Vis, B.N.;
(2018)
Cities Made of Boundaries.
[Book].
UCL Press: London, UK.
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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.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cities Made of Boundaries |
| ISBN-13: | 9781787351059 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781787351059 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787351059 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Benjamin N. Vis, 2018 Images © Benjamin N. Vis and copyright holders named in captions, 2018 This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This license allows you to share and adapt the work for non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution are clearly stated and changes are indicated. If you remix or transform the material you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. Attribution should include the following information: Vis, B.N. 2018. Cities Made of Boundaries: Mapping Social Life in Urban Form. London, UCL Press. https://doi.org/ 10.14324/111.9781787351059 Further details about Creative Commons licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | Boundary Line Type Mapping, Cities, Built space, Built environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10055955 |
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