Research Article

Analysis of Network Robustness in Weighted and Unweighted Approaches: A Case Study of the Air Transport Network in the Belt and Road Region

Table 2

Cities listed by centrality in B&R region.

No.DegreeBetweennessRecursive powerNo.DegreeBetweennessRecursive power

1DubaiMoscowMoscow21Abu DhabiDelhiJakarta
2BeijingDubaiIstanbul22XiamenSaint PetersburgKuwait
3MoscowIstanbulDubai23AthensChengduJeddah
4IstanbulBeijingWarsaw24TianjinTaipeiNovosibirsk
5BangkokBangkokBeijing25HangzhouSharjahChengdu
6GuangzhouSingaporeAthens26ShenyangBakuNicosia
7ShanghaiDohaBangkok27ChangshaJeddahChongqing
8Hong KongSeoulDoha28WuhanNicosiaBelgrade
9SingaporeHong KongKuala Lumpur29GuiyangNovosibirskAbu Dhabi
10SeoulKuala LumpurSeoul30DelhiChongqingCairo
11DohaGuangzhouSingapore31QingdaoCairoXi'an
12KunmingShanghaiShanghai32ZhengzhouXi'anShenzhen
13TaipeiWarsawPrague33JerusalemMumbaiZagreb
14Kuala LumpurPragueGuangzhou34UrumqiKuwaitTaipei
15ChengduJerusalemHong Kong35SharjahRiyadhRiyadh
16ChongqingAthensJerusalem36NanjingTel Aviv YafoMumbai
17ShenzhenJakartaSaint Petersburg37Saint PetersburgShenzhenMuscat
18Xi'anUrumqiDelhi38TaiyuanTehranHangzhou
19NanningAbu DhabiKunming39NanchangHarbinBaku
20PragueKunmingSharjah40WarsawZagrebUrumqi