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Table 2 Metrics of urban form and IMD with relative descriptions, means, and standard deviations

From: A scalable method to quantify the relationship between urban form and socio-economic indexes

Variable name

Description

Mean

SD

Connected Node Ratio (CNR)

Level of connectivity of the street network

0.74

0.08

Intersection Density (ID)

Density of street intersections

0.62

0.33

Percentage of Unbuilt Land (PUL)

Proportion of land left unbuilt

73.23

12.30

Population Density (PD)

Density of city dwellers

62.76

43.15

Betweenness Centrality (BC)

Level of accessibility

0.03

0.04

Percentage of Green Areas (PGA)

Amount of green areas

7.93

8.19

Irregularity of the Street Network (ISN)

Level of irregularity of the street network

0.37

0.06

Dead-end Density (DD)

Density of dead-end roads (cul-de-sac)

0.20

0.11

Offering Advantage of Historic Properties (OAHP)

Weighted offering of historic properties

0.90

0.99

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

Socio-economic deprivation

24.16

13.07