Urban Studies and Planning Commons^™

The Impact Of National Socialist Policies Upon Local City Planning In Pre-War Germany (1933-1939): The Rhetoric And The Reality, John Mullin

John R. Mullin

This paper is a review and analysis of the influence of the national government upon local city planning during the pre-war years of National Socialism (1933-1939). The paper begins with a brief overview of the critical aspects of city planning during both the Wilhelmian years (1871-1918) and the Weimar era (1918-1932). These aspects are reviewed in the context of their contributions to the city planning profession in general and to the German experience in particular. The paper then reviews the influence of ideology on city planning activities and follows with an explanation of the "state of the city" at the …

Rating-Scale Methodology For Environmental Designers, Nicholas Patricios

Nicholas Patricios

There are many methods and techniques available to environmental designers to obtain and use information on spatial behavior, attitudes, preferences, opinions, and so on. Among them are rating-scale techniques. This paper discusses these from a particular theoretical orientation and covers the utility, concept, and an evaluation of rating scales. Three case studies are described to illustrate the application and usefulness of the graphic rating-scale technique to environmental designers.

Ecología Urbana En Quito Durante La Década De Los Setenta, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Desde la década de los sesenta la ciudad de Quito entra en un agudo proceso de transformación, que tiene sus raíces en el particular desarrollo capitalista del país; este proceso evoluciona con la articulación más dinámica de la sociedad nacional al capitalismo central, cuando éste ha procreado los gigantescos monopolios transnacionales para dirigirlos hacia la industria.

En la década de los años setenta el proceso se consolida en consonancia con la profundización de un desarrollo capitalista, sustentado en los ingresos derivados de la comercialización petrolera, la modernización de la estructura agraria y del Estado, la formación de ciertas condiciones favorables …

Human Aspects Of Planning Shopping Centers, Nicholas Patricios

Nicholas Patricios

After a brief outline of the macro- and micro-model approaches to shopping, a perception and spatial behavior model is selected as a framework for the research study. The study aims to identify the variables constituting the mental image of a consumer's shopping environment and which of these variables are considered important in spatial choice. Statistically significant differences in the preferences of shoppers are found based on the type of township the shopper lives in, the purpose of the shopping trip, and the shopper's income group. Patterns of variation on consumer attitudes as to the perceived importance of various attributes are …

An Agentive Perspective Of Urban Planning, Nicholas Patricios

Nicholas Patricios

An agentive model of person-environment relations is proposed based on environmental behavior research. The agentive process consists of three stages: awareness of information in the phenomenal environment; perception and cognition - construal - of the environmental information; and action in the behavioral environment. The agentive model of urban planning brings together theory and practice and would assist efforts to resolve conflicts and achieve consensus in urban planning transactions.

Quito. Renta Del Suelo Y Segregación Urbana, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El presente trabajo, que se publica dentro de la colección editorial PREMIO del Colegio de Arquitectos del Ecuador, es el resultado de un proceso de discusión e investigación realizado durante un período de aproximadamente tres años.

Con esta obra, los Autores -miembros del Centro de Investigaciones CIUDAD- buscamos iniciar la discusión crítica respecto de los temas que aquí se tratan. Por tratarse de un primer estudio de acercamiento a la problemática urbana desde la perspectiva de la renta del suelo, reconocemos sus limitaciones. Por tanto, esperamos recibir las críticas, comentarios y sugerencias pertinentes, tan necesarios para el desarrollo de la …

An Agentive Model Of Person-Environment Relations, Nicholas Patricios

Nicholas Patricios

Three fundamentally different positions regarding the conceptualization of person‐environment relations are briefly discussed. An argument is made for the transactional‐constructivist position which regards the nature of what we take to be the environment as that which is only apprehended through the minds and actions of persons. The transformational process of this view of person‐environment relations, that of environmental knowing‐action, is elaborated upon in some detail. The transactional‐constructivist position, however, is transformed into an agentive one by adopting from the three basic images of persons that have been identified that of a person as agent. Consequently in the agentive process of …

American Perceptions Of German City Planning At The Turn Of The Century, John Mullin

John R. Mullin

The German city in the late 1800's was a victim of many of the malaises that had struck earlier in the century in Britain and the United States. Rapid industrialization, improved transportation networks, and massive urbanization contributed to the creation of overcrowded, slum-like, disease-ridden cities throughout the nation. The long-admired medieval centers were increasingly prone to epidemics and destruction by fire. In a cultural-political sense, they were perceived by the ruling authorities as being corrupt, anti-volklich and centers of the much feared socialist movement. For the greater part of the century, the city had been neglected by both the national …

The Conceptual Determinants Of Two Archetypal City Forms, Nicholas Patricios

Nicholas Patricios

The two urban spatial forms analyzed from a cosmological point of view are the circular and the orthogonal. The circular symbolism of the Near Eastern cities is considered first followed by the Plato's theoretical city of Atlantis and then the ideal cities of the Renaissance architects. Circular cities of the 19th century, those of the Utopian Socialists, had in contrast an ideological basis. In addition to the practical basis for the orthogonal layout conceptual influences are evident in the grid cities of the ancient Greeks, in the Spanish Laws of the Indies, and those cities designed later to express the …