What is it about?
Detour and break are often seen as burdens in movement and hence in distances between locations. Starting from a mathematical approach and developing an analysis in the fields of urban and regional planning, the paper proposes a new view on detours and breaks based on the idea that geographical distances are always optimal.
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Why is it important?
From a theoretical point of view the paper provides an analysis supporting the correct conception promoted by the author, as answering the many errors and confusions found in the geographic and economic literature on distances. From a practical point of view the paper provides ideas for the action on urban transport and on urban design based on this positive view on detours and breaks adn on the idea that distances are always optimal.
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This paper develops the spatial and urban planning consequences of the mathematics demonstration developed in the paper to be published in Cybergeo in 2016.
Dr Alain L'Hostis
Université Gustave Eiffel
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This page is a summary of: Detour and break optimising distance, a new perspective on transport and urbanism, Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, March 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0265813516638849.
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