The lineage of the line: Space syntax parameters from the analysis of urban DEMs

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 547-566

  Ratti, Carlo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 21744454379     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b31045     Document Type: Article

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