Abstract The article presents selected issues within the field of space syntax, its theoretical assumptions, and application possibilities, taking into account, especially, works in social economic geography, spatial management. attempts to present Polish syntax as related wider spectrum global applications. In Poland, theory research tools are rarely used. It appears that there two factors inf...

Confeego is a suite of tools to understand and harness the effects of spatial configuration in urban systems or complex buildings developed by Space Syntax Limited and is available free for academic use. Confeego has been developed to support the various phases of a consultancy or research project and in that sense consists of several tools that are grouped according to the type of tasks involv...

Mastering the relationship between urban landmarks and space morphology in planning, landscape architectural design helps maintain intelligibility of compact districts. The objective present study was to numerically determine structural salience various an environment use it interpret city. Combining measurement method 3D visibility related principles syntax, this develops a new Node–Landmark G...

During the first century BC, famous Roman architect, Vitruvius, defined architecture as encompassing three essential properties: firmitas (firmness), utilitas (utility), and venustas (attractiveness or beauty) [...]

Accessibility indices which measure the relative `nearness' or `propinquity' of geographic locations, one to another, are not well-developed functions in proprietary geographic information systems (GIS), notwithstanding their evident usefulness for urban analysis. In this paper, we develop procedures for embedding such measures within desktop GIS, focusing on the measurement of geometric access...