Classification of urban fabric

Dr Martin Fleischmann

Charles University, Prague, CZ

New York by Anuj Gogari

Paris by George Kantarzis

Prague by Jay Dantine

Sao Paulo by Jonathan Borba

Tokyo by Masaaki Komori

by Stephen Oliver

Cities are too complex to handle without simplification

Administrative division of Prague

CORINE Land Cover

Copernicus Urban Atlas Land Use

Census Output Area Classification (Wyszomierski et. al, 2023)

Deprivation detection (Wang et. al, 2023)

Classification as a way of complexity reduction

Subdivide area into a set of distinct classes

Subdivide along which dimension?

EuroFab

European Urban Fabric Classification (upcoming)

Atlanta

Barcelona

Brasilia

Sao Paulo

Buildings and streets

Homogenous area detection in Krakow, Poland

Hierarchical relationship allowing flexible classification resolution

Classification hierachy at level 1 in Krakow, Poland

Classification hierachy at level 2 in Krakow, Poland

Classification hierachy at level 3 in Krakow, Poland

Classification hierachy at level 4 in Krakow, Poland

Each class backed by a rich numerical description

• Comparison
• Predictive modelling
• Planning and zoning

Spatial Signatures

Classification of Great Britain based on form and function (existing)

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Spatial signatures in London

Spatial signatures in Liverpool and Manchester

Spatial signatures in the Scottish Central Belt

Rural signatures

Rural signatures (covering 94% of land but only 50% of cells)

Peripheral signatures

Peripheral signatures (covering 5% of land but 40% of cells)

Urban signatures

Urban signatures (covering 1% of area but 10% of cells)

Settlement delineation

Signature-based settlement delineation compared to FUA

Settlement hierarchy

Hierarchy of settlements derived from the presence of signatures

Hierarchy of settlements derived from the presence of signatures

What is next?

Classification of Central Europe

Classification of Europe

Predicted time-series

Do you want to follow up?

martin.fleischmann@natur.cuni.cz

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