<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This research concerns the complex problem of morphological transformations of villages in the intra-urban area (i.e. settlements incorporated into acity), as well as the suburban area, using the example of the metropolitan area of Łódź, Poland. The main aim of the research was to analyse the diversity of selected rural settlements and their spatial changes after World War II.. The study was based on preserved historical maps and today’s plans. An analysis of morphological changes of selected villages was conducted using graph theory methods. It was noticed that the graph development index should depend on the relative number of edges in relation to the number of nodes and the number of graph cycles, which express the degree of complexity of a settlement unit. Three main groups of villages, characterised by different scales of morphological transformations, were distinguished as a result of the study. Settlement units with orthomorphic transformations, where all spatial modifications were mainly additive and the initial layouts have been preserved almost completely, represent the first group of villages. The second group is composed of units with semi-metamorphic transformations, where the spatial reorganization was significant, but not total. The third group includes villages with metamorphic changes, where the initial layouts have been totallytransformed.</p></abstract>

This research concerns the complex problem of morphological transformations of villages in the intra-urban area (i.e. settlements incorporated into acity), as well as the suburban area, using the example of the metropolitan area of Łódź, Poland. The main aim of the research was to analyse the diversity of selected rural settlements and their spatial changes after World War II.. The study was based on preserved historical maps and today’s plans. An analysis of morphological changes of selected villages was conducted using graph theory methods. It was noticed that the graph development index should depend on the relative number of edges in relation to the number of nodes and the number of graph cycles, which express the degree of complexity of a settlement unit. Three main groups of villages, characterised by different scales of morphological transformations, were distinguished as a result of the study. Settlement units with orthomorphic transformations, where all spatial modifications were mainly additive and the initial layouts have been preserved almost completely, represent the first group of villages. The second group is composed of units with semi-metamorphic transformations, where the spatial reorganization was significant, but not total. The third group includes villages with metamorphic changes, where the initial layouts have been totallytransformed.

Analysis of morphological changes of rural settlement patterns after World War II in the metropolitan area of Łódź using a graph theory based method

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies

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This research concerns the complex problem of morphological transformations of villages in the intra-urban area (i.e. settlements incorporated into acity), as...

Analysis of morphological changes of rural settlement patterns after World War II in the metropolitan area of Łódź using a graph theory based method

Published Online: Dec 10, 2020

Page range: 57 - 72

Received: May 08, 2020

Accepted: Nov 16, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/environ-2020-0023

Keywords
rural morphology, urban morphology, incorporation, sub-urbanization, graph theory based method

© 2020 Tomasz Figlus et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Analysis of morphological changes of rural settlement patterns after World War II in the metropolitan area of Łódź using a graph theory based method

Published Online: Dec 10, 2020

Page range: 57 - 72

Received: May 08, 2020

Accepted: Nov 16, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/environ-2020-0023

Keywordsrural morphology, urban morphology, incorporation, sub-urbanization, graph theory based method

© 2020 Tomasz Figlus et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
rural morphology, urban morphology, incorporation, sub-urbanization, graph theory based method