Delineating functional territories from outer space

Latin American Economic Review

Table 2 Sensitivity analysis

Light intensity	Number of functional territories					% of municipalities grouped in functional territories					% of the population grouped in functional territories
Light intensity	1%	2%	μ + 1.5σ	μ + 1.96σ	10%	1%	2%	μ + 1.5σ	μ + 1.96σ	10%	1%	2%	μ + 1.5σ	μ + 1.96σ	10%
a. Mexico
12	603	878	1284	1389	1507	0.90	0.80	0.60	0.57	0.48	0.97	0.94	0.85	0.84	0.79
22	662	964	1407	1551	1683	0.90	0.79	0.56	0.49	0.41	0.97	0.93	0.83	0.80	0.75
35	687	1001	1475	1626	1767	0.89	0.78	0.54	0.46	0.38	0.97	0.93	0.82	0.78	0.73
50	700	1036	1533	1705	1851	0.89	0.77	0.52	0.43	0.34	0.97	0.92	0.81	0.77	0.71
NO*	738	1090	1660	1869	2042	0.89	0.76	0.49	0.38	0.28	0.97	0.92	0.77	0.77	0.64

Light intensity	Number of functional territories					% of municipalities grouped in functional territories					% of the population grouped in functional territories
Light intensity	1%	2%	μ + 1.5σ	μ + 1.96σ	10%	1%	2%	μ + 1.5σ	μ + 1.96σ	10%	1%	2%	μ + 1.5σ	μ + 1.96σ	10%
b. Colombia
12	545	651	720	748	788	0.65	0.54	0.46	0.44	0.38	0.86	0.81	0.78	0.76	0.73
22	602	729	813	847	910	0.61	0.47	0.37	0.34	0.25	0.85	0.79	0.75	0.67	0.67
35	626	760	848	884	955	0.59	0.44	0.33	0.30	0.20	0.84	0.78	0.73	0.63	0.63
50	645	781	872	915	987	0.57	0.42	0.30	0.26	0.16	0.83	0.77	0.71	0.60	0.60
NO*	669	805	910	950	1041	0.56	0.41	0.28	0.23	0.11	0.83	0.76	0.70	0.56	0.56

Light intensity	Number of functional territories					% of municipalities grouped in functional territories					% of the population grouped in functional territories
Light intensity	1%	2%	μ + 1.5σ	μ + 1.96σ	10%	1%	2%	μ + 1.5σ	μ + 1.96σ	10%	1%	2%	μ + 1.5σ	μ + 1.96σ	10%
c. Chile
12	55	93	117	154	195	0.95	0.88	0.82	0.69	0.53	0.99	0.98	0.95	0.91	0.84
22	58	97	123	160	203	0.95	0.89	0.82	0.69	0.52	0.99	0.98	0.95	0.90	0.83
35	61	101	132	172	216	0.95	0.88	0.80	0.66	0.48	0.99	0.97	0.95	0.89	0.81
50	64	103	135	175	222	0.95	0.88	0.80	0.65	0.65	0.99	0.97	0.95	0.89	0.81
NO*	73	114	153	206	273	0.96	0.87	0.80	0.61	0.36	0.99	0.97	0.95	0.83	0.64

*Resulting functional territories without considering the nighttime-light intensity. Functional territories are defined only by commuting rates