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

Lopez, M.J.J. (author), Van Nes, A. (author)

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...

conference paper 2007

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

Van Nes, A. (author), Lopez, M.J.J. (author)

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...

conference paper 2007

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

Van Nes, A. (author)

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...

conference paper 2007

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

Van Nes, A. (author)

journal article 2008

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Measuring the degree of street vitality in excavated towns: How can macro and micro spatial analyses tools contribute to understandings on the spatial organization of urban life in Pompeii?

Van Nes, A. (author)

The aim of this contribution is to show how it is possible to indicate degrees of street life and economical attractiveness in excavated towns through micro and macro spatial configurative analyses. When applying these tools on excavated sites, socio-economic empirical knowledge from a present urban context are required. Combining these with the...

conference paper 2009

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Network typology, junction typology and spatial configuration and their impacts on street vitality in Singapore

Van Nes, A. (author), Zhaohui, S. (author)

The aim of this paper is to develop a method for describing urban patter by means of simple mathematical calculations applicable for urban design. Two approaches were used and combined with one another. The first approach was Stephen Marshall’s method for calculating T-junctions and X-junctions seen in relationship with a cul-de-sac and network...

conference paper 2009

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

Van Nes, A. (author)

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...

conference paper 2009

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

Van Nes, A. (author), Rueb, L. (author)

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...

conference paper 2009

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Degrees of sustainable location of railway stations: Integrating space syntax and node place value model on railway sations in the province of North Holland's strategic plan for 2010-2040

Van Nes, A. (author), Stolk, E. (author)

Mobility on rails is acknowledged to be one of the most sustainable means of transportation between cities and towns. Therefore, a railway station’s location in a built environment and its degree of accessibility is essential to reach as many travellers as possible. Even though there exist several writings on network cities and TOD principles...

conference paper 2012

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Space and panic: The application of space syntax to understand the relationship between mortality rates and spatial configuration in Banda Aceh during the tsunami 2004

Fakhrurrazi, F. (author), Van Nes, A. (author)

The aim of this paper is to reveal the correlation between mortality rates from the tsunami of 2004 and the spatial structure of Banda Aceh’s street net. Structurally, the city is divided up in several small villages, which consists of a couple of urban blocks. The mortality rates for each of these local villages, gained from Japan International...

conference paper 2012

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Combination of Space syntax with spacematrix and the mixed use index: The Rotterdam South test case

Van Nes, A. (author), Berghauser Pont, M. (author), Mashhoodi, B. (author)

conference paper 2012

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The socio economic impact of various road alternatives in town centres: The application of space syntax in road planning in Rijnland and Tonsberg

Van Nes, A. (author), Stolk, E.H. (author)

conference paper 2012

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Between Heaven and Earth: Christian Norberg-Schulz's contribution to the phenomenology of place and architecture

Van Nes, A. (author)

journal article 2012

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Time use and movement behaviour of young people in cities: The application of GPS tracking in tracing movement pattern of young people for a week in Aalborg

Harder, H. (author), Van Nes, A. (author), Sorgenfri Jensen, A. (author), Hegner Reinau, K. (author), Weber, M. (author)

conference paper 2013

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The socio-economic implications of the spatial configuration in greater Cairo metropolitan area

Mohamed, A.A. (author), Van Nes, A. (author), Salheen, M.A. (author), Kohlert, C. (author), Schwander, C. (author)

conference paper 2013

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Spatial-socio classification of deprived neighbourhoods in the Netherlands: Strategies for neighbourhood revitalisation

Van Nes, A. (author), López, M. (author)

conference paper 2013

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The spatial flaws of new towns: Morphological comparison between a Chinese new and old town through the application of space syntax, spacematrix and mixed use index

Ye, Y. (author), Van Nes, A. (author)

conference paper 2013

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How space syntax can be applied in regenerating urban areas: Applying macro and micro spatial analyses in strategic improvements of 8 Dutch neighbourhoods

Van Nes, A. (author), Lopez, M. (author), De Bonth, L. (author), Verhagen, D. (author), Waayer, S. (author)

conference paper 2013

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Identifying the spatial parameters for differences in gender behaviour in built environments: The flaneur and flaneuwe of the 21st century

Nguyen, T.M. (author), Van Nes, A. (author)

The aim of this research is to show how the spatial features of urban environments affect women’s and men’s behaviour pattern. The paper’s first part reveals the concept flâneuse in the relationship with the flâneur. Then the spatial parameters of built environments are discussed. As the results from this inquiry shows, correlations between the...

journal article 2013

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Space & crime: Macro and micro scale spatial tools indicating vital street life and urban safety

Van Nes, A. (author)

lecture notes 2013