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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Spatial network analysis of hutongs

Table 1. Landmark Road Evaluation Criteria of Beijing in the 18 Century
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Type of road Width by rule Continuity Direction guide Landmark road
Avenue 37 m Straight Very easy √
Street/Small street 18.5 m Straight or slightly crooked Easy √
Street on the inner side of the city walls Not clearly defined Straight Very easy √

Figure 2. The selection process of landmark roads in 18 -century Beijing. Source: Drawing by the authors
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The process consists of two steps: First, the urban road language converts the network structure as shown in
system is represented as links using AutoCAD software. Figure 3 into a matrix format (Table 2) for computational
Next, an application developed in a programming analysis.

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