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High street changeability: the effect of urban form on demolition, modification and use change in two south London suburbs

Törmä, I; Griffiths, S; Vaughan, L; (2017) High street changeability: the effect of urban form on demolition, modification and use change in two south London suburbs. Urban Morphology , 21 (1) pp. 5-28. Green open access

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Abstract

Adaptability and resilience are recognized as essential elements of urban sustainability, yet they remain elusive as propositions supported by empirical research. In the research presented here the affordance of change and continuity – here termed changeability – is investigated through a comparative historical study of two suburban centres in London ‒ Surbiton and South Norwood ‒ which have matured differently, despite many extrinsic similarities. Their development c.1880-2013 is examined through the analysis of digitized historical maps, building use and space syntax analysis of their street plans. Buildings on busy, but not necessarily the busiest, streets in small town centres are said to be the most changeable since they can accommodate a variety of non-domestic uses. The plot dimensions on such streets tend to facilitate incremental building modifications and cyclical redevelopment.

Type: Article
Title: High street changeability: the effect of urban form on demolition, modification and use change in two south London suburbs
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: http://www.urbanform.org/online_public/2017_1.shtm...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Change, adaptation, urban development, town centres, London
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1501260
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