Blar i Institutt for byggfag på tidsskrift "Sustainability"
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Assessing Spatial Configurations and Transport Energy Usage for Planning Sustainable Communities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Energy usage in cities is intertwined with its spatial configuration—the denser and more compact the city, the more concentrated and efficient the energy usage is to be expected. To achieve sustainable communities, cities ... -
Bill Hillier’s legacy: Space syntax—a synopsis of basic concepts, measures, and empirical application
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Bill Hillier’s space syntax method and theory enables us to describe the spatial properties of a sustainable city. Empirical testing of the space syntax method over time has confirmed the capacity and innovativeness of ... -
Exploring challenges in Space Syntax theory building: The use of positivist and hermeneutic explanatory models
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The planning and building of sustainable cities and communities yields operational theories on urban space. The novelty of this paper is that it discusses and explores the challenges for space syntax theory building within ... -
The impact of the ring roads on the location pattern of shops in town and city centres. A space syntax approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This contribution demonstrates how inner ring roads change the location pattern of shops in urban areas with the application of the space syntax method. A market rational behaviour persists, in that shop owners always ... -
Noise and spatial configuration in Biskra, Algeria: A space syntax approach to understand the built environment for visually impaired people
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This contribution investigates the correlation between street noise levels and the spatial configuration of the street network in four different types of neighbourhoods in the Algerian city of Biskra. Space syntax methods ... -
A Scientific Approach to the Densification Debate in Bergen Centre in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The municipality of Bergen in Norway aims to densify fifty per cent of new housing within the city’s central parts. The Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation ordered and financed an investigation to be carried out ... -
Sexual violence in the city: Space, gender, and the occurrence of sexual violence in Rotterdam
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)There is a need for knowledge of how the spatial features of the urban environment can shape the potential for safe streets and a gender inclusive society. This research reveals the relationship between a built environment’s ... -
Spatial configurations and walkability potentials. Measuring urban compactness with space syntax
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This contribution demonstrates how space syntax methods on various scale levels can be used to identify and describe the spatial features of a compact city. Firstly, the term urban compactness is discussed. A short discussion ... -
The Emergence of Mobility Inequality in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia: A Socio-Spatial Analysis of Path Dependencies in Transport–Land Use Policies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Despite numerous studies suggesting a path-dependent relationship between transport–land use policies and urban structures, particularly on the emergence of car-oriented development, this connection has rarely been explained ...