Settlement relationships and their morphological homogeneity across time and scale.

ABSTRACT: Homogeneous settlement morphologies negatively impact urban vibrancy, the environment, and emotions. Mainly resulting from the separation of functions such as work and living, homogeneous settlements have often been found around large cities. However, it remains unknown whether this phenomenon occurs in settlements of any size and persisted over time. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the internal structures of settlements and their location within a settlement network at a large spatial scale and a fine resolution, over seven time steps covering 120 years of settlement development. Using building footprints and road geometries from historical maps of the Swiss Plateau in combination with historical travel speeds, we analyzed networks at both the local- (building netw

SUBMITTER: Rath YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10338443 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature