"How the built environment, understood as a spatial capital, enhances and gives direction to both everyday life in cities and urban process of social, economic, and ecological kinds"--
"How the built environment, understood as a spatial capital, enhances and gives direction to both everyday life in cities and urban process of social, economic, and ecological kinds"--
Lars Marcus is Professor in Urban Design at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, and Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Introduction: Towards a Theory on Second Nature Part I: Challenges—Definition of Spatial Urban Form 1 The Normative Challenge: An Operational Manual for Spaceship Earth 2 The Epistemological Challenge: The Sciences of the Artificial 3 The Ontological Challenge: Notes on the Synthesis of Form Conclusion Part I Part II: Measures—A Model of Spatial Urban Form 4 Modeling Space: Urban Space as Relative Location 5 Modeling Distance: Urban Space as Cognitive Distance 6 Modeling Attraction: Urban Space as Potential Density and Diversity Conclusion Part II Part III: Meanings—The Spatial Form of Urban Systems 7 Social Capital: Cities as Landscapes of Varied Copresence 8 Economic Capital: Cities as Landscapes of Varied Markets 9 Ecological Capital: Cities as Landscapes of Varied Biotopes Conclusion Part III Part IV: Synthesis—Spatial Form and Urban Complexity 10 Urban Systems: Cities as Complexity 11 Urban Processes: Cities as Space 12 Urban Form: Cities as Capital Conclusion: A Theory of Spatial Capital Afterword: The Order of Things Bibliography Notes Index
Preface Introduction: Towards a Theory on Second Nature Part I: Challenges—Definition of Spatial Urban Form 1 The Normative Challenge: An Operational Manual for Spaceship Earth 2 The Epistemological Challenge: The Sciences of the Artificial 3 The Ontological Challenge: Notes on the Synthesis of Form Conclusion Part I Part II: Measures—A Model of Spatial Urban Form 4 Modeling Space: Urban Space as Relative Location 5 Modeling Distance: Urban Space as Cognitive Distance 6 Modeling Attraction: Urban Space as Potential Density and Diversity Conclusion Part II Part III: Meanings—The Spatial Form of Urban Systems 7 Social Capital: Cities as Landscapes of Varied Copresence 8 Economic Capital: Cities as Landscapes of Varied Markets 9 Ecological Capital: Cities as Landscapes of Varied Biotopes Conclusion Part III Part IV: Synthesis—Spatial Form and Urban Complexity 10 Urban Systems: Cities as Complexity 11 Urban Processes: Cities as Space 12 Urban Form: Cities as Capital Conclusion: A Theory of Spatial Capital Afterword: The Order of Things Bibliography Notes Index
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