Hooman Foroughmand Araabi Hooman.Foroughmandaraabi@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design
A typology of urban design theories and its application to the shared body of knowledge
Foroughmand Araabi, Hooman
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Abstract
© 2016 Macmillan Publishers Ltd. This article consists of two parts. The first part suggests a typology for urban design theories in order to provide a new way of understanding the nature and function of the, seemingly opposing, debates existing in the field. This typology is based on distinguishing between subjects, object and knowledge of urban design. In the second part, the typology is applied to the shared body of knowledge. In order to do so, this article attempts to give an overview of the current shared body of knowledge in the field of urban design. The reading lists of urban design theory courses, drawn from different universities in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, are analysed to identify common texts. These texts are then considered to be one reading of what constitutes the shared body of knowledge. A comparison is made between this list of titles and those texts offered in various urban design readers to provide a better overall picture of the shared body of knowledge. Finally, a chronological analysis is made to illustrate the development of the three types of urban design theory.
Citation
Foroughmand Araabi, H. (2016). A typology of urban design theories and its application to the shared body of knowledge. URBAN DESIGN International, 21(1), 11-24. https://doi.org/10.1057/udi.2015.6
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 26, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 3, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Aug 23, 2017 |
Journal | Urban Design International |
Print ISSN | 1357-5317 |
Electronic ISSN | 1468-4519 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 21 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 11-24 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1057/udi.2015.6 |
Keywords | typology, urban design theories, application, shared body of knowledge |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/915601 |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1057/udi.2015.6 |
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