THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN URBAN MORPHOLOGY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO WATERFRONT AREA: CASE STUDY OF NINGBO THREE-RIVER JUNCTION AREA

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to shed light on the dynamics of the link between urban morphology and accessibility through analysis of its spatial manifestations reflected in the waterfront land-cover changes over an 80-year period. This paper focuses on two inter-related areas to answer the following questions: 1. Temporal-spatialevolution: This paper explores how factors such as river structure, street structure, land use and property, block shape were changing in Ningbo three-river junction area. 2. Syntactic analysis of the streetnetwork: Through the structural modeling of the street network, the integration degree, selection degree and connection degree are calculated, and the accessibility diagram is obtained at each stage. The results of the morphological analysis of temporal-spatial evolution can be used for the prediction of their futuredevelopment.