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Author Vis, Benjamin N., author.

Title Cities Made of Boundaries Mapping Social Life in Urban Form / Benjamin N. Vis.

Publication Info. London : UCL Press, 2018.
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021.
©2018.

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (1 volumes XVII-398 pages) : illustrations, cartes, couv. illustrations
text file
Series Book collections on Project MUSE.
Access Open Access Unrestricted online access
Summary "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."--Page 4 de la couverture.
Local Note Project Muse Project Muse Open Access
Subject Urbanisme -- Aspect social.
Sociologie urbaine.
Urban geography.
Urban archaeology.
Sociology, Urban.
Geographic information systems.
City planning -- Social aspects.
City planning -- Methodology.
Cities and towns.
Cartography.
Boundaries.
Frontieres.
Archeologie urbaine.
Systemes d'information geographique.
Cartographie.
Villes -- Cartes.
Geographie urbaine.
Sociologie urbaine.
Boundaries.
Urban archaeology.
Geographic information systems.
Cartography.
Cities and towns -- Maps.
Cities and towns -- Maps.
City planning -- Social aspects.
City planning -- Methodology.
Urban geography.
Sociology, Urban.
Genre/Form Maps.
Electronic books. .
Maps.
Added Author Project Muse, distributor.
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