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    Cities Made of Boundaries

    Mapping Social Life in Urban Form

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    Author(s)
    Vis, Benjamin N.
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    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.
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    https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36193
    Keywords
    Boundary Line Type Mapping; Cities; Built space; Built environment
    DOI
    10.14324/111.9781787351059
    ISBN
    9781787351050
    Publisher
    UCL Press
    Publication date and place
    2018
    Classification
    Architecture
    Theory of architecture
    Architectural structure & design
    Architecture: professional practice
    Urban communities
    Sociology & anthropology
    Sociology
    Sociology: family & relationships
    Sociology: work & labour
    Pages
    416
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      This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 871069.

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