Transition from Equality to the Hierarchical Social Structure and Urban Form in the Early Islamic Cities

This chapter aims to discuss concepts and methods to measure the landscape resilience of urban systems and test the indicators framework in the Portuguese regional context. The objective is to measure the performance and the direction of the urban changes in different phenomena, as well as to evaluate the level of urban systems preparation for a desired and undesired change adaptability. The approach to these issues is analyzed in the literature, dividing the aforementioned analysis into the resilience of the economic base, of the social structure, and of the urban form. In brief, the chapter meets three objectives: firstly, defining the framework of principles more commonly associated with urban resilience; secondly, providing a selection of indicators that embodies the different proposals of measurement; and thirdly, applying the indicator matrix to two Portuguese case studies (Caldas da Rainha and Évora urban systems).

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Space and Community - The Spatial Foundations of Urban Neighborhoods: An Evaluation of Three Theories of Urban Form and Social Structure and Their Relevance to the Issue of Neighborhoods

Berkeley Planning Journal ◽

10.5070/bp310113064 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yodan Rofe

Keyword(s):

Social Structure ◽

Urban Form ◽

Urban Neighborhoods

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A Survey of Iran s Social Structure in the Transition from the Sassanid to the Early Islamic Era from the Manuscript and Archaeological Evidence

Cedrus ◽

10.13113/cedrus/201620 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 341-341

Author(s):

Ali Aarab

Keyword(s):

Social Structure ◽

Archaeological Evidence ◽

Early Islamic

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The social structure and physical form of the state-owned farm in north-east China

Proceedings 24th ISUF 2017 - City and Territory in the Globalization Age ◽

10.4995/isuf2017.2017.6039 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Li Xiujie ◽

Fu Hongpeng ◽

Yang Meng

Keyword(s):

Social Structure ◽

Urban Form ◽

Social Space ◽

Urban Morphology ◽

The State ◽

Urban China ◽

East China ◽

North East ◽

The Social ◽

Physical Form

The social structure and physical form of the state-owned farm in north-east China Xiujie Li, Hongpeng Fu, Meng Yang College of Urban and Environmental Sciences. Peking University. Beijing. China. 100871 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Keywords: state-owned farm, policy, social structure, physical form, urban morphology Conference topics and scale: Urban form and social use of space State-owned farms in north-east China are numerous and large in size. They have played an important role in the reclamation and guarding of the frontier in China. Their physical form is sensitive to government policy. Following the historical development of a particular farm, an examination is made of how its social structure and physical form have been influenced by the policies of different periods. The development process has experienced three stages since this farm’s founding. There has been a change from ‘farmers farming together on the land which belongs to the whole farm’ to ‘farmers farming together on the land which belongs to the companies of the farm’, and then ‘farmers farming severally on the land’. The physical form of the farm has been influenced by the policies in different historical periods. Important aspects of these policies include industrial structure, population structure, land ownership, and town and country planning. This study provides a basis for future urban morphological research. References Conzen, M.R.G. (2011) Alnwick, Northumberland: a study in town-plan analysis (China Architecture & Building Press, China) Bray, D. (2005) Social space and governance in urban China (Stanford University Press, Stanford)

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