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The persistence of suburban centres in Greater London: combining Conzenian and space syntax approaches

Griffiths, S; Jones, CE; Vaughan, L; Haklay, M; (2010) The persistence of suburban centres in Greater London: combining Conzenian and space syntax approaches. Urban Morphology , 14 (2) 85 - 99. Green open access

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Abstract

The relationship between settlement form and the historical persistence of concentrations of diverse socio-economic activity in Greater London's suburban centres through successive phases of rapid urban transformation is examined. Particular consideration is given to the development of three suburbs in Greater London: Barnet, South Norwood and Surbiton. Conzenian and space syntax approaches are combined within an integrated GIS environment. Both these approaches identify the historical grain of settlement forms as the key to understanding how socio-economic activity becomes organized in the built environment. Using Surbiton as a case study the analysis demonstrates firstly, how the configuration of Greater London's historical road network relates to the persistence of socio-economic activity in the built environment over time, and secondly, how diverse, localized patterns of such activity are accessible at a range of morphological scales. It is concluded that the relationship between suburban built Pm and socioeconomic activity is both configurational and historical in nature

Type: Article
Title: The persistence of suburban centres in Greater London: combining Conzenian and space syntax approaches
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: http://www.urbanform.org/online_public/2010_2.shtm...
Language: English
Additional information: © International Seminar on Urban Form, 2010
Keywords: suburbs, London, space syntax, Conzenian methods, MOVEMENT, FORM
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
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
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/150358
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