Table 3 Categories of exposure to code in the systematic map
Categories of exposure | Description | Example reference from test list or scoping exercise |
|---|---|---|
Morphological characteristics | Description of street widths and its spatial organization, building heights | [32] |
Connectivity | Connectivity between urban items and vegetated areas (green spaces, urban gardens, remnants, etc.) | [33] |
Urban development scenarios | Use of urban or ecological modelization | [34] |
Urban projects | Comparing spaces before and after the construction of urban projects | [35] |
Urban density | Study of sectors characterized by a variable density of housing, buildings and population | [37] |
Major types of urban areas | Either large sectors such as "dense urban", "suburban", etc., in terms of degree of compactness or land-use patterns or description of the urban form through function (e.g. residential, business areas, industrial) | [38] |
Urbanization gradient | Description of types of urban form even if the discriminating element is the percentage of urban land use by impervious surfaces | [39] |