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A Crowdsourcing Approach in Urban Design: A Bibliographic Review of Cities of Singularity

A Crowdsourcing Approach in Urban Design: A Bibliographic Review of Cities of Singularity

Hisham Abusaada, Abeer Elshater
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781522592389|ISBN10: 1522592385|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522592396|EISBN13: 9781522592402
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9238-9.ch001
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Abusaada, Hisham, and Abeer Elshater. "A Crowdsourcing Approach in Urban Design: A Bibliographic Review of Cities of Singularity." Handbook of Research on Digital Research Methods and Architectural Tools in Urban Planning and Design, edited by Hisham Abusaada, et al., IGI Global, 2019, pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9238-9.ch001

APA

Abusaada, H. & Elshater, A. (2019). A Crowdsourcing Approach in Urban Design: A Bibliographic Review of Cities of Singularity. In H. Abusaada, C. Vellguth, & A. Elshater (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Digital Research Methods and Architectural Tools in Urban Planning and Design (pp. 1-24). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9238-9.ch001

Chicago

Abusaada, Hisham, and Abeer Elshater. "A Crowdsourcing Approach in Urban Design: A Bibliographic Review of Cities of Singularity." In Handbook of Research on Digital Research Methods and Architectural Tools in Urban Planning and Design, edited by Hisham Abusaada, Carsten Vellguth, and Abeer Elshater, 1-24. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9238-9.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter examines the problem of excessive similarity when designing new cities. It focuses on the generating of innovative ideas through urban design paradigms. The purpose of this work is to support the efforts of planners and designers toward the creation of new cities based on the concept of cities of singularity. This chapter is a bibliographic review of some conventional Western paradigms in urban planning and design. Based on this work, the three initial singularities of cities can be sketched as being architecturally singular (artwork-like/artistic and organic), societally singular (social, economic, and transcultural), or technologically and informationally singular (smart) in nature. The analytical reading depends on content analysis—which follows the potentiality of exploring the meaning of singularity and its characteristics, indicators, and principles. It collects the interrelationships of the old and new paradigms. The outcomes provide a framework for creating ‘cities of singularity' based on a crowdsourcing approach.

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