Overview
- Takes an integrative approach to develop urban design theory
- Deals with substantive, as well as procedural aspects of urban design
- Includes elaborate graphic presentations of urban design principles at three levels
- Includes the development of the language of urban design
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: University of Tehran Science and Humanities Series (UTSHS)
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This book takes a bold epistemological approach to address the fundamental questions that urban design has faced since its inception – questions concerning its legitimacy, definition, nature, content, purpose, theory, methods, jurisdiction and above all its knowledge base. The appropriate level of urban design – global or local – is another critical and emerging question discussed. At the end, an integrative theory of urban design is introduced, on the basis of which a set of principles is developed for application by practicing urban designers. These principles are presented at three essential levels: general, global and local-Iranian. Toward an Integrative Theory of Urban Design is intended to dispel many of the ambiguities still troubling urban design as a discipline and profession.
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Book Title: Toward an Integrative Theory of Urban Design
Authors: Hossein Bahrainy, Ameneh Bakhtiar
Series Title: University of Tehran Science and Humanities Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32665-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32663-4Published: 27 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81342-4Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32665-8Published: 13 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2367-1092
Series E-ISSN: 2367-1106
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 113
Number of Illustrations: 248 b/w illustrations
Topics: Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Architecture, general, Building Construction and Design