# Urban Design and Spatial Analysis

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://picoportal.org/library/topics/urban-design-and-spatial-analysis/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 235,156 |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis, modeling, and visualization of urban street networks using methods such as Space Syntax and spatial analysis. It explores topics such as street centrality, pedestrian movement, network structure, urban morphology, and spatial cognition in relation to city form and design. The research also delves into the integration of geographic information systems (GIS) for understanding the spatial dynamics of urban environments. |
| Domain | Physical Sciences |
| Field | Engineering |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T12325 |
| Works | 59,317 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [H. Eugene Stanley](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/h-eugene-stanley/)
- [James F. Sallis](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/james-f-sallis/)
- [Ester Cerin](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/ester-cerin/)
- [Neville Owen](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/neville-owen/)
- [Alessandro Vespignani](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/alessandro-vespignani/)
- [Shlomo Havlin](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/shlomo-havlin/)
- [Peng Gong](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/peng-gong/)
- [Dirk Helbing](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/dirk-helbing/)
- [Karl Glazebrook](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/karl-glazebrook/)
- [Ross C. Brownson](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/ross-c-brownson/)
- [Manuel Castells](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/manuel-castells/)
- [Vladlen Koltun](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/vladlen-koltun/)

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Source: PICO Portal — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://picoportal.org/library/sources/ for provenance and https://picoportal.org/library/methodology/ for what these figures mean.