Data Extraction from Social Networks for Urban Analyses: Combining Space Syntax and user-generated data analysis on Lisbon

The present work constitutes the first stage of an ongoing research on the interaction between morphological characteristics of the urban fabric and the amount of social activity in such spaces. In order to analyze such correlation, the current research links together two different field of studies: Space Syntax on one side, for the...

An Integrated Modeling Approach Combining Multifractal Urban Planning with a Space Syntax Perspective

The United Nations Paris agreement of 2015 highlighted the need for urban planning to prevent and contain urban sprawl so as to reduce trip lengths through an efficient distribution of agglomerations and a well-balanced urban pattern distribution, all while considering travel behavior and accessibility to green areas, services, and facilities on...

Diachronic assessment of cultural diversity in historic neighbourhoods using space syntax: Studies of three neighbourhoods in Istanbul

This paper investigates the mutual effects of cultural diversity and neighbourhood change in three historic neighbourhoods in Istanbul. Through history, some neighbourhoods in Istanbul have been home for people from different cultural and religious backgrounds. In some of these neighbourhoods, cultural diversity still exists. Some other...

The explanatory power of Space Syntax and Urban Morphology

Morphological analysis of settlements in the Arctic: a comparative analysis of four settlements with diverging ideologies on Svalbard

Introduction to Space Syntax in Urban Studies

This open access textbook is a comprehensive introduction to space syntax method and theory for graduate students and researchers. It provides a step-by-step approach for its application in urban planning and design. This textbook aims to increase the accessibility of the space syntax method for the first time to all graduate students and...

Measuring the Degree of Permeability of the Main Route Network with Angular Step Depth Analyses

Inthiscontributionanewspacesyntaxanalysesmethodispresentedfor analysing the degree of permeability in the main route network of towns and cities. First, a presentation is given on the methodological development of the various approaches taken until the present day. Then, a description is given on how this new analysis method can be used to...

Investigating rural public spaces with cultural significance using morphological, cognitive and behavioural data

During the rural [re]vitalization process in China, national strategies required rural public spaces with cultural significance to be identified before planning decision-making. However, places identified as culturally significant by planners and visitors can differ from the ones mostly used and valued by locals. Even if there is a growing...