We present a visualization-based decision tool that enables exploring the link between urban land use and urban weather, in particular predicting and visualizing changes in urban temperature, precipitation, and humidity. Our work combines recent work from urban planning, weather and climate...

<i>Urban form takes on properties similar to random growing fractals and can be described in terms of fractal geometry. However, a model of simple fractals is not effectual enough to characterize</i> <i>both the global and local features of urban patterns. In this paper</i> multifractal measurements are...

In this paper we deal with different metrics using <i>L</i>p norms in the 1-facility location problem and their properties. We propose to revisit the problem of optimal center location by discussing the properties of three well-known centers in 2-dimensional space: the 1-median for <i>L</i><i><b>1</b></i>, the 1-center...

Since the mid-1990s architectural researchers have used the box-counting method to calculate the fractal dimension of a range of buildings and urban forms. While this approach has been widely adopted, there has been little consistency in how the multiple variables in the method have been...

A decision-support tool based on relational database technology is developed to aid the planning of energy supply systems for urban communities. The building-load models derived from the data measured or surveyed in Korea over the last two decades are computerized using Microsoft Access® as an...

The literature on the relationship between the built environment and travel has identified population density and the mix of land uses as key characteristics of the urban form that affect travel patterns. However, in cities with strong sociospatial disparities it is not clear if these...

In this study we conduct an exploratory spatiotemporal analysis of recent UK housing-market data 2000–06, fine grained both in space and in time. We present firstly the exploratory technique itself, and secondly an overview of patterns found in the dataset. A broadly scoped metamodel is...

The reflection of gender roles in spatial mobility has been in the research focus of geographers as these issues are related to important aspects of the spatial organisation of society and planning such as the location of activities and services, the use of transportation, and housing policy....

In this study we estimate urban traffic flow using GPS-enabled taxi trajectory data in Qingdao, China, and examine the capability of the betweenness centrality of the street network to predict traffic flow. The results show that betweenness centrality is not a good predictor variable for urban...

A method for implementing parametric shape grammars is presented. Subgraph detection is used to find subshapes. Parametric shapes are described by restricting topologies. <br> <b>Keywords:</b> graph grammar, parametric shape grammar