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Density and morphology: from the building scale to the city scale Cover

Density and morphology: from the building scale to the city scale

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|Feb 2021

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Figure 1

Distribution of London domestic buildings on Spacemate.

Source: Building images from Bing (www.bing.com/maps).

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Figure 2

Different aggregate boundaries for an area of London: (a) self-contained units (SCUs); (b) built blocks (BBs); (c) output areas (OAs); and (d) lower layer super output areas (LSOAs).

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Figure 3

Distribution of the building stock of London plotted on Spacemate at various scales: (a) local authorities; (b) middle layer super output areas (MSOAs); (c) lower layer super output areas (LSOAs), (d) output areas (OAs), (e) built blocks (BBs); and (f) domestic self-contained units (SCUs).

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Figure 4

Distribution of the building stock of London at various scales with (a) Floor Space Index (FSI) value; (b) Ground Space Index (GSI) value; and (c) average height.

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Figure 5

Distribution of domestic self-contained units (SCUs) of London plotted on Spacemate split by type: (a) detached houses; (b) semi-detached houses; (c) terraced houses; (d) flats; (e) the most common domestic building type by count; and (f) dwelling density (Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) per SCU).

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Figure 6

Distribution of domestic building types within London with: (a) Floor Space Index (FSI) value; (b) Ground Space Index (GSI) value; and (c) average height.

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Figure 7

Building age plotted on Spacemate: (a) the most common building age by count; and (b) mean building age.

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Figure 8

Distribution of building ages within London with: (a) Floor Space Index (FSI) value; (b) Ground Space Index (GSI) value; and (c) average height.

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Figure 9

Median domestic energy-use intensities for gas-heated buildings plotted on Spacemate: (a) gas; and (b) electricity.

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Figure 10

Median domestic energy-use intensity for gas-heated dwellings with: (a) Floor Space Index (FSI) value; (b) Ground Space Index (GSI) value; and (c) average height.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.83 | Journal eISSN: 2632-6655
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 7, 2020
Accepted on: Dec 15, 2020
Published on: Feb 1, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2021 Daniel Godoy-Shimizu, Philip Steadman, Stephen Evans, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.