Research on spatial morphology characteristics of traditional “bottom-up” settlements—a case study of Licha Village and Xiangang Village in Gaoyao, Guangdong Province

This paper aims at discussing the potentials of bottom-up design practices in relation to the latest developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by making an in-depth review of inaugural cases. The first part of the study involves a literature study and the elaboration of basic strategies from the case study. The second part reframes the existing ICT tools and strategies and elaborates on their potentials to support the modes of participation performed in these cases. As a result, by distilling the created knowledge, the study reveals the potentials of novel modes of ICT-enabled design participation which exploit a set of collective action tools to support sustainable ways of self-organization and bottom-up design. The final part explains the relevance of these with solid examples and presents a hypothetical case for future implementation. The paper concludes with a brief reflection on the implications of the findings for the future of architectural design education.

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Quantitative Research of Urban Spatial Morphology: A Case Study of the Main Urban Zone of Chongqing

Geo-information Science ◽

10.3724/sp.j.1047.2013.001297 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 297 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Zhiqing ZHANG ◽

Dunxin JIA ◽

Shihu DENG ◽

Xianfeng JIN

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Research ◽

Urban Zone ◽

Spatial Morphology

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Attrition as a bottom-up pathway to subnational democratization

International Political Science Review ◽

10.1177/01925121211019269 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 019251212110192

Author(s):

Trix van Mierlo

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Field Research ◽

Building Blocks ◽

The Philippines ◽

Causal Process ◽

Bottom Up ◽

System A ◽

Extensive Field ◽

Democratic System

Oftentimes, democracy is not spread out evenly over the territory of a country. Instead, pockets of authoritarianism can persist within a democratic system. A growing body of literature questions how such subnational authoritarian enclaves can be democratized. Despite fascinating insights, all existing pathways rely on the actions of elites and are therefore top-down. This article seeks to kick-start the discussion on a bottom-up pathway to subnational democratization, by proposing the attrition mechanism. This mechanism consists of four parts and is the product of abductive inference through theory-building causal process tracing. The building blocks consist of subnational democratization literature, social movement theory, and original empirical data gathered during extensive field research. This case study focuses on the ‘Dynasty Slayer’ in the province of Isabela, the Philippines, where civil society actors used the attrition mechanism to facilitate subnational democratization. This study implies that civil society actors in subnational authoritarian enclaves have agency.

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Bottom-Up Industrialization in the People’s Republic of China: A Case Study of Industries Producing Small Things in Zhejiang

Imitation, Counterfeiting and the Quality of Goods in Modern Asian History - Studies in Economic History ◽

10.1007/978-981-10-3752-8_13 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 245-281

Author(s):

Asei Ito

Keyword(s):

People’S Republic Of China ◽

People's Republic Of China ◽

Bottom Up ◽

Republic Of China ◽

Small Things

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Notice of Retraction: A research on urban spatial morphology and land use type based on space syntax: A case study on Lujiazui functional area of Shanghai

2010 2nd International Conference on Computer Engineering and Technology ◽

10.1109/iccet.2010.5486300 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Shouyi Lin ◽

Qi Shen ◽

Jianhua Xu ◽

Yang Yang

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Space Syntax ◽

Land Use Type ◽

Functional Area ◽

Spatial Morphology

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Bottom-up social enterprises in Romania. Case study – Retirees’ Mutual Aid Association

International Review of Sociology ◽

10.1080/03906701.2016.1181388 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 247-261

Author(s):

Mihaela Lambru ◽

Claudia Petrescu

Keyword(s):

Social Enterprises ◽

Mutual Aid ◽

Bottom Up

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Research on the Green Urban Morphology Based on BIM - A Case Study on the Urban Design in Nanhe City

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.368-370.78 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 368-370 ◽

pp. 78-82

Author(s):

Ping Shu ◽

Jun Xu ◽

Li Jun Wang

Keyword(s):

Urban Design ◽

Design Process ◽

Design Patterns ◽

Urban Morphology ◽

Theoretical Studies ◽

Design Practice ◽

Building Information Model ◽

Building Information ◽

Spatial Morphology

Based on theoretical studies of the urban spatial morphology, this paper introduces advanced concepts and methods of BIM (Building Information Model) into the urban design in Nanhe City ,and then respectively makes innovations of the urban design practice supported by BIM technology in the process of design, optimization and implementation of the program, attempting to explore BIM-based design patterns of the urban spatial morphology to make the traditional urban design process more rational and scientific, to expect to reach the green and sustainable urban spatial morphology.

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