Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 10(5A), pp. 339 - 351
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.101416
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Opportunity to a Place: How Street Network Structure Affects the Acquisition of Riverfront Spaces at Minia City

Hussam. E. M. Magdy ^1,*, Abullah Al-Attar ^2
1 Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Minia University, Shalaby District, 61519, Minia City, Egypt
² Faculty of Regional and Urban Planning, Cairo University, 1 El-Gamaa Street, 12613, Giza, Egypt

ABSTRACT

Urban form is defined as the physical characteristics that make built-up areas, including the shape, size, density, and configuration of settlements. Many researchers defined urban forms by the morphological attributes of urban areas at all scales, from localized to broader scales. Generally speaking, the street network is the most significant attribute in understanding urban morphology, as it affects and determines the urban form: shape, size, hierarchy, ...etc. The researchers assume that the street network structure, its connectivity, depth, and permeability, also, influence the opportunity of using the riverfront spaces "Urban Space Acquisition". This phenomenon usually leads to emerging changes in public space formation. This paper tries to understand the influence of street network characteristics on the formation of riverfront spaces by testing street network accessibility, permeability, and modes of mobility at the widest and/or longest riverfront space in Egypt, at Minia City. The research methodology depended on surveying the uses and activities over the riverfront space and understanding their relationship with the riverfront-spaces' depth, including links, nodes and access points. It reads the whole riverfront space as a series of spaces/segments, each of which has its own configuration of urban space acquisition. The preliminary street network analysis indicates that there is a considerable relationship between the mentioned factors, by which the city's urban morphology can be understood.

KEYWORDS
Riverfronts, Urban Space Acquisition, Urban Morphology, Street Network Structure, Minia City

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[1] Hussam. E. M. Magdy , Abullah Al-Attar , "Opportunity to a Place: How Street Network Structure Affects the Acquisition of Riverfront Spaces at Minia City," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 10, No. 5A, pp. 339 - 351, 2022. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.101416.

(b). APA Format:
Hussam. E. M. Magdy , Abullah Al-Attar (2022). Opportunity to a Place: How Street Network Structure Affects the Acquisition of Riverfront Spaces at Minia City. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 10(5A), 339 - 351. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.101416.