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This book is about the geometry of urban layouts for all interested in urban form and structure. It presents a compendium of the urban layout maps of 2-mile square downtown areas or central business districts (CBDs) of more than 100 cities in developed and developing countries. Created digitally using high-resolution satellite images, these maps are presented at the same scale for comparative geometric investigations by urban designers and spatial scientists. The book also presents analytic studies on the geometry of these maps using carefully developed metric geometrical, topological (or network), and fractal measures. Using univariate descriptive statistics, these analytic studies identify the ordinaries, extremes, similarities, and differences in the geometry of these urban layout maps. Using bivariate analysis, these studies investigate scaling in the geometry of these urban layout maps. Finally, using multivariate and factor analysis, these studies develop precise descriptive categories, types and indicators for multidimensional comparative studies of the geometry of these urban layout maps.
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Rashid, M. (2017). Introduction. In: The Geometry of Urban Layouts. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30750-3_1
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