Neighborhood Variation of Sustainable Urban Morphological Characteristics

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Si Chen¹  Chien-Tat Low²  Poh-Chin Lai²  Ester Cerin³  Robert Stimson⁴  Pui Yun Paulina Wong⁵ 

[1] Department of Environment, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Institute for Health and Ageing, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia;School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia;Science Unit, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China;

关键词: urban sustainability;    morphology;    road networks;    green space;    building volume;    land use mix;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph15030465

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Compact cities and their urban forms have implications on sustainable city development because of high density urban settlement, increased accessibility, and a balanced land use mix. This paper uses quantitative means of understanding urban morphological characteristics with reference to the differing qualities of the urban form (i.e., street patterns, building volumes, land uses and greenery). The results, based on 89 neighborhood communities of Hong Kong, show varying degrees of regional differences in the urban built form supported by numerical statistics and graphical illustrations. This paper offers empirical evidence on some morphological characteristics that can be estimated objectively using modern geospatial technologies and applied universally to inform urban planning. However, more studies linking these quantifiable measures of the physical form with sustainable urban living are needed to account for human comfort in the totality of environmental, social, and economic responsibilities.

【 授权许可】

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