The potential of implementing superblocks for multifunctional street use in cities

S Eggimann - Nature sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
The Barcelona superblock has been proposed as a sustainable urban neighbourhood
transformation strategy in cities. Superblock design reduces space assigned to cars to …

Street tree density and distribution: An international analysis of five capital cities

N Smart, TS Eisenman, A Karvonen - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Municipal leaders around the world are demonstrating significant interest in urban greening
to realize a range of socioecological benefits. The urban greening toolkit often includes …

Revisiting urban resilience: A review on resilience of spatial structure in urban refugee neighborhoods facing demographic changes

SM Alawneh, M Rashid - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Providing a durable and sustainable approach based on urban resilience is essential for
solving many spatial challenges in neighborhoods with sudden refugee influxes. As …

Methodological foundation of a numerical taxonomy of urban form

M Fleischmann, A Feliciotti… - … and Planning B …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Cities are complex products of human culture, characterised by a startling diversity of visible
traits. Their form is constantly evolving, reflecting changing human needs and local …

[HTML][HTML] Studying street centrality and human density in different urban forms in Baghdad, Iraq

HJE Al-Saaidy, D Alobaydi - Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper provides an understanding of the quality of urban form by studying the spatial
properties of street networks concerning human density in Baghdad, Iraq. By adopting the …

Learning visual features from figure-ground maps for urban morphology discovery

J Wang, W Huang, F Biljecki - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Most studies of urban morphology rely on morphometrics, such as building area and street
length. However, these methods often fall short in capturing visual patterns that carry …

Combining environmental and social dimensions in the typomorphological study of urban resilience to heat stress

AH Eldesoky, J Gil, MB Pont - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past years, cities have become more prone to extreme and frequent heatwaves. In
this regard, urban form plays an important role and several typomorphological classifications …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring the impact of plot types on physical change: A diachronic analysis of urban form evolution in New York, Melbourne and Barcelona

O Tümtürk, J Karakiewicz, FJ de Haan - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Plots are hypothesised as the most influential determinant of urban form evolution yet
remain understudied. Existing morphological studies exploring plots' influential role lack …

[HTML][HTML] Heat-prone neighbourhood typologies of European cities with temperate climate

Y Wu, B Mashhoodi, A Patuano, S Lenzholzer… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Outdoor microclimates vary among different urban neighbourhoods depending on their
morphological variations. The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) framework is a well-developed …

Identifying urban form typologies in Seoul using a new Gaussian mixture model-based clustering framework

N Li, SJ Quan - … and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, has diverse urban forms developed through its
complex history. Previous studies show limitations of strong subjectivity and difficulty in …