01C WRITING_SONATA

01C WRITING_SONATA

  1. Describe the general theoretical framework evolved from Salvador Rueda about Social Interaction and Cohesion (use, infrastructure, demographics). Consider going to the website BCNecologia but only for background – you will not find specific information to this there.

The general theoretical framework evolved from Salvador Rueda about social interaction and cohesion models cities on a level of processes rather than buildings. Land use, livability, mobility, urban complexity, biodiversity, metabolism, social interaction, and policy all interact to form a complex urban fabric.

  1. Describe two to three urban qualities within the primary social interaction categories and find how they are measured in the circle diagrams. Identify an associated ecological phenomena such as air, water and heat/light.

The uses and demographics qualities within the circle diagrams are measured by phenomenon and data collection. Indicators are identified for each secondary category to measure social interaction. Data dictionaries are used to establish a data collection protocol. For projects measuring other qualities such as air pollution or urban experience, preexisting research was referenced and incorporated into the process of qualitative coding.

  1. Describe one example of a pattern that emerged in Barcelona relating a comparison between a Superilla and a comparative space such as Gracia or Enric de Granados.

Access to basic needs such as water and toilets was a pattern that emerged in the comparison between the superillas and Gracia spaces.C Writin