Spacial accessibility in the definition of intelligent territories

Abstract

The contemporary cities face great challenges in order to become in smart places. These changes lead to more sustainable cities: economically competitive, aware of their influence on the conservation of the environment, with small social differences and more citizen participation. In recent decades, the physical and social transformations that have suffered major big cities have been generated by local society and consolidated by the authorities (bottom-up). However, particularly in developing countries, these changes do not have the expected reciprocity (top-down) since in that cases they only generate inflexible planning which is incapable to respond to actual challenges and processes. This paper presents a model for assessing the accessibility of urban networks in order to detect  territorial structures by considering this basic element as it has been proposed by Hillier. Parting of this approximation and guided by smart places criteria, we explore some aspects of the territorial structure and mobility, in five applications to solve urban problems: revitalization / urban regeneration, facility provision, strategic projects, sub-centre, public transportation and pedestrian movement.