Discuss about the urban design knowledge

Reference no: EM131899850

Urban Design in history: Lessons for today

Aim

This assignment aims to provide grounding in urban design knowledge from an historical perspective. It concerns cities that were founded by the 15th century at the latest. It should be written under the form of an essay.

Learning OutcomesOn successful completion of this assignment students should be able to:

Understand a range of urban design concepts derived from historical international study,

Understand the nature of ‘method' and ‘theory' in urban design,

Understand substantive domains of urban design.

Communicate understanding of the above.

Assignment Overview Cities are large complex dynamic systems, with more than physical attributes, and they are shaped over time by natural and created forces.

They also shape their own future through interventions. Cities grow and decline influenced by factors both within and outside of their control.

These systems can be large across domains of social, environmental, cultural, economic, technological and political forces.

Cities are always a work in progress.

While recognizing that there can be no all encompassing theory of the city because of complexity, a selective interdisciplinary study of key aspects of historical cities and understandings about them may provide overviews of the multiple practices and forces to underpin urban design theories.

These understandings and theories in turn may be transferable in new circumstances. Understanding relationships between history, theory and methods in urban design may similarly inform the multi-layered meshwork of contemporary cities.

This assignment provides the opportunity for you to select an aspect of cities in history that interests you from those listed below.

Topics(Select One)

Analyze and critique the history of planning/urban design in a particular historical city of your choice in terms of ideas/theories/principles/lessons that are transferable to contemporary cities.

Prepare an in-depth critique of three significant planning/urban design events in the life of a particular historical city of your choice.

Compare and discuss a specific urban design element across several historical cities (at least three) such as public spaces, neighborhood, ethnic districts, parks, circulation systems, and urban morphology.

Cities (Select 1 city for topic 1 or 2; select 3 cities for topic 3)

Europe: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Brighton (UK), Ghent (Belgium), Helsinki (Finland), Lyon (France), Madrid (Spain), Munich (Germany), Nantes (France), Porto (Portugal), Stockholm (Sweden)

Africa: Alexandria (Egypt), Algiers (Algeria), Cairo (Egypt), Casablanca (Morocco), Dakar (Senegal), Johannesburg (South Africa), Nairobi (Kenya), Rabat (Morocco), Tripoli (Lybia), Tunis (Tunisia)

Asia: Baghdad (Iraq), Changsha (China), Guangzhou (China), Hanoi (Vietnam), Kyoto (Japan), Mumbai (India), Peking (China), Semarang (Indonesia), Seoul (Korea), Tokyo (Japan)

Background Readings and Sample of previous students' work: see Course contentQ&A:see Course content & Discussion Board

Submission Requirements

This assignment must be certified as original work of the individual student. However, in preparation and development of their assignment students are encouraged to discuss their ideas with colleagues and course convenor.

The submission must directly address the questions being posed and should be of between 1500 and 2000 words, excluding illustrations, references and bibliography.

Accompanying graphic material / illustrations are expected.

Reference style is Harvard with a reference list and images/ figures to be referenced in the caption and in the reference list.

Assessment Guidelines for Success:

Provide a concise introduction and conclusion each of approximately 150-200 words.

Arrange the substantive content logically, possibly but not mandatory with sub-headings.

Write clearly and avoid long sentences and imprecise statements.

Ensure that ideas/quotations that are derived from other sources are correctly referenced.

Ensure illustrations are relevant and are located in ‘flow' with the text. Title and reference all illustrations

Reference no: EM131899850

Questions Cloud

Create a new variable y and assign it the value four : Create a new variable y, and assign it the value 4. Sum x and y, and associate the resulting value with x. What are x and y's new values?

How many of the reports meet the definition of news : How many of the reports meet the definition of news as ‘what someone, somewhere wants concealed, everything else is advertising'?

What is the breakeven point in volume of clinic visits : Variable costs are projected at $200 per clinic visit, and fixed costs for the agreement are $800,000. What is the breakeven point in volume of clinic visits?

Rate of return comet expects to earn from equipment : Determine the rate of return Comet expects to earn from this equipment.

Discuss about the urban design knowledge : Cities are large complex dynamic systems, with more than physical attributes, and they are shaped over time by natural and created forces.

Create a new variable temp and assign it value twenty four : Create a new variable temp, and assign it the value 24. Convert the value in temp from Celsius to Fahrenheit by multiplying by 1.8 and adding 32.

What is the effective interest rate if the clinic pays : Sunshine Clinic purchases a piece of equipment for $250 with a 2-15 net 30 provision. What is the effective interest rate if the clinic pays on day 16? On day 3

Describe the advantages and limitations of each approach : You want to research whether students at NJIT take notes on their laptops during classes or actually surf the Internet.

Inherited an ordinary annuity : Today you inherited an ordinary annuity of $25000 paid at the end of the year for 15 years. You estimated a yield of 10% for this annuity.

User Account

All Pages