Abstract
Space syntax has remarkable advantage in predicting the accessibility of urban road system, and has been applied in many other fields. However, as it is just the abstract of the reality, space syntax doesn’t take the impact of road width on the accessibility into account, and there are many limitations in its practical application. This study discussed the relationship both between the total depth and width of the road, and between road width and integration degree by extending the space syntax and the calculation of integration degree. Through the case studies on 9 cities in China and other countries, we found out that the total depth is negatively correlated with the logarithm of road width. Moreover, the axis graph obtained with the extended formula performed better in displaying details than the one obtained with the original one. In addition, the empirical formula for space syntax extension has also been summarized. It is concluded that the results calculated with the extended methods are more accordant with the actual urban conditions and this study can provide a new approach to extend and apply the space syntax.
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Zheng, X., Zhao, L., Su, Y., Yan, G., Wang, S. (2010). An Extension Method of Space Syntax and Application. In: Luo, Q. (eds) Advancing Computing, Communication, Control and Management. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 56. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05173-9_2
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