More than half of the world's population currently resides in urban areas. In the majority of
develo** countries slums are a defining part of the urban scape. Their supply with energy …

The hierarchical structure of geographic or urban space can be well-characterized by the
concept of living structure, a term coined by Christopher Alexander. All spaces, regardless of …

The recent developments in regionalization have redefined the concept of jobs-housing
relationship, calling for reexaminations from the regional perspective. This paper studies the …

Urban hierarchies are closely related to economic growth, urban planning and sustainable
urban development. Due to the limited availability of reliable statistical data at fine scales …

Abstract As Christopher Alexander discovered, all space or matter–either organic or
inorganic–has some degree of order in it according to its structure and arrangement. The …

After decades of research, optimal scale selection for image segmentation remains a key
scientific problem in image analysis. In order to contribute to a solution, a new method was …

The present study investigates the rank-size relationship in Greece using data from the 2021
census. The research focuses on testing Zipf's law across six different territorial partitions …

Population migration is a major event of optimizing the allocation of production factors and a
key way to construct regional relations and promote spatial reconstruction. However, there …

ABSTRACT Sentinel-2 MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI) data exhibits the great potential of
enhanced spatial and temporal coverage for monitoring biomass burning which could …

A striking feature of urban formation has been the deployment of mega-blocks, often on the
order of sixteen hectares or more. On the other hand, recent urban policies give strong …