Karimi, K;
Vaughan, LS;
(2014)
An evidence-based approach to designing new cities: the English New Towns revisited.
In: Carmona, PM, (ed.)
Explorations in Urban Design: An Urban Design Research Primer.
(261- 274).
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.: Surrey, UK.
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Abstract
This chapter introduces an analytical study of New Towns in England, aiming to provide a deeper, evidence-based understanding of their planning as well as their social reality. The core methodology of the study is based on ‘space syntax’, which uses configurational analysis of the spatial network to investigate the performance of urban systems and their socio-economic attributes. The chapter scrutinises the major flaws of the English New Towns and proposes an explaination for why they are not functioning as well as their historic, evolved counterparts. The study provides lessons that could be used for re-designing and re-shaping New Towns in the UK and elsewhere.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | An evidence-based approach to designing new cities: the English New Towns revisited |
| ISBN: | 140946265X |
| ISBN-13: | 9781409462651 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409462651 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2014 The Authors. |
| Keywords: | Architecture, New Towns, Space syntax |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471960 |
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