In this paper I examine the way that one particular technology, multimedia, impacts upon the design experience. I show how it affects design products and processes insofar as it is caught up in the metaphors we use in structuring design tasks. But this influence is far from deterministic....

A model, based on detailed descriptions of spatial configuration and a probabilistic approach to the user's choice, is proposed to measure the relationship between demand and supply locations in urban local systems. According to this model, the articulation of the public space grid, associated...

In this paper we continue the argument which was presented in a previous paper in <I>Environment and Planning B. </I>There, two spatial genotypes were established within a sample of sixteen Turkish vernacular houses. The first was configurationally integrated around the principal living room or <I>sofa,...</i></i>

Planning academics are increasingly faced with the problems of how to introduce their students to GIS (geographic information systems). These problems revolve around student and faculty aptitude, time constraints, limitations of current GIS, keeping up with developments, and the high cost of...

Various authors have attributed many of Frank Lloyd Wright's ideas regarding ornamentation to the advanced design theories which developed out of the eighteenth century enlightenment. However, it also appears that his unique approach to detailing may have equally been a product of his mastery of...

The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) provides a new statutory framework for environmental planning in New Zealand. This Act replaces a plethora of environmental planning and management statutes including the town and country planning legislation. The new Act signals a paradigmatic shift in...

Decisions on planning applications for waste disposal sites are made on the basis of intuitive judgment about need, environmental considerations, and conformity to local policies and plans. Logit models are developed to assess the variables instrumental in the recommendation of the planning...

This paper is a review of the experiences at the computer laboratory of the School of Architecture at the University of Miami in contributing to recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew and a reflection upon these experiences with regard to the ways computer- based information can...

The use of cars has positive and negative effects. The advantages of driving accrue largely to the driver, and the disadvantages to others. The negative external effects of driving, which encroach on the sustainabiity of the community, yield sufficient arguments for restricting car use. In this...