Space Efficiency of Transit-Oriented Station Areas: A Case Study from a Complex Adaptive System Perspective

Transit-oriented development (TOD) has been widely adopted in urban planning to alleviate traffic congestion, urban sprawl, and other problems. The TOD metro station area, as a dynamic and open spatial system, presents typical complex features. To improve urban planning by understanding the complex...

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Main Authors: Jinwen Fan, Zhenwu Shi, Jie Liu, Jinru Wang
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/14/1/20
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description Transit-oriented development (TOD) has been widely adopted in urban planning to alleviate traffic congestion, urban sprawl, and other problems. The TOD metro station area, as a dynamic and open spatial system, presents typical complex features. To improve urban planning by understanding the complex features of metro station areas, this study proposes a comprehensive evaluation method using complex adaptive system theory (CAS) to assess space efficiency and the use of an evaluation method like COWA (continuous ordered weighted averaging) operator and cloud model to show efficiency. Factors include external relevance, internal coordination, and environmental adaptation. This study uses Museum Station of Harbin Railway Transportation as the case study, and the results show that the space efficiency of Harbin’s TOD metro station areas are lacking in internal coordination and environmental adaptation. The proposed evaluation method not only identifies areas of space inefficiencies in urban rail transit station areas but also provides valuable insights for informed decision-making and future urban development initiatives.
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spelling doaj-art-8db19b7ce40b4705b4900cb2bbf994812025-01-24T13:35:00ZengMDPI AGISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2220-99642025-01-011412010.3390/ijgi14010020Space Efficiency of Transit-Oriented Station Areas: A Case Study from a Complex Adaptive System PerspectiveJinwen Fan0Zhenwu Shi1Jie Liu2Jinru Wang3School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, Northeast Forestry University, No. 26 Hexing Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150040, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering and Transportation, Northeast Forestry University, No. 26 Hexing Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150040, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering and Transportation, Northeast Forestry University, No. 26 Hexing Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150040, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering and Transportation, Northeast Forestry University, No. 26 Hexing Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150040, ChinaTransit-oriented development (TOD) has been widely adopted in urban planning to alleviate traffic congestion, urban sprawl, and other problems. The TOD metro station area, as a dynamic and open spatial system, presents typical complex features. To improve urban planning by understanding the complex features of metro station areas, this study proposes a comprehensive evaluation method using complex adaptive system theory (CAS) to assess space efficiency and the use of an evaluation method like COWA (continuous ordered weighted averaging) operator and cloud model to show efficiency. Factors include external relevance, internal coordination, and environmental adaptation. This study uses Museum Station of Harbin Railway Transportation as the case study, and the results show that the space efficiency of Harbin’s TOD metro station areas are lacking in internal coordination and environmental adaptation. The proposed evaluation method not only identifies areas of space inefficiencies in urban rail transit station areas but also provides valuable insights for informed decision-making and future urban development initiatives.https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/14/1/20TODcomplex adaptive systemmetro station areaspace efficiencycloud model
spellingShingle Jinwen Fan
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Space Efficiency of Transit-Oriented Station Areas: A Case Study from a Complex Adaptive System Perspective
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
TOD
complex adaptive system
metro station area
space efficiency
cloud model
title Space Efficiency of Transit-Oriented Station Areas: A Case Study from a Complex Adaptive System Perspective
title_full Space Efficiency of Transit-Oriented Station Areas: A Case Study from a Complex Adaptive System Perspective
title_fullStr Space Efficiency of Transit-Oriented Station Areas: A Case Study from a Complex Adaptive System Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Space Efficiency of Transit-Oriented Station Areas: A Case Study from a Complex Adaptive System Perspective
title_short Space Efficiency of Transit-Oriented Station Areas: A Case Study from a Complex Adaptive System Perspective
title_sort space efficiency of transit oriented station areas a case study from a complex adaptive system perspective
topic TOD
complex adaptive system
metro station area
space efficiency
cloud model
url https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/14/1/20
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