vectormetrics: use case

This repository contains the code and data supporting the companion use‑case for the vectormetrics publication.

Structure:

• R/ -- analysis scripts:
  • 01-data_processing.R: compute built-up area metrics across cities; writes processed .RData files into data/
  • 02-extracting_pop_dens.R: overlay building metrics with population grid; writes data/correlation_data.RData
  • 03-selecting_metrics.R: exploratory analyses (PCA) used to select metrics for reporting
  • 04-article_chunks.qmd: Quarto document containing the tables and figures used in the article
• data/ -- raw inputs (footprints, population grids) and the generated .RData outputs