Syntax and models for urban accessibility: the case of “Porta Nuova” in Turin

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segment of the root line, but also that the shallower the j-graph is to its root space, the more accessible that root space is as a destination from all other spaces. He concluded that it was this combination of accessibility and potential permeability – that is, of to movement and through movement – that is expressed by the various measures of integration. Furthermore, he argued, in shading the notional grid from dark to light according to integration, as in Figure 4.24(f), it is represented the potential of the different grid elements for both accessibility and movement. Seen this way, the relation between grid structure and movement seems to be related entirely to syntax, as captured in the j-graph, and has little to do with geometry. In fact, if the grid is deformed geometrically without changing its topology, as in Figure 4.24(g), no difference is made to the analysis. If however the connection of lines is changed, as in Figure 4.24(h) and (j), then the whole distribution of integration changes.

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