Abstract
The article presents the profile of the city of Campina Grande, Brazil, from the perspective of the Space Syntax of the Theory of Social Logic of Space. In the methodology adopted, we used the model that starts from the Road Centre Line (RCL) map elaboration, which served as a basis for obtaining the Angular Segment Analysis, via Depthmapand QGIS software, generating the syntactic measures presented in the results. The objectives proposed in this study were achieved, for the results show that in the city there are spaces with organic and planned characteristics, which reflect socio-cultural aspects of occupation and settlement of the area along its predominantly heterogeneous formation. As for the urban form, there is a configuration composed of an integrating nucleus, located in the urban center; as for the scores presented, there are average values of NAIN (1.007), NACH (0.911) and INCH (12,213) measures, in which 48% with 40%, 54% and 48%, respectively, of the neighborhoods with average scores higher than the index presented by the city's configurational analysis. Most of the territory presents values above the average values for the city and for the Brazilian territory. Thus, it is concluded that the central regions seem to present, according to the data obtained, a more favorable configuration for mobility and accessibility, having in the peripheral neighborhoods segregationist aspects that can explain the restriction of movement of individuals regarding the access of goods and services in the city.
Highlights
The recent trend of rapid urbanization makes it imperative to understand urban characteristics such as infrastructure, population distribution, jobs, and services that play a key role in urban housing and sustainability
This study aims to analyze the urban configuration of the city of Campina Grande, Brazil, from the perspective of the Spatial Syntax, given the intrinsic characteristics, the underlying and latent patterns that can be identified as positive and negative points of this type of human settlement and that can subsidize the improvement of urban planning based on the Theory of Social Logic of Space
Later these data generated in Depthmap® and their respective syntactic measurements were exported to the QGIS 2.14 software to develop the segment map and their respective measurements and maps - NAIN, NACH and INCH - for the city and neighborhoods
Summary
The recent trend of rapid urbanization makes it imperative to understand urban characteristics such as infrastructure, population distribution, jobs, and services that play a key role in urban housing and sustainability. Economic flows and aggregates generated from millions of users, included in large urban centers, are used to extract global Intraurban travel This allows us to classify cities and establish a connection between the organization of mobility and the main urban indicators. When studying the urban structure of cities, it is important to identify the main factors that can be related to the improvement of local mobility To achieve this objective, studies located in specific realities that point out quantifiable indicators in urban road space are necessary for the planning and management of sectors linked to the area. Studies located in specific realities that point out quantifiable indicators in urban road space are necessary for the planning and management of sectors linked to the area To this end, it is necessary that the urban configuration be more intelligible to enable the mobility of people, goods, and services within the territory
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