Understanding Emergent Urbanism The Case of Tirana, Albania

The ideas presented in this book are a conceptual leverage to correct the rigidity of top-down practices and bring the real city, or the city of everyday life, closer to the city of conventional planning. Considering self-organization as the starting point at the base of complex systems, this book t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dhamo, Sotir
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:The Urban Book Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The natural city
  • Additional theoretical lenses to understand the city
  • Historical notes on Tirana
  • Tirana patterns at a glance
  • Holistic approach to Tirana pattern analysis
  • Methodology for holistic understanding of the urban patterns
  • Conclusions