Examining the Relationship Between Spatial Demand and Urban Street Organization: The Case of Karditsa City, Greece

Social structures, economic organization, and the spatial configuration of urban space have long been understood as being shaped through a complex and symbiotic relationship. From a theoretical perspective, urban space is produced through the transformation of the natural environment into a structured built environment, giving rise to land-use patterns redefining existing forms of urban organization. In turn, these configurations attract population flows, thereby generating conditions for urban development and further transformations of the urban structure. Assuming that urban form's spatial organization reflects the socio-economic forces and processes that have shaped it over time, this paper builds on graph-theoretic modeling and on correlation analysis of network topology measures with land rent values and land-use indicators across the urban network, to examine the degree of urban spatial organization in relation to the demand for urban space. The analysis focuses on the road network of the city of Karditsa, Greece, and provides empirical insights into the connectivity, efficiency, and overall spatial organization of Karditsa's urban system, while also highlighting the extent to which the demand for urban space contributes to urban fabric's formation and evolution.