The Geometry of Urban Layouts A Global Comparative Study /

This book presents a compendium of the urban layout maps of 2-mile square downtown areas of more than one hundred cities in developed and developing countries—all drawn at the same scale using high-resolution satellite images of Google Maps. The book also presents analytic studies using metric geome...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Rashid, Mahbub (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Part I. The Geometry of Urban Layouts: A Comparative Study of The Urban Layout Maps of Downtown Areas In Cities Around The World
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Urban Layout and Its Significance
  • 3. Studies On The Geometry of Urban Layouts: A Review of The Literature
  • 4. Materials and Measures
  • 5. Detecting Ordinaries, Extremes, Similarities, and Differences: Univariate Descriptions of Urban Layouts
  • 6. Examining Scaling Laws: Bivariate Descriptions of Urban Layouts
  • 7. Developing Descriptive Categories, Types, and Indicators: Multivariate Descriptions of Urban Layouts
  • 8. Robustness, Resiliency, and Universality in The Geometry of Urban Layouts
  • Part II. The Geometry of Urban Layouts: A Compendium of The Urban Layout Maps of Downtown Areas In Cities Around The World
  • 9. A Compendium of The Urban Layout Maps of Downtown Areas in Cities Around The World.