Centrality Test

Hierarchical context / Connection efficiency of Cafe vs. Cultural Facilities

AxU Platform
2 min readAug 17, 2020

Centrality Analysis, Closeness, Betweenness, Straightness, Euclidean distance, Network distance, urban mobility, park, garden, public open space, green infrastructure, street cafe, cultural space, Manhattan, Broadway Avenue, Green Line project

In graph theory, centrality estimates to determine the hierarchy of nodes or edge within a network.

Mobility is made by users’ choices. Well-developed and efficient connectivity (Straightness) offers high levels of occupancy. All locations are not equally important in the spatial network because of distance in this case. So, the centrality measures the unequal spatial context of built environments.

Straightness (cafe to Squares, left) (cultural facilities to Squares, right)

The most basic measure of connectivity along roads is to estimate the realistic pedestrian flows using Betweenness. This research finds you potentially the busiest street while you access the 4 squares from street cafes. Under the pandemic era, there is a treat of density while walking on the streets. And the distance index between origins and all destinations is calculated by Closeness.

Betweenness cafe to Squares (left), Closeness cafe to Squares (right)

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