CONTENTS
Reckoner
Overview :
- Abstract 13
- Aim, Objectives, Scope and Limitations
- Research Method, Structure of Thesis
Part 1 : Introduction
1.1 Built Environment and Technology 20
- Understanding Built Environment
- Technological Paradigms
1.2 Metaphors and Associations 25
- Forms of city
- City as an organism
Part 2 : Research
2.1 Precedents : Literary Studies 32
- William Mitchell: City of Bits, E-topia, Me++
- Manuel Castells: New Economy, Social Network Analysis, Urban Space
2.2 Idea of Networks 50
- Introduction to Network Thinking
- Reading Networks in the precedent texts
- Re-reading Network: The adopted dimensions
- Network Visualization
2.3 Instances from the city 64
- Introduction
- Rubrics of Virtual and Real: Faasos and traditional shops
- Flux of the Flows: Elements of city suburb 78
Part 3 : Synthesis
3.1 Derivation of Framework 96
- Multiforms of Network
- Inference
3.2 Conclusion 102
- Design Implications
- New questions
Illustration Credits
Bibliography 108
Appendix