Spatial Centrality, Economic Vitality/Viability: Compositional and Spatial Effects in Greater London

Chiaradia, Alain J., Hillier, B., Schwander, C. and Wedderburn, M. 2009. Spatial Centrality, Economic Vitality/Viability: Compositional and Spatial Effects in Greater London. Presented at: 7th International Space Syntax Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, 8-11 June 2009. Published in: Koch, Daniel, Marcus, Lars and Steen, Jesper eds. Proceedings of the 7th International Space Syntax Symposium. Stockholm: KTH,

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Abstract

This research is the continuation of previous studies in the literature related to space syntax spatial analyses of urban centrality. In recent years spatial economics has focused on the spatial location of economic activities and its determinants. At the city-region level a significant part of the analysis has been concerned with the concept of agglomeration as a source of economies of scale, productivity growth, and the role of transport: the spatial accessibility economies. Empirical evidence of the relationship between multi-scales spatial accessibilities and movement economies, as dependant on spatial configuration, is well charted in the space syntax literature. Using space syntax spatial analyses, the socio-economic and spatial patterns of 10 centres located in Inner and Outer London are analysed. The findings show that centres have specific spatial configuration signatures which distinguish centres from their spatial context. These signatures lead to the identification of centre spatial factor components. The interaction between socio-economic compositional effect and spatial signature profiles is investigated and leads to preliminary centre socio-economic/spatial typologies.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
Uncontrolled Keywords:	centre; centrality; spatial signature; socio-economics
Publisher:	KTH
ISBN:	9789174153477
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Last Modified:	07 Nov 2019 09:07
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/38940

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