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Cities Made of Boundaries : Mapping Social Life in Urban Form /

"Cities Made of Boundaries presents the theoretical foundation and concepts for a new social scientific urban morphological mapping method, Boundary Line Type (BLT) Mapping. Its vantage is a plea to establish a frame of reference for radically comparative urban studies positioned between geogra...

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Hovedforfatter: Vis, Benjamin N. (Author)
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: London : UCL Press, 2018.
Serier:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Fag:
Urbanisme > Aspect social.
Sociologie urbaine.
Urban geography.
Urban archaeology.
Sociology, Urban.
Geographic information systems.
City planning > Social aspects.
City planning > Methodology.
Cities and towns.
Cartography.
Boundaries.
Frontieres.
Archeologie urbaine.
Systemes d'information geographique.
Cartographie.
Villes > Cartes.
Geographie urbaine.
Cities and towns > Maps.
Maps.
Electronic books.
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Summary:"Cities Made of Boundaries presents the theoretical foundation and concepts for a new social scientific urban morphological mapping method, Boundary Line Type (BLT) Mapping. Its vantage is a plea to establish a frame of reference for radically comparative urban studies positioned between geography and archaeology. Based in multidisciplinary social and spatial theory, a critical realist understanding of the boundaries that compose built space is operationalised by a mapping practice utilising Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Benjamin N. Vis gives a precise account of how BLT Mapping can be applied to detailed historical, reconstructed, contemporary, and archaeological urban plans, exemplified by sixteenth to twenty-first century Winchester (UK) and Classic Maya Chunchucmil (Mexico). This account demonstrates how the functional and experiential difference between compact western and tropical dispersed cities can be explored. The methodological development of Cities Made of Boundaries will appeal to readers interested in the comparative social analysis of built environments, and those seeking to expand the evidence-base of design options to structure urban life and development."--Page 4 de la couverture.
Fysisk beskrivelse:1 online resource: illustrations, cartes, couv. illustrations ;
ISBN:9781787351059
Adgang:Open Access

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