Space Syntax and Pedestrian Modeling

Comprised mainly of axial, convex, and visibility graph analysis, space syntax is a spatial network approach toward the understanding of the social-spatial paradigm. It investigates the connectivity among spatial units and analyses their relations with each other as well as the entire spatial layout through the concept of accessibility. However, underlying this concept of accessibility is the scrutiny of pedestrian movement and its social-cultural implications. This chapter highlights this link between accessibility and pedestrian movement and further showcases how space syntax and Ingold’s (2011) theory of “wayfaring” could be a marriage made in heaven.