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The Interplay between Cultural Heritage and Urban Morphology: A Case Study of uMlazi Cultural Landscape [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social SciencesHistoric urban areas are a crucial component of urban heritage, arguably embodying the collective memory of urban development and often possessing distinctive urban textures and cultural attributes. This study analyses the relationship between intangible
Leonard Chitongo , Maheshvari Naidu
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Sky access versus shading for pedestrian comfort in the hot tropical climate of Jeddah [PDF]
, 2016 Many urban studies have been done to demonstrate that urban sprawl is not the right approach in hot climate cities. On the contrary, a compact design is recommended to enhance human thermal comfort.
Beckers, Benoit +2 more
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A "Local Climate Zone" based approach to urban planning in Colombo, Sri Lanka [PDF]
, 2018 Integrating climate-sensitive design with the local planning process is fundamental to managing the warming trend in the growing high-density tropical cities.
Alexander +33 more
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On the knowledge gain of urban morphology from space
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2022 Urbanization processes are manifested by the change in the physical morphology of cities. Gaining knowledge about cities through their morphology is naturally linked to the capability of remote sensing (RS) that can monitor city forms with a synoptic ...
Jiong Wang +4 more
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Urban Science, 2021 The purpose of this paper is to investigate the contribution of urban morphology to the formation of microclimatic conditions prevailing within urban outdoor spaces.
Georgios-Rafail Kouklis +1 more
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Urban Transfer Entropy across Scales [PDF]
, 2015 The morphology of urban agglomeration is studied here in the context of information exchange between different spatio-temporal scales. Urban migration to and from cities is characterised as non-random and following non-random pathways.
Batty, M +3 more
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The Impacts of Urban Morphology on Urban Heat Islands in Housing Areas: The Case of Erzurum, Turkey
SustainabilityThe growing importance of climate change underlines the need to comprehend Urban Heat Islands (UHI), particularly those influenced by urban morphology.
Cansu Güller, S. Toy
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Differences in Urban Morphology between 77 Cities in China and Europe
Remote Sensing, 2022 Urban morphology refers to the physical form of a city that is constantly transformed and updated in the process of urbanization. A valuable source of data on ‘built forms’ is modern remote sensing technology, which provides a variety of products on ...
Fengxiang Guo +3 more
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Evolution of Urban Patterns: Urban Morphology as an Open Reproducible Data Science
Geographical Analysis, 2021 The recent growth of geographic data science (GDS) fuelled by increasingly available open data and open source tools has influenced urban sciences across a multitude of fields. Yet there is limited application in urban morphology—a science of urban form.
Martin Fleischmann +2 more
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Morphologie urbaine et mobilité dans la Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg
Cybergeo, 2014 This paper empirically examines the relationships between urban morphology and travel behavior in the agglomeration of Strasbourg. Urban morphology is measured by built-up and network indicators while mobility and socio-economic characteristics are ...
Dong-Binh Tran +6 more
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