TY - BOOK AU - Satish, Naksha (UA2612) AU - Singh Rupinder (Guide) TI - City as network : understanding the built environment in the information age (Softcopy is also available) U1 - A TH-1276 PY - 2017/// N1 - 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 ER -