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Plot-based urbanism and urban morphometrics : measuring the evolution of blocks, street fronts and plots in cities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Generative urban design has been always conceived as a creation-centered process, i.e. a process mainly concerned with the creation phase of a spatial transformation. We argue that, though the way we create a space is important, how that space evolves in
Da Fontoura Costa, Luciano   +6 more
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Les trames vertes urbaines et l’adaptation au changement climatique : perspectives pour l’aménagement du territoire

open access: yesVertigO, 2012
Face to inevitable impacts of climate change, it is necessary for urban areas to adapt with the main goal to reduce territory and population vulnerability.
François Bertrand, Guillaume Simonet
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a Measure of Permeability between Private and Public Space

open access: yesUrban Science, 2018
This article focuses on the development of a measure for frontage permeability, which we argue is needed to complement existing metrics used to describe urban environments and assess, amongst others, social performativity.
Patrícia Alonso de Andrade   +2 more
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Urban Form and City Life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The compact city is often presented as an answer to sustainable urban development, the paper tries to stress the influence of urban form of the compact city itself in the kind of civic life La ciudad compacta se presenta con frecuencia como una ...
Luque-Valdivia, J. (José)
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Urban Form Metrics for Promoting Walking: Street Layouts and Destinations. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Urban Health, 2023
Koohsari MJ   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

GIS and urban design [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Although urban planning has used computer models and information systems sincethe 1950s and architectural practice has recently restructured to the use of computeraideddesign (CAD) and computer drafting software, urban design has hardly beentouched by ...
Batty, M   +3 more
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Study on the Morphological Analysis and Evolution of the Street Network in the Historic Urban Area of Changsha City from 1872–2023

open access: yesLand
This study focuses on the streets and spatial networks of the historic urban area in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China, by mainly investigating the evolution of their geometric and topological characteristics.
Bohong Zheng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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