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Compactness Metrics

Compactness Metrics is a quantitative framework used in urban planning and geographic analysis to measure the spatial efficiency and morphological cohesion of urban forms by evaluating the degree to which built development is concentrated within a given area relative to its perimeter, land use mix, and connectivity, distinguishing it from general urban indicators through its specific focus on geometric and configurational compactness.

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2017–2026

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Quantifying Urban Form: Compactness versus 'Sprawl'

Yu‐Hsin Tsai · Urban Studies · 2005 · 692 citations

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Measuring Urban Compactness in UK Towns and Cities

Elizabeth Burton · Environment and Planning B Planning and Design · 2002 · 373 citations

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An efficient measure of compactness for two-dimensional shapes and its application in regionalization problems

Wenwen Li, Michael F. Goodchild, Richard L. Church · International Journal of Geographical Information Systems · 2013 · 225 citations · Full text

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SEPPA: a computational server for spatial epitope prediction of protein antigens

Jing Sun, Di Wu, Tianlei Xu et al. · Nucleic Acids Research · 2009 · 178 citations · Full text

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Compactness of Geographic Shape: Comparison and Evaluation of Measures

Alan M. MacEachren · Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography · 1985 · 170 citations

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Authors

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  1. HT
    Hannes Taubenböck

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Germany

    3 publications · 68 citations

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  2. JZ
    Jurgis Zagorskas

    Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

    2 publications · 138 citations

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  3. MS
    Marco Schaerf

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    2 publications · 64 citations

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  4. MC
    Marco Cadoli

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    2 publications · 64 citations

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  5. EK
    Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas

    Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

    2 publications · 138 citations

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Institutions

132

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    368 citations

  2. Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    605 citations

  3. China University of Mining and Technology

    Xuzhou, China

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    191 citations

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    183 citations

  5. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    212 citations

  6. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    130 citations

  7. Institute of Urban Environment

    Amoy, China

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    315 citations

  8. Tianjin University

    Tianjin, China

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    139 citations

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  1. Sustainability

    5 publications · 209 citations

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  2. Land

    3 publications · 54 citations

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  4. Applied Geography

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  5. Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography

    2 publications · 252 citations

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