#UNITS OF ENTROPY HOW TO#

T2 - Presenting a new entropy-based index by weighting walking generation units T1 - Measuring pedestrian volume by land use mix

#UNITS OF ENTROPY HOW TO#

In future built-environment studies, the utility of the weighted land use mix index is expected to improve if studies include how to find the accurate weighting of the land use in estimating the pedestrian volume.', By analysing 9727 surveyed locations of pedestrian volume in Seoul, Korea, the study demonstrates that the weighted land use mix index, rather than the conventionally used entropy-based land use mix index, can improve the explanatory power of the estimation model for the relationship between pedestrian volume and built environments, showing consistent results throughout the empirical analysis. The research confirms that the conventionally used entropy-based land use mix index can have a positive or negative impact depending on the land use characteristics of the survey points because the conventionally used entropy-based land use mix index has a non-linear relationship with pedestrian volume. The study demonstrates that this alternative is more effective than the existing conventionally used entropy-based land use mix index for explaining pedestrian volume. For the index, different areas are needed to generate a unit of pedestrian volume, whose measure is m2/person/day. The study investigates an entropy-based weighted land use mix index, which is weighted by different land use types. Pedestrian volume was selected as the dependent variable as it represents the vitality of districts, which many recent urban studies now consider important. In future built-environment studies, the utility of the weighted land use mix index is expected to improve if studies include how to find the accurate weighting of the land use in estimating the pedestrian volume.ДЄbstract = 'This study proposes an alternative to the conventional entropy-based land use mix index, which is generally used to measure the diversity of land use. For the index, different areas are needed to generate a unit of pedestrian volume, whose measure is m 2/person/day. This study proposes an alternative to the conventional entropy-based land use mix index, which is generally used to measure the diversity of land use.

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