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Modelling The Spatial Morphogenesis In Cities: The Dynamics of Spatial Change in Manhattan
Applied studies in the area of urban growth have often focused on the apparent
physical silhouette of urban form in modelling and simulating city growth.
This paper is intended to go beyond such limitations and present a model
based on observed dynamics of change in urban structures. Thus the paper
translates the spatial laws which govern the process of urban morphogenesis in
cities into mathematical rules which represent the change in the
configurational structure of street networks. For this purpose, a set of analyses
will be made for the sequential development of urban street network in
Manhattan. The change in the attributes of the elements under investigation
will be judged according to physical and angular metrics. The objectives are to
track any regularity in the bottom up growing system and detect the causal
forces that took part in the rise of a distinguished structure in the planned
uniform grid. The externalised model has the potential to be devised in
computer aided design implementations and strategic planning development