Quantifying the Differences in Geometry and Size Distributions of Buildings Within Cities

Nexus Network Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 417-436

  Mohajeri, Nahid ^a   Gudmundsson, Agust ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building geometries; Entropy; Size distribution; Spatial configuration; Statistical analysis; Urban design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904204663     PISSN: 15905896     EISSN: 15224600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00004-014-0191-y     Document Type: Article

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