The Mathematics of Urban Morphology

“D’Acci has with this book provided a useful overview of the mathematical models used in relation to urban morphology. … the book also fills an apparent gap in the literature, coupling urban morphology and mathematics. It is to be hoped that this can be the start of a long series of books and papers where this ‘new’ direction in urban morphology can flourish and provide knowledge about how cities can be developed in more sustainable trajectories.” (Meta Berghauser Pont, Urban Morphology, Vol. 23 (2), 2019)

“This monograph gives a comprehensive and contemporary overview of many recent advances on random walks over comb-like structures. … This monograph is written in an explanatory and concise manner with plenty of concrete examples rather than a formal definition-theorem-proof textbook form. Nevertheless, necessary elements and preliminaries are presented to the reader and the results covered here reflect the state-of-the-art of the research on comb structures.” (Yilun Shang, zbMATH 1410.91008, 2019)