[HTML][HTML] Bill Hillier's legacy: Space syntax—A synopsis of basic concepts, measures, and empirical application

C Yamu, A Van Nes, C Garau - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bill Hillier's space syntax method and theory enables us to describe the spatial properties of
a sustainable city. Empirical testing of the space syntax method over time has confirmed the …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial configurations and walkability potentials. Measuring urban compactness with space syntax

A van Nes - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This contribution demonstrates how space syntax methods on various scale levels can be
used to identify and describe the spatial features of a compact city. Firstly, the term urban …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of walkable street networks by using the space syntax and GIS techniques: A case study of Çankırı City

P Şahin Körmeçli - ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, city forms are changing due to rapid urbanization and increasing population. In
urban morphology studies, walkable street network is examined through the city form to …

Active mobility-oriented urban development: a morpho-syntactic scenario for a mid-sized town

F Scorza, G Fortunato - European Planning Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This work is based on the analysis and the assessment of morphological and syntactic
characteristics of the street network of a mid-sized city: Potenza (County Seat of Basilicata …

[HTML][HTML] Bicycle traffic model for sustainable urban mobility planning

J Oskarbski, K Birr, K Żarski - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Modelling tools and transport models are required to assess the impact of measures for the
effective planning of cycling routes in cities. This paper presents the methodology for …

The importance of the functional mixed entropy for the explanation of residential and transport CO2 emissions in the urban center of China

S Zuo, S Dai, J Ju, F Meng, Y Ren, Y Tian… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The influence of urban spatial form on the environment is complex and lengthy. The spatial
analysis for the urban form and residential-related CO 2 emissions at the city scale is …

Role of local climate zone and space syntax on land surface temperature (case study: Tehran)

S Nasehi, A Yavari, E Salehi, R Emmanuel - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Land surface temperature (LST) is one of the key parameters in the physics of land surface
processes from local through global scales. Although many definitions and classifications …

[HTML][HTML] Noise and spatial configuration in Biskra, Algeria—A space syntax approach to understand the built environment for visually impaired people

WM Djenaihi, N Zemmouri, M Djenane, A Van Nes - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This contribution investigates the correlation between street noise levels and the spatial
configuration of the street network in four different types of neighbourhoods in the Algerian …

[HTML][HTML] The Impact of Urban Street Network on Land Value: Correlate Syntactical Premises to the Land Price

HM Abdulla, MA Ibrahim, WS Al-Hinkawi - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent literature has highlighted the critical issue of urban land value and cost; properly
assessing land use costs, particularly for residential and commercial purposes, is crucial in …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring connectivity of pedestrian street networks in the built environment for walking: A space-syntax approach

D Nag, J Sen, AK Goswami - Transportation in Developing Economies, 2022 - Springer
Network connectivity is an important aspect of the built environment. However, it rarely
captures the attention of decision-makers while implementing pedestrian projects. In recent …