This is the second of a series of three papers in which the methodological status of <i>Q</i>-analysis is investigated. A number of published applications of <i>Q</i>-analysis are examined to see if any methodological procedures can be identified. A number of metalevel analytic procedures are identified....

A composition system is developed within a rectilinear grid from a vocabulary of quintessential architectural components: the column, the wall, and the floor/roof component. Sets of modules 30 cm x 30 cm x 30 cm and multimodules 120 cm x 120 cm x 150 cm are formed from combinations of these...

In this work the use of solid modeling for the representation and analysis of complex architectural structures and details is illustrated. Although the approach is a general one, it is demonstrated and implemented on the visual representation and evaluation of mediaeval basilican structures....

Although urban planners in Third World countries enjoy relatively high levels of power and autonomy, little is known about their values, attitudes, and professional role orientations. The findings are reported of a questionnaire survey designed to elicit information on the professional culture...

The utility is demonstrated of a parallel distributed processing (PDP) approach to processing certain kinds of information of interest to designers. The information is of the kind that could be stored on a Hypercard stack. A system which facilitates the automatic linking of information on the...

Overrepresentation of private interests and underrepresentation of public interests has been endemic in citizen participation in water planning in the USA for many years. Attempts to correct imbalance in interest representation have not been successful. Such failure is explained by showing that...

The question is broached of the development of a conceptual framework for examining the genesis of skyscraper construction in Chicago. At the outset it is emphasised that a theoretical perspective should be embraced which is both cognisant of the complex social relations surrounding building...

The evolution of spatial and nonspatial information systems is rapidly altering the role of applied computing in urban and regional planning. Urban development tracking and monitoring systems are in place in many regions in the United States and Canada. These systems provide continual status...