Affiliation:
1. Department of Transport Infrastructure and Water Resources Engineering, University of Győr, Egyetem tér 1, 9026 Győr, Hungary
Abstract
The analysis of road network topology has attracted the attention of researchers in the past few decades. In this study, the road topology of housing estates in a few selected Central European countries (Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, and Slovakia) was analysed. This research was carried out in three steps: (1) the road network topology of different decades from the 1950s to the 1980s was described, (2) the ratio of intersections and dead-ends was investigated, and (3) the connectivity indices were analysed and compared. The research was carried out using ESRI ArcGIS software. The results show that the design of road networks built in different countries is similar in the housing estates studied. When analysing the road networks over time, significant differences could be found in the case of Hungary for housing estates built after the 1960s. In general, connectivity has become more important, as it has gradually increased over time.
Subject
Computer Science Applications,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology,General Materials Science,Building and Construction,Civil and Structural Engineering
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