Scaling in a Suburban Street

A fractal environment can accommodate more small objects than expected because fresh small spaces come into play as the size of object diminishes. Could the built environment behave like this? To test this hypothesis the number of cars that could be parked in a street was estimated for different siz...

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Published in:Environment and planning. B, Planning & design. Planning & design., 2005-04, Vol.32 (2), p.191-197
Main Author: Crompton, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A fractal environment can accommodate more small objects than expected because fresh small spaces come into play as the size of object diminishes. Could the built environment behave like this? To test this hypothesis the number of cars that could be parked in a street was estimated for different sizes of car. The results indicated that scaling does occur. This is as if space can be manufactured from nothing by designing at an appropriate scale. Countries such as Japan which have a small standard of personal space may in fact be larger than they seem on a map.
ISSN:0265-8135
1472-3417
DOI:10.1068/b31143