TY - JOUR
T1 - Six fundamental aspects for conceptualizing multidimensional urban form
T2 - A spatial mapping perspective
AU - Wentz, Elizabeth A.
AU - York, Abigail M.
AU - Alberti, Marina
AU - Conrow, Lindsey
AU - Fischer, Heather
AU - Inostroza, Luis
AU - Jantz, Claire
AU - Pickett, Steward T.A.
AU - Seto, Karen C.
AU - Taubenböck, Hannes
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is based upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant No. 13-LCLUC13-2-0012 issued through the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES-2013), Program Element A.2: Land Cover/Land Use Change (LCLUC13-2). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The authors also wish to acknowledge Barbara Trapido-Lurie from the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University for the preparation of the figures in this paper.
Funding Information:
This material is based upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant No. 13-LCLUC13-2-0012 issued through the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES-2013), Program Element A.2: Land Cover/Land Use Change (LCLUC13-2). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration . The authors also wish to acknowledge Barbara Trapido-Lurie from the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University for the preparation of the figures in this paper.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - Urbanization is currently one of the most profound transformations taking place across the globe influencing the flows of people, energy, and matter. The urban form influences and is influenced by these flows and is therefore critical in understanding and how urban areas affect and are affected by form. Nevertheless, there is a lack of uniformity in how urban form is analyzed. Urban form analyzed from a continuum of a simple urban versus non-urban classification to highly detailed representations of land use and land cover. Either end of the representation spectrum limits the ability to analyze within-urban dynamics, to make cross-city comparisons, and to produce generalizable results. In the framework of remote sensing and geospatial analysis, we identify and define six fundamental aspects of urban form, which are organized within three overarching components. Materials, or the physical elements of the urban landscape, consists of three aspects (1) human constructed elements, (2) the soil-plant continuum, and (3) water elements. The second component is configuration, which includes the (4) two- and three-dimensional space and (5) spatial pattern of urban areas. Lastly, because of the dynamics of human activities and biophysical processes, an important final component is the change of urban form over (6) time. We discuss how a this urban form framework integrates into a broader discussion of urbanization.
AB - Urbanization is currently one of the most profound transformations taking place across the globe influencing the flows of people, energy, and matter. The urban form influences and is influenced by these flows and is therefore critical in understanding and how urban areas affect and are affected by form. Nevertheless, there is a lack of uniformity in how urban form is analyzed. Urban form analyzed from a continuum of a simple urban versus non-urban classification to highly detailed representations of land use and land cover. Either end of the representation spectrum limits the ability to analyze within-urban dynamics, to make cross-city comparisons, and to produce generalizable results. In the framework of remote sensing and geospatial analysis, we identify and define six fundamental aspects of urban form, which are organized within three overarching components. Materials, or the physical elements of the urban landscape, consists of three aspects (1) human constructed elements, (2) the soil-plant continuum, and (3) water elements. The second component is configuration, which includes the (4) two- and three-dimensional space and (5) spatial pattern of urban areas. Lastly, because of the dynamics of human activities and biophysical processes, an important final component is the change of urban form over (6) time. We discuss how a this urban form framework integrates into a broader discussion of urbanization.
KW - GIS
KW - Land cover
KW - Land use
KW - Remote sensing
KW - Urban form
KW - Urban materials
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U2 - 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.07.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050670773
SN - 0169-2046
VL - 179
SP - 55
EP - 62
JO - Landscape and Urban Planning
JF - Landscape and Urban Planning
ER -