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The geometry of urban layouts = a global comparative study /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The geometry of urban layouts/ by Mahbub Rashid.
Reminder of title:	a global comparative study /
Author:	Rashid, Mahbub.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
Description:	xiv, 453 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	City planning. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30750-3
ISBN:	9783319307503

The geometry of urban layouts = a global comparative study /
Rashid, Mahbub.

The geometry of urban layoutsa global comparative study /[electronic resource] :by Mahbub Rashid. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017. - xiv, 453 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.

Part I. The Geometry of Urban Layouts: A Comparative Study of The Urban Layout Maps of Downtown Areas In Cities Around The World -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Urban Layout and Its Significance -- 3. Studies On The Geometry of Urban Layouts: A Review of The Literature -- 4. Materials and Measures -- 5. Detecting Ordinaries, Extremes, Similarities, and Differences: Univariate Descriptions of Urban Layouts -- 6. Examining Scaling Laws: Bivariate Descriptions of Urban Layouts -- 7. Developing Descriptive Categories, Types, and Indicators: Multivariate Descriptions of Urban Layouts -- 8. Robustness, Resiliency, and Universality in The Geometry of Urban Layouts -- Part II. The Geometry of Urban Layouts: A Compendium of The Urban Layout Maps of Downtown Areas In Cities Around The World -- 9. A Compendium of The Urban Layout Maps of Downtown Areas in Cities Around The World.

This book presents a compendium of the urban layout maps of 2-mile square downtown areas of more than one hundred cities in developed and developing countries--all drawn at the same scale using high-resolution satellite images of Google Maps. The book also presents analytic studies using metric geometrical, topological (or network), and fractal measures of these maps. These analytic studies identify ordinaries, extremes, similarities, and differences in these maps; investigate the scaling properties of these maps; and develop precise descriptive categories, types and indicators for multidimensional comparative studies of these maps. The findings of these studies indicate that many geometric relations of the urban layouts of downtown areas follow regular patterns; that despite social, economic, and cultural differences among cities, the geometric measures of downtown areas in cities of developed and developing countries do not show significant differences; and that the geometric possibilities of urban layouts are vastly greater than those that have been realized so far in our cities.

ISBN: 9783319307503

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-30750-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

554970
City planning.

LC Class. No.: HT166

Dewey Class. No.: 307.1216

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