Axial lines (Space Syntax)
From Design Computation
The syntactic analysis is based on the configuration of the axial lines, which are the fewest longest straight lines that cover the street network (Hillier and Hanson 1984).
The axial line is defined as the longest straight-line representing the maximum extension of a point of space. It can be objectively created.
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Recommended Reading
Hillier, B. and Hanson, J. (1984) The Social Logic of Space, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Vaughan L., Geddes I. (2009), "Urban form and deprivation: a contemporary proxy for Charles Booth's analysis of poverty" Radical Statistics 99 46-73
