In China,in recent years it has become a prevailing trend to promote the spatial maturity and high-quality transformation of new towns,yet there are few quantitative methods to evaluate their urban morphological matur...In China,in recent years it has become a prevailing trend to promote the spatial maturity and high-quality transformation of new towns,yet there are few quantitative methods to evaluate their urban morphological maturity.From the perspective of quantitative urban morphology,this paper integrates street view data and cutting-edge analytical techniques into classic urban morphological study and develops a quantitative index for evalu-ating urban morphological maturity that fits Chinese cities by adjusting the indicators in line with the unique characteristics of the built environment ofChinese cities.Focusing on five new towns,as well as a historic area,of Shanghai,the paper evaluates their urban morphological maturity with this quantitative index and verifies its validity by comparing the evaluation result with that of expert consensus.It then proposes some design guidelines that may provide robust support for the regeneration of these new towns.Given its reliance on the multi-source data of open access and ready avail-ability,this index holds promise for evaluating the urban morphological maturity of other new towns,to provide support for urban form improvement frombothholisticanddetailed perspectives.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52078343)the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation(No.20ZR1462200)。
文摘In China,in recent years it has become a prevailing trend to promote the spatial maturity and high-quality transformation of new towns,yet there are few quantitative methods to evaluate their urban morphological maturity.From the perspective of quantitative urban morphology,this paper integrates street view data and cutting-edge analytical techniques into classic urban morphological study and develops a quantitative index for evalu-ating urban morphological maturity that fits Chinese cities by adjusting the indicators in line with the unique characteristics of the built environment ofChinese cities.Focusing on five new towns,as well as a historic area,of Shanghai,the paper evaluates their urban morphological maturity with this quantitative index and verifies its validity by comparing the evaluation result with that of expert consensus.It then proposes some design guidelines that may provide robust support for the regeneration of these new towns.Given its reliance on the multi-source data of open access and ready avail-ability,this index holds promise for evaluating the urban morphological maturity of other new towns,to provide support for urban form improvement frombothholisticanddetailed perspectives.
