Space syntax is a science-based and human-focused approach suggesting that spatial layout of urban places exerts a powerful influence on human behaviour, providing a set of theories and techniques to analyze spatial configurations.
Those measures explain social processes such as why some places have higher flows of people and vehicles than others; urban expansion vectors; land use and value, spatial segregation and crime patterns.
Physical infrastructure such as an urban transportation network are analyzed as a part of a complex system, with systemic metrics, such as: “Integration” – the ease of going from one segment to others (relative depth); or “Choice” – the probability of crossing one segment from all origin and destiny points (closeness centrality). These indicators are being calculated as part of a research project on the impacts of networks on real estate properties and city behaviors.
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