momepy.courtyard_area

momepy.courtyard_area(geometry)

Calculates area of holes within geometry - area of courtyards.

Parameters:

geometryGeoDataFrame | GeoSeries

A GeoDataFrame or GeoSeries containing polygons to analyse.

Returns:

Series

Examples

>>> path = momepy.datasets.get_path("bubenec")
>>> buildings = geopandas.read_file(path, layer="buildings")
>>> ca = momepy.courtyard_area(buildings)
>>> ca
0      0.0
1      0.0
2      0.0
3      0.0
4      0.0
    ...
139    0.0
140    0.0
141    0.0
142    0.0
143    0.0
Name: courtyard_area, Length: 144, dtype: float64

Verify that at least some buildings have courtyards:

>>> ca.sum()
np.float64(353.33274206543274)