Abstract
In this paper, we discuss a few methods for mapping the location of urban activities. We focus on
establishing the geometrical relationship between the frontages of urban activities and their
morphological context. Frontages act as the interface between the users of the public space and
the activities within its surrounding buildings. Studying how this interface connects to the
surrounding is not a trivial task. It could give different results if we use different units or other
mapping methods due to a known error caused by two main effects of the Modifiable Areal Unit
Problem; the zoning effect and the scale effect. The first is concerned with the choice of sizes for
the analysis area, and the second is the mapping method applied to the analysis unit. We
introduce in this paper a few methods to facilitate the ease of establishing relations between
frontages data for spatial queries and statistical inferential. It provides a platform to connect
between different urban activities and urban forms like retail activity to a street or accessibility
value to a specific type of service. Using this method on the street-level activities data collected
in Weimar, Germany, we demonstrate how to bring together more detailed information on the
urban retail centres and their connection to the local built environment.
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Titel | 13th International Space Syntax Symposium |
Redakteure/-innen | Akkelies van Nees, Remco de Koning |
Seitenumfang | 11 |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 2022 |
Research Field
- Ehemaliges Research Field - Integrated Digital Urban Planning
Schlagwörter
- Active Urban Frontages
- Spatial data query