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Smart Cities, 2023 Compared with administrative cities, natural cities can be generally referred to as the areas generated based on the density of different urban facilities (e.g., point of interest, road network, etc.).
Zhiyang Xiao +3 more
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Living Structure as an Empirical Measurement of City Morphology
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020 Human actions and interactions are shaped in part by our direct environment. The studies of Christopher Alexander show that objects and structures can inhibit natural properties and characteristics; this is measured in living structure.
Chris A. de Rijke +3 more
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Living Structure Down to Earth and Up to Heaven: Christopher Alexander
Urban Science, 2019 Discovered by Christopher Alexander, living structure is a physical phenomenon, through which the quality of the built environment or artifacts can be judged objectively. It has two distinguishing properties just like a tree: “Far more small things
Bin Jiang
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Family structure, living arrangements and income inequality in Guatemala between 2000 and 2014
Revista Latinoamericana de Población, 2020 This paper explores the role of changes in family structure and living arrangements on shaping income distribution in Guatemala using data from the National Survey of Living Conditions (ENCOVI, 2000 and 2014).
Ilya Espino, Ana Hermeto, Luciana Luz
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A New Kind of GeoInformatics Built on Living Structure and on the Third View of Space [PDF]
Journal of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, 2022 The third view of space states that space is neither lifeless nor neutral, but a living structure capable of being more living or less living. The living structure is defined as a physical and mathematical structure or simply characterized by the ...
Bin JIANG
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Social Sustainability and Alexander’s Living Structure Through a New Kind of City Science
Urban Planning, 2023 The disputed endorsement of inherited visceral and universal aesthetic preferences justifies the scientific validity of Alexander’s living structure. Apart from implying a resource-efficient way to promote well-being through urban design, the premise ...
Tarina Levin +3 more
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Measuring the Influence of Multiscale Geographic Space on the Heterogeneity of Crime Distribution
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023 Urban crimes are not homogeneously distributed but exhibit spatial heterogeneity across a range of spatial scales. Meanwhile, while geographic space shapes human activities, it is also closely related to multiscale characteristics.
Zhanjun He +3 more
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Living Space Structure in Bashkir Traditional Etiquette
Oriental Studies, 2021 Introduction. In traditional culture, proxemic behavior is of great importance. The article is based on the results of the research on the structuring of the dwelling and the observance of ethno-etiquette norms within the framework of the traditional ...
Rozaliya R. Bayazitova
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Nature Communications, 2023 There has been limited characterisation of bat-borne coronaviruses in Europe. Here, we screened for coronaviruses in 48 faecal samples from 16 of the 17 bat species breeding in the UK, collected through a bat rehabilitation and conservationist network ...
Cedric C. S. Tan +24 more
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US disparities in affluence by household structure, 1959 to 2017
Demographic Research, 2021 Background: This study examines trends in affluence ‒ as indicated by high household income ‒ by household structure over the 1959 to 2017 period.
John Iceland
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