major (O = 22)Minor (O = 94)Broad (O = 450)
Industry level2-digit (I = 20)2-digit (I = 20)3-digit (I = 92)4-digit (I = 304)
Degree levelacs2 (D = 16)acs2 (D = 16)cip2 (D = 38)cip2 (D = 38)
Technology levelSection (T = 10)Class (T = 129)Class (T = 129)Class (T = 129)
Total nodes (N)68187353921