Morphology of Warsaw City Structure Using Urban Indexes and GIS Tools

Anna Małgorzata Jachimowicz
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Anna Małgorzata Jachimowicz: Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa St. 55, 00-659 Warsaw, Poland

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-27

Abstract: The article presents the process of creating a tool using GIS systems to describe the city’s spatial structure. Therefore, the subject of this research was the method of describing the city structure using non-functional zoning, in conjunction with the use of urban indicators. Using the relationships between the values of urban indicators and individual typologies of buildings, they can be assigned to subsequent zones from the Rural-to-Urban Transect methodology. Therefore, in this article, urban indicators have been defined, thanks to which it is possible to distinguish different typologies of buildings. Next, the relationships between selected indicators and transect zones have been examined, and thanks to the obtained conclusions, transect zones for Warsaw have been defined. Finally, the spatial structure of a selected part of Warsaw has been described using these zones. The purpose of this study is also to initially assess the usefulness of the developed tool for the needs of urban planners.

Keywords: rural-to-urban transect; urban morphology; urban zones; urban indexes; GIS analyses; modelbuilder application (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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