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\contentsline {chapter}{List of Figures}{{\fontencoding {T1}\selectfont vi}}{chapter*.5}%
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\contentsline {chapter}{List of Tables}{{\fontencoding {T1}\selectfont viii}}{chapter*.6}%
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\contentsline {chapter}{Abbreviations}{{\fontencoding {T1}\selectfont ix}}{chapter*.7}%
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\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{1}{chapter.1}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.1}Background}{1}{section.1.1}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.2}Geographical context}{2}{section.1.2}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.3}Aims}{2}{section.1.3}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.4}Structure}{3}{section.1.4}%
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {2}Literature Review}{4}{chapter.2}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.1}The pitfalls of partitioning space}{4}{section.2.1}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1.1}Spatial housing submarkets}{5}{subsection.2.1.1}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.2}Urban morphology}{6}{section.2.2}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.1}Urban morphometrics}{7}{subsection.2.2.1}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.2}Defining the spatial unit}{9}{subsection.2.2.2}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.3}Approaches to urban morphological spatial segmentation}{10}{subsection.2.2.3}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.3}Research gaps}{11}{section.2.3}%
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {3}Methodology}{12}{chapter.3}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.1}Base spatial units}{12}{section.3.1}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1.1}Morphological tessellation}{13}{subsection.3.1.1}%
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.1.1}Data: buildings from the Spanish Cadastre}{13}{subsubsection.3.1.1.1}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1.2}Enclosed tessellation}{14}{subsection.3.1.2}%
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.2.1}Data: roads from OpenStreetMap}{15}{subsubsection.3.1.2.1}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1.3}Blocks}{16}{subsection.3.1.3}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1.4}H3}{16}{subsection.3.1.4}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}Measuring morphometric characters}{16}{section.3.2}%
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.0.1}Data: building information from the Spanish Cadastre; roads from OpenStreetMap}{17}{subsubsection.3.2.0.1}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.1}Primary characters}{18}{subsection.3.2.1}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.2}Selecting characters}{19}{subsection.3.2.2}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.3}Contextual characters}{21}{subsection.3.2.3}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.3}Clustering}{23}{section.3.3}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.1}Determining \emph {n}}{24}{subsection.3.3.1}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.4}Comparing different segmentations}{24}{section.3.4}%
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.0.1}Morphological tessellation}{25}{subsubsection.3.4.0.1}%
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.0.2}Enclosed tessellation}{26}{subsubsection.3.4.0.2}%
\contentsline {paragraph}{ET transposed to block geometry}{26}{subsubsection.3.4.0.2}%
\contentsline {paragraph}{ET transposed to H3 geometry}{26}{subsubsection.3.4.0.2}%
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.0.3}H3 `basic'}{26}{subsubsection.3.4.0.3}%
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.0.4}H3 with ET characters}{27}{subsubsection.3.4.0.4}%
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.0.5}Spatially constrained MT}{27}{subsubsection.3.4.0.5}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.5}Assessing segmentations}{27}{section.3.5}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.5.1}Relation to urban morphology}{27}{subsection.3.5.1}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.5.2}Relation to property prices}{29}{subsection.3.5.2}%
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.5.2.1}Data: house price indices}{29}{subsubsection.3.5.2.1}%
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {4}Results}{32}{chapter.4}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.1}Relationship to urban morphology}{32}{section.4.1}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.2}Relationship to house price indices}{41}{section.4.2}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.1}Type metrics}{41}{subsection.4.2.1}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.2}Polygon metrics}{44}{subsection.4.2.2}%
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {5}Discussion}{50}{chapter.5}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.1}Creating spatial segmentations to reflect housing submarkets}{50}{section.5.1}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.2}Creating coherent spatial segmentations}{52}{section.5.2}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.1}Fragmentary segmentations}{52}{subsection.5.2.1}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.2}Limiting fragmentary segmentations with contextual characters}{52}{subsection.5.2.2}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.3}Limiting fragmentary segmentations by transposing onto different geometries}{54}{subsection.5.2.3}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.3}Creating spatial segmentations from different base spatial units}{55}{section.5.3}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3.1}H3}{55}{subsection.5.3.1}%
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3.2}Morphological and enclosed tessellation}{56}{subsection.5.3.2}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.4}Creating spatial segmentations with different clustering algorithms}{58}{section.5.4}%
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {6}Conclusion}{59}{chapter.6}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6.1}Summary of findings}{59}{section.6.1}%
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6.2}Further research}{60}{section.6.2}%
\contentsline {chapter}{Appendices}{}{section*.33}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {A}Additional Figures}{63}{appendix.A}%
\contentsline {chapter}{Works Cited}{67}{appendix*.38}%