This book provides a representative selection of the highest quality papers submitted to the IAPS 13 conference held in Manchester in 1994. The papers are concerned with current research on the experience of living in cities and are drawn from developed, developing and under-developed countries in all parts of the world.
Author(s): S.J. J. Neary, F. E. Brown, M. S. Symes
Year: 1995
Language: English
Pages: 544
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 15
Part One PARTICIPATION AND URBAN DESIGN......Page 17
1 Introduction......Page 18
References:......Page 21
2 The patron-client relationship, land-rent economy and the experience of “urbanization without citizens” Les relations de clientèle, la location de terrains, et l’expérience de “l’urbanisation sans citoyens”......Page 23
ELATIONSHIPS .........Page 24
THE LACK OF THE FORMATION OF CITIZENSHIP......Page 25
WHAT KIND OF AN URBAN FORM AND LIFE QUALITY IS EMERGING IN CITIES......Page 27
References......Page 28
ENTRE MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN......Page 29
NEWTON OU PRIGOGINE......Page 30
ARCHITECTURE......Page 31
MACHINES......Page 32
LES MODELES......Page 33
Béthoncourt-Montéiard......Page 34
Cabrini-Green......Page 35
4 Mythical and ritual constituents of the city......Page 37
WHAT ARE MYTHS?......Page 38
INTERPRETING RITUAL......Page 40
THE PERTINENCE OF MYTH AND RITUAL IN CONTEMPORARY URBAN SOCIETIES......Page 41
CONCLUSION......Page 44
References......Page 45
5 Socio-cultural influence of the Hausas and Tivs of northern Nigeria on their traditional architecure and building design…......Page 46
FAMILY STRUCTURE AND CULTURE......Page 48
SOCIO-CULTURAL INFLUENCE ON INDIGENOUS ARCHUECTURE......Page 49
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND METHOD......Page 52
References:......Page 56
METHOD......Page 57
THE TOWN......Page 58
DISCUSSION......Page 63
References......Page 65
7 The effect of popular culture on urban form in Istanbul......Page 66
RESULTS......Page 70
References......Page 73
8 The impact of housing quality on the urban image......Page 74
METHODS......Page 76
Imageability......Page 78
Attractiveness......Page 79
Symbolic characteristics and components......Page 80
Positive attitudes motivating positive behaviour......Page 81
CONCLUSIONS......Page 82
References......Page 83
9 Une conimunauté s’éveille: experience urbaine dans un ensemble de logements sociaux a Rio de Janeiro......Page 84
METHODOLOGIE......Page 85
RESULTATS......Page 87
Remerciements......Page 89
Références......Page 90
10 The experience of community action in an australian town......Page 91
CURRENT VIEWS OF PARTICIPATION......Page 92
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING IN BANGALOW......Page 94
METHODS......Page 96
DISCUSSION......Page 98
CONCLUSION......Page 99
Acknowledgements......Page 100
References......Page 101
11 Diverging evaluations of the built environment: planners versus the public......Page 102
RESULTS......Page 105
DISCUSSION......Page 107
References......Page 108
12 A spa culture for the nineties and thereafter: health and relaxation in an urban setting.......Page 110
Selected References......Page 113
13 Validating contextual urban design principles......Page 114
Respondents:......Page 116
Discussion......Page 117
Selection of design components......Page 118
Results......Page 119
Discussion......Page 121
References......Page 122
14 L’expérience urbaine personnelle: une voie d’accès utile au projet de réaménagement......Page 124
L’EXPERIENCE URBAINE : DIVERSITE ET PROFONDEUR......Page 125
EXPERIENCE ET IDENTITE URBAINE......Page 129
DE L’EXPERIENCE URBAINE AU PROJET DE REAMENAGEMENT......Page 130
References......Page 131
15 Environmental psychology in the PsycLit database (1987–1992)......Page 132
a) Analysis by journals and papers......Page 133
c) Anaiysis by author......Page 135
DISCUSSION.......Page 136
References......Page 138
Part Two USER NEEDS AND EVALUATION......Page 139
16 Introduction......Page 140
17 Reading the residential landscape......Page 144
THE CONCEPT OF DESIGN COMPLEXTTY......Page 145
Places: The Choice of Case Studies......Page 146
Occupants: The Choice of a Sample......Page 149
Selection of Routes......Page 150
Data Collection......Page 151
The Subject Matter of Comments: Themes......Page 152
Number of Comments......Page 153
Dominant Themes......Page 154
Scales......Page 156
Comments Regarding Landscape and Vegetation......Page 157
Comments Regarding Design Complexity......Page 158
Comments Regarding Traffic and Parking......Page 160
INTERPRETIVE SUMMARY......Page 161
CONCLUSION......Page 162
Footnotes......Page 163
Bibliography......Page 164
18 Urban home ownership: a study of New York city co-ops......Page 166
BACKGROUND......Page 167
RESEARCH DESIGN......Page 168
FINDINGS......Page 169
References......Page 170
19 The legacy of the Harlem model cities program......Page 173
COMMUNITY ACTION......Page 174
THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM IN HARLEM-EAST HARLEM......Page 175
THE ROLE OF THE PLANNER......Page 176
The anti-advocates......Page 177
Computers and Urban Models: The Basic Housing System......Page 178
The Urban Development Corporation: The scale of ideas......Page 179
SPONSORING AND BUILDING MILBANK FRAWLEY CIRCLE......Page 180
CONCLUSIONS......Page 181
References......Page 182
20 A methodology for the study of urban rehabilitation......Page 184
TYPES OF DATA......Page 185
TECHNIQUES OF ANALYSIS......Page 186
References......Page 188
21 A residents’ assessment of urban change and the economics of city centre regeneration in Belfast: lessons for the urban periphery......Page 190
THE RESIDENTS’ VIEW......Page 191
EMPLOYMENT AND THE PERIPHERY......Page 193
LESSONS FROM THE CITY CENTRE......Page 194
Bibliography......Page 195
22 Quality of urban living: an infrastructural dimension......Page 196
INFRASTRUCTURE AND QUALITY OF LIFE......Page 197
A CASE STUDY OF THE CONURBATIONS IN NW ENGLAND......Page 198
Acknowledgements......Page 202
References......Page 203
23 The changing urban values of the Bulgarian cities......Page 205
RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS......Page 206
THE CHANGES TODAY......Page 207
References......Page 209
24 Regenerating the lost green of Ankara: a hard task ahead......Page 210
The Uybadin-Yucel plan (1957–1969):......Page 211
The Ankara Green Belt Afforestation Project-AGBAP......Page 212
A structure plan for Ankara: ‘Ankara from 1985 to 2015'......Page 213
Shortcomings of the provisional agenda: a lack of a rationale......Page 214
References......Page 216
25 Public spaces and public life in urban areas......Page 217
QUALITIES OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN PUBLIC LIFE......Page 218
QUALITIES OF URBAN PUBLIC SPACES......Page 219
Bibliography......Page 221
26 Liveliness in town centres......Page 223
THE STUDY......Page 227
I. A diversity of people......Page 228
III. A diversity of urban detail in buildings and public spaces......Page 229
DISCUSSION. CONSEQUENCES FOR URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN......Page 230
References......Page 232
27 Meanings and attitudes towards urban green: an approach to urban ecology......Page 233
More and less shared meanings......Page 234
Different attitude orientations......Page 235
Individual differences in attitude orientations......Page 236
TABLES......Page 239
References......Page 240
28 Appropriating the city: teenagers’ use of public space......Page 241
METHODS......Page 242
RESULTS......Page 243
CONCLUSIONS......Page 247
References......Page 248
29 Pragmatics of urban places according to the size of the city......Page 250
Procedure and tool......Page 251
Dimensions of inter-place activities......Page 252
Small city......Page 254
Inter-place activities and residents’ characteristics......Page 255
DISCUSSION......Page 259
References......Page 261
30 Relationship between the classification of urban streetscape and overall evaluation......Page 262
INVESTIGATION BY INTERVIEW 1: CLASSIFYING URBAN STREETSCAPES......Page 263
a. Office streets......Page 265
b. Shopping streets......Page 266
c. Residential streets......Page 267
Analysis 2: Analysis across the category groups......Page 268
DISCUSSION......Page 269
References......Page 270
Part Three ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND URBAN THEORY......Page 271
31 Introduction......Page 272
Reference......Page 275
32 Alienation, emancipation and the environment......Page 276
ON COMMODITY-PRODUCTION AND THE ALIENATION OF HUMAN CAPACITIES......Page 277
COMMODITY FETISHISM: THE CULTURE OF COMPETING SIGNS......Page 280
SOME CONTEMPORARY IMAGINED COMMUNITIES......Page 282
CONCLUSION: AWAY FROM ESTRANGEMENT AND THE CULTURE OF SIGNS.......Page 283
References......Page 285
THE URBAN FABRIC OF THE PASSAGES......Page 286
METHODS......Page 289
RESULTS OF INTEGRATION STUDIES......Page 290
LOCAL LINKAGES IN THE VICINITY OF THE PASSAGES......Page 292
References......Page 293
34 Crowding and spatial syntax......Page 294
Measures......Page 295
Interaction Analyses......Page 296
Mediator Analysis......Page 297
References......Page 298
35 Cognitive categorisation and preference for places......Page 300
Stimulus Material......Page 301
Procedure......Page 302
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 303
References......Page 308
36 Children make assessments of the urban environment......Page 309
Questionnaire......Page 310
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 311
References......Page 313
37 Measurement of the multi-sensory information for describing sequential experience in the environment: an application to the Japanese circuit-style garden Mesure de 1’information multi-sensorielle pour la description de l’experience sequentielle de l’environnement: application aux jardins de promenade......Page 315
Garden Selection and Environmental Data Creation......Page 316
MEASUREMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF SENSORY INFORMATION......Page 318
Focal Visual Information......Page 320
Non-visual Information......Page 321
CONCLUSION......Page 323
References......Page 324
METHODS......Page 325
RESULTS......Page 326
Bibliography......Page 329
Notes......Page 330
METHODS......Page 331
“Garden Culture”, the contribution by Leberecht Migge......Page 332
“The German people’s park”, the contribution by Harry Maasz......Page 333
Assessment of the works by Migge and Maasz......Page 334
Bibliography......Page 335
40 Nineteenth-century British attitudes toward Calcutta and Bombay......Page 337
End notes......Page 345
References......Page 346
THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT......Page 347
IRISH STRATEGIES......Page 349
References......Page 353
42 Sustaining urban heritage in multicultural cities......Page 355
References.......Page 360
43 L’éxperience de l’espace public en quartier pluri-ethnique: rassemblement ou segmentation?......Page 361
LIEUX DE LA DIVERSITE.......Page 362
DES LIEUX DE DIVERSITÉ A DOMINANCES......Page 363
UNE SOCIABILITE INTERCULTURELLE?......Page 364
SEGMENTATION DES PUBLICS......Page 365
Réferénces......Page 366
Notes......Page 367
THE PLAN SOUTH AND THE GENERAL EXPANSION PLAN......Page 368
INFLUENCES UPON THE PLANS......Page 370
CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS......Page 373
References......Page 374
45 Behavior mapping and urban design: graphic versus nongraphic information about environment-behavior relations. Cartes de comportement et conception urbaine: information graphique et non-graphique sur les relations environnement-comportement......Page 376
Procedure......Page 378
Screens and viewing times......Page 379
Content......Page 381
CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION......Page 382
References......Page 383
ENGLISH KEYWORD INDEX......Page 384
INDEX DES MOTS-CLEFS FRANCAIS......Page 387
