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Urban form and COVID-19 cases and deaths in Greater London: an urban morphometric approach
Alessandro Venerandi, Luca Maria Aiello, Sergio Porta
The COVID-19 pandemic generated a considerable debate in relation to urban density. This is an old debate, originated in mid 19th century's England with the emergence of public hea…
Methodological Foundation of a Numerical Taxonomy of Urban Form
Martin Fleischmann, Alessandra Feliciotti, Ombretta Romice +1
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…
Spatio-temporal analysis of micro economic activities in Rome reveals patterns of mixed-use urban evolution
Alessandro Fiasconaro, Emanuele Strano, Vincenzo Nicosia +2
Understanding urban growth is one with understanding how society evolves to satisfy the needs of its individuals in sharing a common space and adapting to the territory. We propose…
Urban Morphometrics: Towards a Science of Urban Evolution
Jacob Dibble, Alexios Prelorendjos, Ombretta Romice +4
Urban theorists, social reformists and philosophers have considered the city as a living organism since Plato. However, despite extraordinary advancements in evolutionary biology,…
The Form of Gentrification
Alessandro Venerandi, Mattia Zanella, Ombretta Romice +1
Many socioeconomic studies have been carried out to explain the phenomenon of gentrification. Although results of these works shed light on the process around this phenomenon, a pe…
Urban street networks: a comparative analysis of ten European cities
Emanuele Strano, Matheus Viana, Alessio Cardillo +3
We compare the structural properties of the street networks of ten different European cities using their primal representation. We investigate the properties of the geometry of the…