Measure, map, model and make

The challenge for urban design practitioners is to show politicians and investors, along with the transport community, how multi-scale activity rooted in quality of place generates real, economic value

Work undertaken at Space Syntax in recent years has identified many strong connections between urban design and property value. We have found strong correlations between the way space is planned and the economic impact that it has, for example on property taxation and rental income. Good urban design increases investment potential. Indeed it is possible to argue that it is only through good urban design that property value can be truly realised. But value, of course, can be expressed in social...

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