The Geometry of Urban Layouts: A Global Comparative Study

Dedication.- Acknowledgement.- PartI.- TheGeometry of Urban Layouts: A comparative study of the urban layout maps ofdowntown areas in cities around the world.- Introduction.- What is this book about?.-Why dowe need this book?.- How  is this book going to affect urban design andscience?.- An overview of this book.- References.- Urbanlayout and its significance.- Introduction.- Geometry, spatial representation, and urban layout.- Urban layout as map space.-Thesignificance of urban layout.- References.- Studies on the geometry of urban layouts: A review of theliterature.- Introduction.- Metric geometric studies of urban layouts.- Normative aesthetic studies of urban layouts.- Empirical studies of urban layouts.- Morphological studies of urban layouts.- Configurational studies of urban layouts.- Fractal studies of urban layouts.- "Space syntax" studies of urban layouts.- GIS in configurational studies of urban layouts.- Discussion and conclusions.-References.- Materials and measures.- Introduction.- Study sample.- Study area.- Urban layout maps.- Streetmaps.- Urban block maps.- Linear maps.- Preparingthe maps.- Urban layout measures.- Measures: Street and street centerline maps.- Measures: Urban block maps.-Measures:Axial and segment maps.- References.- Detecting ordinaries, extremes, similarities, anddifferences: Univariate descriptions of urban layouts .- Introduction.- Univariatedescriptions of street and street centerline maps.-Univariatedescriptions of urban block maps.- Univariatedescriptions of axial and segment maps.- Extremes,similarities, and differences in the geometry of urban layouts .- Exceptional cities around the world.- Exceptional cities in developed countries.- Exceptional cities in developing countries.- Differences and similarities in urban layouts of cities indeveloped and developing countries.- Discussionand conclusions.- Examining scaling laws: Bivariatedescriptions of urban layouts.- Introduction.-Scalinglaws.- Mathematical expressions.- Scaling in biology.- Scalingin cities.- Rank-size distributions in the geometryof urban layouts.- Rank-size distributions in street andstreet centerline maps.- Rank-sizedistributions in urban block maps.- Rank-sizedistributions in axial and segment maps.- Discussion:Rank-size distributions in the geometry of urban layouts.- Allometry in the geometry of urban layouts.- Allometry in street and street centerline maps.- Allometry in urban block maps.-Allometryin axial and segment maps.- Otherallometric relations between the measures of different urban layouts.- Discussion: Allometry in the geometry of urban layouts.- Discussion and conclusions.-References.- Developing descriptive categories, types, and indicators:Multivariate descriptions of urban layouts.- Introduction.- Criteria for descriptive categories of the geometry of urbanlayouts.- Descriptive categories of the geometryof urban layouts and their types and measures.-Quantity.- Density.- Granularity.- Compactness.- Continuity.- Accessibility.- Complexity.- Descriptive indicators, and similarities and differences inthe geometry of urban layouts.- Quantity indicators.- Density indicators.- Granularityindicators.- Compactness indicators.- Continuity indicators.- Accessibilityindicators.- Complexity indicators.- Discussions and conclusions.-References.- Robustness, resiliency, and universality in the geometry ofurban layouts.- Introduction.- Urbanity and the physical environment of the city.- The physical environment of the city and the descriptivesystem of the book.- Contributions of the book.- Univariate analyses.- Bivariateanalyses.- Multivariate analyses.- Moving forward.- Postscript.- References.- Part II.- TheGeometry of Urban Layouts: A compendium of the urban layout maps of downtownareas in cities around the world.