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This book is an attempt to develop some analytic resources for thinking about problems and possibilities arising from the incorporation of Information Technology (IT) into the design of public spaces, especially in the early stages of design process. The main concern is about how to deploy IT components in order to positively affect various qualities of place. The framework developed begins with an analysis of public places, and then proceeds to an identification of the spatial conflicts that impair qualities of place such as territoriality, privacy, identity and ambience. Components of digital technologies were then spatially correlated to those qualities, thus revealing how these might be potentially applied as part of a system that would combine IT with spatial/physical solutions.It is an attempt to demonstrate that the use of the developed framework is able to provide a basis for a coherent set of decisions regarding the application of IT in public places.
This book regards some essential questions about the use of IT in the early stages of Urban Design projects:
* How could a theoretical approach correlate spatial elements, activities and the flux of information in public urban spaces?
* How could such a theory explain the changes in those correlations when the urban space is affected by spatial conflicts?
* How could such a theoretical approach, regarding the use of IT in urban spaces, support architects during the design process?
* In what way would the resultant projects be better and more efficient than those without any theoretical support?
Those questions raised the problem of understanding the qualities of places in terms of their physical characteristics and of regarding Ubicomp systems as a means to integrate, reinforce and improve those qualities. In this sense, the use of IT in urban areas should be justified by reasons beyond the mere possibility of cheaper solutions, since this does not reflect any essential criteria of efficiency. Rather, the first issue involved in the evaluation of the use of Ubicomp appeared to be, from that moment onwards, the benefits, advantages and limitations for people who use and live in places where IT is applied.
Price at Amazon: $99.00. Other book details:
- Paperback: 324 pages
- Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (May 24, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 3838367014
- ISBN-13: 978-3838367019
- Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
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