Spatial Complexity in Urban Design Research - Graph Visualization Tools for Communities and Their Contexts

This book explores the role of dialogue in urban community formations and specifically focuses on the need for civic dialogue within urban spaces. It examines the relationships between people and place in cities, analyzing how contrasting local narratives are constructed by community members and professional practitioners. Drawing on theory and

List of contents

Acknowledgements. List of figures. List of tables.1. Design research in the built environment 2. Design thinking and spatial complexity 3. A case-based approach to design research 4. Building on the past 5. Community network toolkit I 6. Community network toolkit II 7. Building and representing knowledge 8. Cases in urban community formations. Epilogue.
References. Index.

About the author

Jamie O’Brien is a design research specialist at URBED, working with spatial data analysis and visualization. He was a Research Fellow at Salford University’s School of the Built Environment, and Senior Research Associate at the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London (UCL). He holds a EPSRC doctorate in design from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, and is Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, member of the Design Research Society, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Summary

This book explores the role of dialogue in urban community formations and specifically focuses on the need for civic dialogue within urban spaces. It examines the relationships between people and place in cities, analyzing how contrasting local narratives are constructed by community members and professional practitioners. Drawing on theory and

Product details

• Authors: Jamie O’Brien, Jamie Obrien, Jamie (Bartlett School of Planning Obrien, Jamie O'Brien, Jamie O''Brien
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367728267
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72826-7
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Urbanism and the City
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Urban & municipal planning, Interdisciplinary studies, urban economics, Human Geography, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Regional / urban economics