This paper presents a novel method for qualitative mapping of large scale spaces. The proposed framework makes use of a graphical representation of the world in order to build a map consisting of qualitative constraints on the geometric relationships between landmark triplets. A novel measurement method based on camera imagery is presented which extends previous work from the field of Qualitati...

Urban spaces are considered as important elements in the urban structure. These spaces are scenes in which the general activities of urban life take place and they are able to provide an opportunity for the development of innovations for the people and to act as a recreational and constructive environment in an urban collection to provide a setting while every human being would need to perceive...

Urban green spaces provide a context where constant association with these spaces can result in reducing the incidence or diminishing the effect of many diseases. Different studies assessed the relationship between using urban green spaces and health benefits considering influential quantitative aspects. This research tries to look differently at this issue by connecting the urban green spaces ...

This paper presents a thermal comfort analysis in outdoor spaces of low-income housing projects in Londrina city, Brazil. The objective is to improve the identification of client requirements in the design development process, in order to satisfy thermal comfort requisites of low-income housing users. It has been proved that human settlements quality is intimately linked with thermal comfort an...

BACKGROUND Sampling methods have proven to be a very efficient and intuitive method to understand properties of complicated spaces that cannot easily be computed using deterministic methods. Therefore, sampling methods became a popular tool in the applied sciences. RESULTS Here, we show that sampling methods are not an appropriate tool to analyze qualitative properties of complicated spaces u...