With the wind permanent flow in the cities, obtaining the minimal pollution in the environment is accessible. Different policies have been considered for optimization of cities such as attachment and or reduction of building parts like air-traps, ceiling forms and so on. Due to population growth in cities and the increasing need for resettlement these people in the cities, inevitably, to the hi...

A data structure based on urban blocks which vastly improves rendering speed in urban walkthroughs and flights is presented in this paper. The city is split by means of a special quadtree partition and the block is adopted as the basic urban unit. One advantage of blocks is that they can be easily identified in any urban environment, regardless of the origins and structure of the entry data. Re...

Abstract Athens’ extensive urbanisation, lack of green areas and the extreme heat caused by increasingly frequent waves indicate need for actions improving indoor outdoor comfort, which is closely related to energy consumption buildings. This work’s aim create a carbon neutral block in Athens on 2050 horizon. The optimization block’s form based principles environmental design climatic analysis ...

Earth observation provides regular information on urban development and could provide an important contribution to map and monitor structural characteristics of expanding cities. While most contemporary remote sensing research in urban environments tends to focus on high resolution satellite imagery, urban monitoring and modelling applications usually rely on extensive historic archives of land...

This research focuses on the potential of spatial metrics for describing distinct types of urban morphology at block level. Urban blocks typically consist of built-up and non built-up areas, with a specific composition and configuration. To characterize the twodimensional structure of urban blocks, next to traditional, landscape ecological metrics, two alternative methods are proposed, describi...

This paper examines the dramatic changes to city block morphology that occurred during the 20th century in Detroit, MI, USA. The study area is comprised of four square miles (10.4 km) of downtown Detroit. The paper measures the amount and causes of city block frontage change between the years 1896 and 2002, and finds that 37% of Detroit’s 1896 city block frontage was removed by 2002. Only 50% o...

Improving the quality of life is increasingly seen as an important urban planning goal. In order to reach it, various tools are being developed to mitigate the negative impacts of human activities on society. This paper develops a methodology for quantifying the population's exposure to noise, by proposing a classification of urban blocks. Taking into account the vehicular flow and traffic comp...