Analysing larger metropolitan areas: On identification criteria for middle scale networks

The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, it discusses how to analyse entire regions with the help of space syntax. Secondly, it demonstrates how a main route network through and between urban areas can be calculated in Depthmap. For this purpose one can combine angular choice with metrical distance and add various radiuses on top of each other...

Spatial behaviour in Dutch dwelling areas: How housing layouts affects the behaviour of its users

The aim of this short paper is to show how the spatial layout of neighbourhoods affect the behaviour of its dwellers. An area's social and spatial composition influences anti-social behaviour in built environments. However, social conditions can overrule spatial ones. A more adequate understanding of the relationship between an area's social and...

The Heaven, the Earth and the Optic Array: Norberg-Schulz’s Place Phenomenology and its Degree of Operationability

Space and crime in Dutch built environments: Macro and micro scale spatial conditions for residential burglaries and thefts from cars

At this moment, more knowledge is available on the physical characteristics of the built environment and their relationship to criminal opportunity rather than the spatial characteristics of potential targets and the public and private space between them. To improve this situation, a research project was started in the Dutch cities Gouda and...

Micro scale spatial relationships in urban studies: The relationship between private and public space and its impact on street life

Research on urban environment by means of space syntax theory and methods tends to focus on macro scale spatial conditions. However, micro scale conditions should not be neglected. In research on street life and dispersal of crime in urban areas, it became inevitable to pay attention to the interdependence between the macro as well as the micro...

Centrality and economic development in the Rijnland region: Social and spatial concepts of centrality

In urban research, spatial and social concepts of centrality are being distinguished. From a spatial point of view, metrical centrality implies that something is located in the middle of an area. However, metrical and topological centrality are not equivalent. In research where space syntax methods are applied, topological centrality implies...