Beschreibung:
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).
INTRODUCTION TO CITIES MADE OF BOUNDARIES 1 TOWARDS RADICAL COMPARATIVE URBAN STUDIES 2 ADAPTING A CRITICAL REALIST RESEARCH PROCESS 3 CONSTITUTING BUILT ENVIRONMENTS, ESTABLISHING BOUNDARIES 4 THEORISING MATERIAL BOUNDARIES, UNDERSTANDING SPATIAL DATA 5 AN ONTOLOGY OF BOUNDARY LINE TYPES 6 A CONSTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF METHODS ON URBAN FORM 7 THE EMPIRICAL PROCESS OF MAPPING BLTs, TWO CONTRASTING CASES 8 IDENTIFYING SPATIAL ANALYTICAL MEASURES THAT EXPLOIT BLT DATA 9 EXPLORING SOCIO- SPATIAL SIGNIFICANCE WITH BLT MAPPING, TWO TEST CASES