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Settlement Relationships and their Morphological Homogeneity Across Time and Scale

Example of the settlement network evolution between 1899 and 2020. This depiction shows the same area in the north-east of the study area, between Winterthur (ZH) and St. Gallen (SG), at two different time steps. The settlement links represent pairs of settlements that are reachable within 10 min of travel time (tt). The size of the settlements has changed over time, as they have sprawled and merged with one another. Hill-shade map source: ESRI, CGIAR, and USGS

Yves M. Räth, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, Chenjing Jiao, Sidi Wu, Maarten J. van Strien
2023
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Homogeneous settlement morphologies negatively impact urban vibrancy, the environment, and emotions. Mainly resulting from the separation of functions such as work and living, homogeneous settlements have often been found around large cities.

However, it remains unknown whether this phenomenon occurs in settlements of any size and persisted over time. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the internal structures of settlements and their location within a settlement network at a large spatial scale and a fine resolution, over seven time steps covering 120 years of settlement development. Using building footprints and road geometries from historical maps of the Swiss Plateau in combination with historical travel speeds, we analyzed networks at both the local- (building networks) and the regional-scale (settlement networks). Our findings show that particularly small settlements located near larger settlements exhibit a high degree of morphological homogeneity, and that this pattern persisted since the early twentieth century despite strong changes in mobility. These results suggest that the position of a settlement within a settlement network can have an impact on its morphological homogeneity, which in turn can have consequences for the functionality and livability of the settlement and provides useful insight to the development of settlements.

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Beispiel für die Zeitreihe des Verkehrsvolumens auf ländlichen Strassen (rote Linien) in der Region um die Stadt Peking in China. Das Jahr für jeden Zeitschritt steht unterhalb der Abbildung. Die Breite des Strassenabschnitts ist proportional zum Verkehrsvolumen auf der Strasse. Die Ausdehnung des Stadtgebiets ist in Dunkelrot dargestellt. Es ist deutlich zu erkennen, dass der Strassenverkehr im ländlichen Gebiet dieser Region zwischen 1975 und 2015 stark zugenommen hat. © ETH Zürich

Globale Modellierung des ländlichen Strassenverkehrs ausserhalb der Städte
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60 | Dezember 2023: Resiliente Urbane Systeme / Resilient Urban Systems

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