Morphological analysis of urban fabric is a relevant step in order to perform the analysis of urban dynamics and to simulate their evolutions. In this context, the objective of this paper is to test to test two relational data mining methods (Cardinalisation and Quantiles) to label urban blocks and to produce rules on their morphology. The objective is to automate the identification of urban fa...

UbiComp in the Urban Frontier captures a unique, synergistic moment – expanding urban populations, rapid adoption of Bluetooth mobile devices, tiny ad hoc sensor networks, and the widespread influence of wireless technologies across our growing urban landscapes. The United Nations recently reported that 48 percent of the world's population current lives in urban areas and that this number is ex...

Density is probably one of the most used indicators to characterize urban development. Even if it is a quantitative and properly defined measure, there are still problems to use it properly. This paper proposes a renewed approach to characterize urban density based on buildings’ footprints. It can be applied on huge datasets and allows multi-level characterization of density. We first present a...

The compact, geometrically integrated city can and should replace suburban sprawl as the dominant development pattern in the future. This approach to urban planning and design is well established among proponents of the New Urbanist and Smart Growth movements. However, the more radical scenario I propose in this paper is that the compact city should also replace the high-rise, ultra-high-densit...

Old urban reform usually reactivates the fabric in a new era of sustainable development. However, what remains former and how it interacts with one often inspires curiosity. How old residents adapt their lives to layout should be explored qualitatively quantitatively. This research aimed assess fabrics downtown area Keelung, Taiwan, by considering interactions between truncated layout, proporti...

Background Urban renewal has become an important issue in Hong Kong, which is experiencing considerable population growth pressures and urban decay in various districts. Ho et al. [1] noted that urban renewal often creates not only environmental problems such as demolition waste, but also social problems such as destruction of existing social networks and the fabric of long-established communit...