Toward an integrative theory of urban design. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hossein Bahrainy, Ameneh Bakhtiar.
• Authors: Baḥraynī, Ḥusayn; Bakhtiar, Ameneh
• Contents: Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Urban Design Definition, Knowledge Base and Principles; 2.1 Urban Design Definition; 2.2 Existing Urban Design Knowledge Base; 2.3 Contemporary Urban Design Movements and Their Rules and Principles; 2.3.1 Park Movement; 2.3.2 City Beautiful Movement; 2.3.3 Garden City and New Town Movements; 2.3.4 Modernism; 2.3.5 Megastructuralism; 2.3.6 Team X; 2.3.7 Symbolism and Semiology; 2.3.8 Behaviorism; 2.3.9 Traditionalism; 2.3.10 Postmodernism and Contextualism; 2.3.11 Practice Movement; 2.3.11.1 New Urbanism; 2.3.11.2 Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). 2.3.11.3 Urban Village2.3.11.4 Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND); 2.3.12 Critical Theory; 2.3.13 Just City; 2.3.14 Normative Ethical Theory; 2.3.15 Smart Growth; 2.3.16 New Urban Design Theory; 2.3.17 Sustainable Urban Design; 2.3.18 Urban Design for an Urban Century; 3 Urban Design Theory; 3.1 Proposed Integrative Knowledge Base of Urban Design; 3.2 What Is Theory and What Can It Do for a Profession?; 3.3 Theory of Urban Design; 4 Urban Design Language; 4.1 Language Definition and Requirements; 4.2 Language as a Tool for Knowledge Representational. 4.3 Language, Thought and Knowledge4.4 Urban Design Language; 4.5 Global and Local Languages of Urban Design; 5 Integrative Language of Urban Design; 5.1 Formulating the Integrative Language of Urban Design; 5.2 Rules and Principles of the Language of Urban Design; 5.2.1 Integrative Rules and Principles; 5.2.1.1 Patternization; 5.2.1.2 Quantization; 5.2.1.3 Centrality; 5.2.1.4 Boundaries; 5.2.1.5 Territories; 5.2.1.6 Binary; 5.2.1.7 Hierarchy; 5.2.1.8 Equilibrium; 5.2.1.9 Cybernetics or Environmental Feedback; 5.2.1.10 Unity/Multiplicity or Order/Disorder. 5.2.1.11 Man-Environment Relationship5.2.1.12 Semantics, Metaphor and Analogy; 5.2.1.13 General Systems Theory; 5.2.1.14 Organization of Human Ecology; 5.2.1.15 Gestalt; 5.2.1.16 Context and Culture (Localization); 5.2.1.17 Sustainability; 5.2.1.18 Economics; 5.2.1.19 Globalization; 5.2.1.20 Process; 5.2.1.21 Participatory and Collaborative; 5.2.1.22 Methods of Inquiry-Qualitative, Artistic and intuitive methods; 5.2.1.23 Methods of Inquiry-Quantitative, Scientific and Objective Method; 5.2.1.24 Integrative Methods of Inquiry; 6 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 113 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 307.1/216; Geography; City planning -- Philosophy; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; City planning -- Philosophy; Architecture -- General; Technology & Engineering -- Construction -- Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning; Architecture; Building construction & materials; Architecture; Social Science -- Human Geography; Human geography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319326658; 3319326651; 3319326635; 9783319326634
• Related ISBNs: 9783319326634
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 23, 2016).
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