Measuring spatial configurations for spatial neighborhood sustainability assessment

Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) has become an important topic of interest in promoting sustainable cities. It is the suitable scale of a neighborhood that allows meaningful evaluation of social, economic, and environmental impacts. Also, a neighborhood’s representation of the link betwe...

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Published inEnvironment, development and sustainability Vol. 26; no. 8; pp. 19177 - 19194
Main Authors Khatibi, Mahsa, Khaidzir, Khairul Anwar Mohamed, Syed Mahdzar, Sharifah Salwa, Sharifi, Ayyoob
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2024
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Bibliometrics
Cities
Configurations
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Economic Geology
Economic Growth
Environment
Environmental Economics
Environmental impact
Environmental Management
Evaluation
Literature reviews
Neighborhoods
Popularity
Review
Sustainability
Sustainable Development
Syntax
Spatial assessment
Space syntax
Urban planning
Sustainability assessment
Neighborhood sustainability
Spatial configuration
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Summary:Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) has become an important topic of interest in promoting sustainable cities. It is the suitable scale of a neighborhood that allows meaningful evaluation of social, economic, and environmental impacts. Also, a neighborhood’s representation of the link between the city and an individual further adds to its popularity. In an era of growing interest in socio-spatial measures for addressing sustainable neighborhoods, this paper explores the significance of measuring spatial configurations through the Space Syntax method for NSA. The study provides a bibliometric overview of Space Syntax research and a systematic literature search to review 13 research articles that use Space Syntax as part of the NSA. The review identifies integration and connectivity as the most frequently used metrics in NSA and finds that linking Space Syntax to neighborhoods’ sustainable development, especially environmental sustainability, is a newly emerging topic. Finally, the paper concludes with a discussion on the significance and limitations of Space Syntax as a spatial assessment method.
ISSN:1573-2975
1387-585X
1573-2975
DOI:10.1007/s10668-023-03463-y