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Urban Morphology

Urban morphology is the systematic study of the physical form and spatial patterns of urban settlements and the processes of their formation and transformation.

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Natural movement: or, configuration and attraction in urban pedestrian movement

B Hillier, Alan Penn, J Hanson et al. · Environment and Planning B Planning and Design · 1993 · 1.5K citations

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Aerodynamic Properties of Urban Areas Derived from Analysis of Surface Form

Sue Grimmond, T. R. Oke · Journal of Applied Meteorology · 1999 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Making a city: Urbanity, vitality and urban design

John Warwick Montgomery · Journal of Urban Design · 1998 · 1.2K citations

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Exploring a V-I-S (vegetation-impervious surface-soil) model for urban ecosystem analysis through remote sensing: comparative anatomy for cities†

M. K. Ridd · International Journal of Remote Sensing · 1995 · 1K citations

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Compact, Dispersed, Fragmented, Extensive? A Comparison of Urban Growth in Twenty-five Global Cities using Remotely Sensed Data, Pattern Metrics and Census Information

Annemarie Schneider, Curtis E. Woodcock · Urban Studies · 2008 · 881 citations

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Authors

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  1. MB
    Michael Batty

    University College London, United Kingdom

    29 publications · 3.2K citations

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    Hannes Taubenböck

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

    26 publications · 1.7K citations

    20

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    Michael Wurm

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

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

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    Jeremy Whitehand

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

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    Kim Dovey

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    15 publications · 1.5K citations

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Institutions

1.4K

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    35 h-index

    104 publications

    14.8K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    35 h-index

    158 publications

    10.4K citations

  3. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    30 h-index

    93 publications

    6.7K citations

  4. Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    29 h-index

    114 publications

    9.7K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    27 h-index

    90 publications

    5.3K citations

  6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    66 publications

    4.4K citations

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

    Cologne, Germany

    24 h-index

    107 publications

    7.9K citations

  8. Tongji University

    Shanghai, China

    23 h-index

    74 publications

    3.9K citations

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  1. Sustainable Cities and Society

    81 publications · 5.7K citations

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  2. Building and Environment

    71 publications · 4.6K citations

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  3. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design

    56 publications · 6.3K citations

    34

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  4. Landscape and Urban Planning

    37 publications · 5.3K citations

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  5. Urban Morphology

    79 publications · 4.1K citations

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Urban Morphology

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