Abstract
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Geospatial analysis and modeling of urban structure and dynamics |
| Editors | Bin Jiang, Xiaobai Yao |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 331-355 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Edition | 99 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789048185719 |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Jun 2010 |
Publication series
| Name | GeoJournal Library |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Springer |
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Keywords
- geospatial analysis
- urban geometry
- architecture
- urban structure
- gis
- geographical information systems
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Geospatial analysis and living urban geometry. / Pagliardini, Pietro; Porta, Sergio; Salingaros, Nikos A.
Geospatial analysis and modeling of urban structure and dynamics. ed. / Bin Jiang; Xiaobai Yao . 99. ed. New York : Springer, 2010. p. 331-355 (GeoJournal Library).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
TY - CHAP
T1 - Geospatial analysis and living urban geometry
AU - Pagliardini, Pietro
AU - Porta, Sergio
AU - Salingaros, Nikos A.
PY - 2010/6/6
Y1 - 2010/6/6
N2 - This essay outlines how to incorporate morphological rules within the exigencies of our technological age. We propose using the current evolution of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) technologies beyond their original representational domain, towards predictive and dynamic spatial models that help in constructing the new discipline of "urban seeding". We condemn the high-rise tower block as an unsuitable typology for a living city, and propose to re-establish human-scale urban fabric that resembles the traditional city. Pedestrian presence, density, and movement all reveal that open space between modernist buildings is not urban at all, but neither is the open space found in today's sprawling suburbs. True urban space contains and encourages pedestrian interactions, and has to be designed and built according to specific rules. The opposition between traditional self-organized versus modernist planned cities challenges the very core of the urban planning discipline. Planning has to be re-framed from being a tool creating a fixed future to become a visionary adaptive tool of dynamic states in evolution.
AB - This essay outlines how to incorporate morphological rules within the exigencies of our technological age. We propose using the current evolution of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) technologies beyond their original representational domain, towards predictive and dynamic spatial models that help in constructing the new discipline of "urban seeding". We condemn the high-rise tower block as an unsuitable typology for a living city, and propose to re-establish human-scale urban fabric that resembles the traditional city. Pedestrian presence, density, and movement all reveal that open space between modernist buildings is not urban at all, but neither is the open space found in today's sprawling suburbs. True urban space contains and encourages pedestrian interactions, and has to be designed and built according to specific rules. The opposition between traditional self-organized versus modernist planned cities challenges the very core of the urban planning discipline. Planning has to be re-framed from being a tool creating a fixed future to become a visionary adaptive tool of dynamic states in evolution.
KW - geospatial analysis
KW - urban geometry
KW - architecture
KW - urban structure
KW - gis
KW - geographical information systems
UR - http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/geography/book/978-90-481-8571-9
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789048185719
T3 - GeoJournal Library
SP - 331
EP - 355
BT - Geospatial analysis and modeling of urban structure and dynamics
A2 - Jiang, Bin
A2 - Yao , Xiaobai
PB - Springer
CY - New York
ER -