Temporal Fingerprint Matrix: Testing Jacobs' Neglected Condition
Why do urban areas that grew gradually sustain a denser, more diverse retail life than the ones built at once? And how can building age be operationalised to read the temporal fingerprint of a city?
Tumturk, O., Efeoğlu, H.E., Akay, M., and Çalışkan, O. (2026). Temporal Fingerprint Matrix: Testing Jacobs' Neglected Condition. Urban Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980261462840
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An interactive companion to a morphometric study of Jacobs' neglected condition: how building age and building age diversity, taken together, distinguish incremental from instant urban development, and how these temporal patterns shape retail density and diversity across Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague.