A methodology to study the relationship between urban activities and morphology in the case of a twentieth century suburb in Madrid (Spain)
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LIUrb - Laboratorio de Investigación UrbanaKnowledge Area
Urbanística y Organización del TerritorioPublication date
2013-05-22Publisher
Institute of Architecture and Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia (IAUS)Bibliographic Citation
GARCÍA MARTÍN, Fernando Miguel. A methodology to study the relationship between urban activities and morphology in the case of a twentieth century suburb in Madrid (Spain). En 2nd International Scientific Conferenca Regional Development, Spatial Planning and Strategic Governance. Conference Proceedings, mayo 2013, 386-400 p. ISBN: 9788680329765Peer review
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Vallecas (Madrid)Abstract
Previous works on the study of relationship between urban form and human activities were based on data collection by the own researchers. However, on this paper is exposed a methodology which is using existing statistical data that allow to expand the study. A new possibility is opened to analyze and compare the evolution of the urban activities, their intensity and diversity, not only for singular study cases where the researcher collect their own data, but for a whole range of cities.
Two key points make able the developing of this methodology: The parameterization of urban morphology with density and compactness values and the statistical data of Population and Housing Census available to the scale of census tracts. Some results for the chosen study case, the district of Puente de Vallecas of Madrid, mainly built along the twentieth century, are exposed. For this case, the urban activities were evaluate through population and commercial indicators which show the appeal for the citizen ...
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