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Multiple methods for defining the shortest path during navigation exist. Competing theories are based on individual factors, or a combination of factors, such as metric distance, angular displacement and topological changes. The aim of this workshop is to share current research from the field of spatial cognition and to show how such research can be applied to space syntax analysis.
This workshop provides a forum to discuss:
- whether the least angle theory, often adopted in space syntax analysis, is the best approach;
- the validity of other models; and
- how these could be applied to a space syntax study.
The workshop is based on a hands-on, out-of-doors navigation exercise, which will inform a tutorial of how the different models can be accounted for in space syntax analysis. Innovations in analytic methods currently being developed will be demonstrated and tested.
