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The Geometry of Urban Layouts

A Global Comparative Study

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Mahbub Rashid

    1. University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

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  • This book is more comprehensive than any previous books on geometric studies of urban layouts
  • In fact, it would have been hard to conceive a book like this before Google Maps
  • It includes more cities from both developed and developing countries; uses larger study areas; and has more drawings of urban layouts than any previous books on similar topics
  • This book also uses and integrates several metric, fractal and topological measures in urban layout studies that no other book has done before

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Geometry of Urban Layouts: A Comparative Study of the Urban Layout Maps of Downtown Areas in Cities Around the World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Mahbub Rashid
      Pages 3-11

    3. Urban Layout and Its Significance

      • Mahbub Rashid
      Pages 13-18

    4. Studies on the Geometry of Urban Layouts: A Review of the Literature

      • Mahbub Rashid
      Pages 19-45

    5. Materials and Measures

      • Mahbub Rashid
      Pages 47-69

    6. Detecting Ordinaries, Extremes, Similarities, and Differences: Univariate Descriptions of Urban Layouts

      • Mahbub Rashid
      Pages 71-158

    7. Examining Scaling Laws: Bivariate Descriptions of Urban Layouts

      • Mahbub Rashid
      Pages 159-199

    8. Developing Descriptive Categories, Types, and Indicators: Multivariate Descriptions of Urban Layouts

      • Mahbub Rashid
      Pages 201-220

    9. Robustness, Resiliency, and Universality in the Geometry of Urban Layouts

      • Mahbub Rashid
      Pages 221-231

  3. The Geometry of Urban Layouts: A Compendium of the Urban Layout Maps of Downtown Areas in Cities Around the World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
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    2. A Compendium of the Urban Layout Maps of Downtown Areas in Cities Around the World

      • Mahbub Rashid
      Pages 235-453
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About this book

This book presents a compendium of the urban layout maps of 2-mile square downtown areas of more than one hundred cities in developed and developing countries—all drawn at the same scale using high-resolution satellite images of Google Maps. The book also presents analytic studies using metric geometrical, topological (or network), and fractal measures of these maps. These analytic studies identify ordinaries, extremes, similarities, and differences in these maps; investigate the scaling properties of these maps; and develop precise descriptive categories, types and indicators for multidimensional comparative studies of these maps. The findings of these studies indicate that many geometric relations of the urban layouts of downtown areas follow regular patterns; that despite social, economic, and cultural differences among cities, the geometric measures of downtown areas in cities of developed and developing countries do not show significant differences; and that the geometric possibilities of urban layouts are vastly greater than those that have been realized so far in our cities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

    Mahbub Rashid

About the author

Mahbub Rashid is a Professor of the School of Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning at the University of Kanas. Presently, he serves as the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies of the school, and the Chair of the MA/PhD Programs in Architecture. With a Master’s degree from MIT and a PhD degree from Georgia Tech, Dr. Rashid is an expert in theories and methods of architectural research with a focus on the structures of form and space. He uses innovative spatial and social network, fractal, and statistical analysis techniques along with more traditional research methods and methodologies to study the effects of built form and space on human behavior, psychology, society and culture in office, healthcare, and urban environments. Registered as an architect in Georgia, USA, Dr. Rashid also works as an architectural consultant for reputable architectural design firms. Dr. Rashid has over 80 major and minor publications. His major publications include over 50 peer-reviewed articles (about 40 of them as the sole and/or main author) in journals, books, and conference proceedings.

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