Main entry:

Marcus, Lars, 1962- author.

Title & Author:

Measures and meanings of spatial capital : contributions to a theory of land / Lars Marcus.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]

Description:

xxvi, 488 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The normative challenge : an operational manual for spaceship earth -- The epistemological challenge : the sciences of the artificial -- The ontological challenge : notes on the synthesis of form -- Modeling space : urban space as relative location -- Modeling distance : urban space as cognitive distance -- Modeling attraction: urban space as potential density and diversity -- Social capital : cities as landscapes of varied copresence -- Economic capital : cities as landscapes of varied markets -- Ecological capital: cities as landscapes of varied biotopes -- Urban systems : cities as complexity -- Urban processes : cities as space -- Urban form : cities as capital.

Summary:

"How the built environment, understood as a spatial capital, enhances and gives direction to both everyday life in cities and urban process of social, economic, and ecological kinds"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780262551304 paperback
0262551306 paperback
electronic book
9780262381628
9780262381635

Subject:

Land use Philosophy.
Built environment Philosophy.
Utilisation du sol Philosophie.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 321516
Call No.: 321516
Copy: 1
Status: Available