Alasdair Turner

3.1k citations

37 papers · 2.0k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 17

Building and Construction top 0.2%
Global and Planetary Change top 2%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 2%
Transportation top 1%
Automotive Engineering top 2%

Co-authors: Alan Penn David O’Sullivan Bill Hillier B Hillier Ruth Dalton Christoph Hölscher Kerstin Sailer Sean Hanna
Topics: Urban Design and Spatial Analysis (21 papers)Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers)Spatial Cognition and Navigation (4 papers)
Cited by: Building and Construction Transportation Architecture
Journals: Water Resources Research Frontiers in Psychology Environment and Planning B Planning and Design
Partner nations: United Kingdom Australia China

In The Last Decade

Alasdair Turner

34 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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From Isovists to Visibility Graphs: A Methodology for the Analysis of Architectural Space

2001 609 citations Alasdair Turner, Alan Penn et al. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Normalizing toxicity: the role of recommender algorithms for young people’s mental health and social wellbeing 2025 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Kaitlyn Regehr,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Alasdair Turner,(unknown)	0
2	Effects of Spatial Reference Systems on the accuracy of spatial predictive modelling along a latitudinal gradient 2017 ·Alasdair Turner,Jin Li,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	1
3	Emergence and self-organization in urban structures 2012 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown),Alasdair Turner	2
4	Four Applications of Embodied Cognition 2012 ·Topics in Cognitive Science ·Joshua Ian Davis,(unknown),(unknown),Alasdair Turner,Ruth Dalton,Leon van Noorden,Marc Leman	16
5	Understanding Space: The Nascent Synthesis of Cognition and the Syntax of Spatial Morphologies 2012 ·Environment and Planning B Planning and Design ·Ruth Dalton,Christoph Hölscher,Alasdair Turner	27
6	Generative fluid dynamics: integration of fast fluid dynamics and genetic algorithms for wind loading optimization of a free form surface 2011 ·Annual Simulation Symposium ·(unknown),Alasdair Turner,(unknown)	15
7	Pre and Post Occupancy Evaluations in Workplace Environments 2010 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Kerstin Sailer,(unknown),(unknown),Alasdair Turner,Alan Penn	7
8	Cities as emergent models: the morphological logic of Manhattan and Barcelona 2009 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown),Alasdair Turner,Sean Hanna	16
9	The role of angularity in route choice: an analysis of motorcycle courier GPS traces 2009 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Alasdair Turner	11
10	Metric and topo-geometric properties of urban street networks: some convergences, divergences and new results 2007 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·B Hillier,Alasdair Turner,(unknown),(unknown)	38
11	Towards a Living Architecture 2007 ·ACADIA quarterly ·(unknown),Alasdair Turner	1
12	Could a road-centre line be an axial line in disguise? 2005 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Alasdair Turner	15
13	Analysing the Visual Dynamics of Spatial Morphology 2003 ·Environment and Planning B Planning and Design ·Alasdair Turner	104
14	Encoding Natural Movement as an Agent-Based System: An Investigation into Human Pedestrian Behaviour in the Built Environment 2002 ·Environment and Planning B Planning and Design ·Alasdair Turner,Alan Penn	232
15	Depthmap: a program to perform visibility graph analysis 2001 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Alasdair Turner	153
16	Sketching space 2000 ·Computers & Graphics ·Alasdair Turner,(unknown),Alan Penn	16
17	Automated viewshed analysis for configurational analysis of retail facilities 1999 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Daniel Chapman,(unknown),Alan Penn,Alasdair Turner	1
18	Making Isovists Syntactic: Isovist Integration Analysis 1999 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Alasdair Turner,Alan Penn	63
19	LAND-USE PLANNING AIDED BY COMPUTER CELLULAR MODELLING/MAPPING SYSTEM TO COMBINE REMOTE SENSING, NATURAL RESOURCES, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DATA 1974 ·Harry Wynn Smedes,(unknown),Alasdair Turner,(unknown),J. Reed	0
20	Terrain Analysis by Computer 1967 ·Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science ·Alasdair Turner,(unknown)	3

About Alasdair Turner

Alasdair Turner is a scholar working on Architecture, Building and Construction and Transportation, having authored 37 papers that have together received 2.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Urban Design and Spatial Analysis (21 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers) and Spatial Cognition and Navigation (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Building and Construction (1.5k citations), Transportation (427 citations) and Architecture (62 citations). Alasdair Turner has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and China. Frequent co-authors include Alan Penn, David O’Sullivan, Bill Hillier, B Hillier, Ruth Dalton, Christoph Hölscher, Kerstin Sailer, Sean Hanna, D. M. Coffman and Nick Dalton. Their work appears in journals such as Water Resources Research, Frontiers in Psychology and Environment and Planning B Planning and Design.

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