Research at UDSU: all projects of research past and present summarized and briefly illustrated.
Ref: Porta, S. Romice, O. (2010), Plot-Based Urbanism: Towards Time-Consciousness in Place-Making, Working Papers of the Urban Design Studies Unit at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. Download Plot-Based Urbanism. Some of us have recently argued that what we still miss is the serious consideration of the factor of time in urbanism, or, in …
Ref: Porta, S. Latora, V. Wang, F. Rueda, S. Strano, E. Scellato, S. Cardillo, A. Belli, E. Cardenas, F. Cormenzana, B. Latora, L. (2011), Street Centrality and the Location of Economic Activities in Barcelona, «Urban Studies», May 2012; vol. 49, 7: pp. 1471-1488. *** *** Download the paper. The …
UDSU, in partnership with ICSS Institute of Complex System at Strathclyde, organizes the Evolution of Complex Transportation Networks (ECTN) Workshop to be held at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, on 29-30 August 2011. The list of invited speaker includes: Dr. Marc Barthélemy Institute of Theoretical Physics, CEA, Saclay, France. Prof. Andy …
Ref: Baird, D. Feeley, M. Russell, P. Wong, K.T. (2010), Alterations in Scale. A Cartography of Urban Structure: Antiquity – New Urbanism, Working Papers of the Urban Design Studies Unit at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. *** *** This Working Paper documents the research work of four Masters students …
Ref: Dempsey N, Brown C, Raman S, Porta S, Jenks M, Jones C, Bramley G, (2010), Elements of Urban Form, in Jenks M, Jones C, Dimensions of the Sustainable Cities, Springer, London, 21-51. *** *** This chapter provides a common platform for the research presented in the book regarding …
Ref: Pagliardini, P. Porta, S. Salingaros, N. (2010), Geospatial analysis and living urban geometry, in Jiang B, Yao XA (eds), Geospatial Analysis and Modelling of Urban Environments: Structure and Dynamics, Springer, New York, p.331-353. *** *** This essay outlines how to incorporate morphologic rules within the exigencies of our …
Ref: Porta, S., Latora, V., & Strano, E. (2010). Networks in Urban Design: six years of research in Multiple Centrality Assessment. In E. Estrada, M. Fox, D. Higham, & G. L. Oppo (Eds.), Network science: complexity in nature and technology (pp. 107-130). London, UK: Springer. *** *** Multiple Centrality …
Ref: Mehaffy M, Porta S, Rofè Y, Salingaros N, 2010, Urban nuclei and the geometry of streets: The ‘emergent neighborhoods’ model, Urban Design International, 15-1, p.22-46. *** *** A controversy remains among planners and urban designers about the proper location of the non-residential core (nucleus) of a neighborhood in relation …
Ref: Produit T, Lachance N, Strano E, Porta S, Joost S, 2010, A network based Kernel Density Estimator applied to Barcelona economic activities, in Taniar et al. (eds.), ICCSA 2010: Part I. *** *** This paper presents a methodology to compute an innovative density indicator of spatial events. The methodology …
Ref: Wang F, Antipova A, Porta S, 2010, Street centrality and land use intensity in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Journal of Transport Geography, In press. *** *** This paper examines the relationship between street centrality and land use intensity in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Street centrality is calibrated in terms of …
