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Scaling in a Suburban Street

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  • Andrew Crompton

    (School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, England)

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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.

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  • Andrew Crompton, 2005. "Scaling in a Suburban Street," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 32(2), pages 191-197, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:32:y:2005:i:2:p:191-197
    DOI: 10.1068/b31143
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