Elek Pafka

The spatial logic of informal street vending in Manila: an assemblage approach

Kim Dovey, Redento B Recio, Elek Pafka

Journal article  |  2022  |  SPACE AND POLITY

While informal street vending is defined by its location in urban public space, the spatialities of street vending are often reduc..

Extremes of mixed-use architecture: a spatial analysis of vertical functional mix in Dhaka

Fatema Meher Khan, Elek Pafka, Kim Dovey

Journal article  |  2022  |  City, Territory and Architecture

The concept of mixed-use is now well-established as an urban design and planning principle that adds to the vitality, walkability ..

Multi-scalar urban densities: from the metropolitan to the street level

E Pafka

Journal article  |  2022  |  Urban Design International

Density is a key concept in urban research and theory, yet also much confused and abused. A main source of confusion in the analys..

Multi-Scalar Mapping of Transit-Oriented Assemblages: Metropolitan Mobilities, Neighbourhood Morphologies and Station Design

Elek Pafka, Nastaran Peimani

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  Cities as Assemblages

With the vast expansion of cities enabled by motorised transport, the conjunction between metropolitan and neighbourhood mobilitie..

Shopping morphologies of urban transit station areas: A comparative study of central city station catchments in Toronto, San Francisco, and Melbourne

Fujie Rao, Elek Pafka

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY

Synergies between shopping and public transit have long been noted, with main streets emerging along tram lines and shopping malls..

Mapping the ‘beat’: the urban morphologies of Melbourne’s evolving live music clusters

Ran Pan, Elek Pafka

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Urban Design

This paper explores how morphological conditions have mediated the evolution of live music venues in Melbourne. Three inner-city c..

Understanding informal functional mix: morphogenic mapping of Old Dhaka

Fatema Meher Khan, Elek Pafka, Kim Dovey

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability

Functional mix has long been a key urban design and planning principle geared towards walkability and urban vitality. Yet in many ..

Book Review: Soft City by David Sim, 2019, Island Press

Elek Pafka

Journal article  |  2020  |  Built Environment

Mapping the publicness of public space

Kim Dovey, Elek Pafka

Book Chapter  |  2020

What does the “right to the city” mean with regard to everyday life in public space? The distinction between public and private sp..

Limits of space syntax for urban design: Axiality, scale and sinuosity

Elek Pafka, Kim Dovey, Gideon DPA Aschwanden

Journal article  |  2020  |  Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

Space syntax analysis of the city as a movement economy has made major contributions to our understanding of the spatial structure..