Established Urban Research Traditions and the Platform for Space Syntax

This chapter provides an overview of established research traditions in the analysis of physical elements of the built environment. Herein, we address the morphological, place phenomenological, and urban network traditions. Following this, a synopsis about spatial elements applied to these traditions, including space syntax, is given....

PLOT Perception: Perceiving Liveability through Objective Technology

Current mobile sensory technology allows us to track eye movement and measure physiological activities in our body. There are several studies conducted in how our body reacts to certain environments by using skin conduction (Nold, 2009) or EEG sensors (Mavros, P., Austwick, M.Z. & Smith, A.H. (2016). Although these methods are fairly new in...

Spatial elements in creative clusters

Creative clusters have been a research topic for some decades; their importance for local economic growth and urban development has been discussed among many scholars in the fields of economy, geography, and urban planning. Recently attention has shifted to the role of space on the micro scale in creative clusters. Gaps in knowledge exist...