>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:07:22 +0000
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>From: Professor Bill Hillier <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: re/The effect of culture on movement
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>Dear Peter - One more thought. When you find unusual movement
>patterns, its often a good idea to correlate different kinds of
>moving people against each other. If, say, men and women are using
>the layout in the same way, you will let a good linear scatter with
>a high r2, but if they are using space differently, then it will
>tend towards the kind of L-shaped scatter we found for adults and
>children on social housing estates and reported in Chapter 5 of
>Space is the Machine. Boston was also characterised by L-shaped
>scatters between all the movement constituencies: city office
>workers, tourists and locals. Its a useful diganostic technique,
>especially when looking for cultural effects on space use. - Bill
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