03472nam 22007453a 450 991083190010332120250204000234.0978178735108017873510849781787351059178735105X9781787351073178735107610.14324/111.9781787351059(CKB)5680000000036149(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36193(MiAaPQ)EBC5976912(ScCtBLL)20e50c8d-771a-4920-a931-68832df4bda7(OCoLC)1076657065(EXLCZ)99568000000003614920250204i20182020 uu engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCities Made of BoundariesBenjamin N. VisLondon :UCL Press,2018.1 electronic resource (416 p.)9781787351050 9781787351066 1787351068 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.ArchitecturebicsscTheory of architecturebicsscArchitectural structure & designbicsscArchitecture: professional practicebicsscUrban communitiesbicsscSociology & anthropologybicsscSociologybicsscSociology: family & relationshipsbicsscSociology: work & labourbicsscMaps.Boundary Line Type MappingCitiesBuilt spaceBuilt environmentArchitectureTheory of architectureArchitectural structure & designArchitecture: professional practiceUrban communitiesSociology & anthropologySociologySociology: family & relationshipsSociology: work & labour307.76Vis Benjamin N953418ScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910831900103321Cities Made of Boundaries2155574UNINA