Inside Out

Recalibrating Munich Metropolitan Region

Research Project at the Technical University of Munich
Time: April.2019 - July. 2018
Research Leader: Dr Fabian Wenner
Development of the Assessment Tool: Dr Fabian Wenner, Khoi Anh Dang, Alessandro Pedrazzoli, Jiaqi Wang
Other Contributors: Melina Hölzl,Magdalena Schmidkunz,Alain Thierstein
Project location: Munich, Germany

Introduction

The “Inside Out” project is a quantitative research project led by Dr Fabian Wenner to investigate the “Zweite Stammstrecke” Express Rail Project’s indication of urbanisation and regionalization for the Munich Metropolitan Region (MMR).

Based on an integrated urban and transport planning philosophy, a digital tool to assess the balance of public transport accessibility and functional density at stations in the MMR is developed, which also leads to further recommendations of planning strategies.

Methodology

GeoData Visualisation

Clusters of the Nodes

By performing a K-mean cluster analysis, seven clusters of the nodes are identified. The following spider maps for each cluster show the typical levels of different measured indicators that reveal their spatial characteristics and development potentials to a certain extent. Also, for each type of node, a guiding planning principle is given as a reference for their future development.

Acknowledgement

The images above are created by Jiaqi Wang based on the findings of the team research project.

The full research article can be read from Urban Science

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