Knowledge-Based Design
Developing Urban & Regional Design into a Science

By Ian T. Klassen
December 2004
Delft University Press
ISBN: 9040724792
240 pages, Illustrated, 6 ½" x 9 ½"
$69.50 Paper Original

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This is a Ph.D. dissertation. This work distinguishes two approaches to urban & regional design-a pattern-orientation which focuses on final processes regarding a transformation of urban areas; and annual cyclic processes within the urban system.

CONTENTS: Urban systems & models--town building. Models in science. Urban & regional design--physical urban system & society: working with spatial models; relevance of urban design for society; pattern orientation; a scientific approach to design. Design as a creative craft. Research by design. Universal spatial organization principles. Theoretical models. Implication for research & education. Summary. Notes. References. Author & subject indexes.

Urban Planning; Architecture

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