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SUMMARY:Qualitative methods in urban planning and design  - Gabriela Quint
 ana Vigiola\, University of Technology\, Sydney
DTSTART:20160120T160000Z
DTEND:20160120T170000Z
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CONTACT:Clare Eaves
DESCRIPTION:Traditionally urban planning\, urban design and other built en
 vironment disciplines have based their processes and outcomes on quantitat
 ive data. In the past few decades\, qualitative approaches have also risen
  as valuable. However\, theorists\, philosophers and practitioners have la
 rgely questioned both methodologies\, highlighting their pros and cons. No
 wadays\, mainstream planning and urban design continue to use quantitative
  methodologies\, sometimes dismissing qualitative approaches.\n\n \n\nUnde
 rstanding the value of qualitative methodology\, this talk focuses on the 
 link between qualitative approaches and some theoretical and practical out
 comes. Through a research example\, I will discuss the concept of territor
 ial transferal process\, which arose from in-depth interviews\, and its po
 tential application in urban planning and design.\n\n\n\nBiography:\n\n\nA
 rchitect (UCV\, Venezuela\, 2004)\; MSc in Urban Design (UCV\, Venezuela\,
  2008)\; PhD Built Environment (candidate in UTS). Since June 2012 she has
  held the position of Lecturer in Urban Planning at the School of Built En
 vironment in the Faculty of Design\, Architecture and Building at the Univ
 ersity of Technology Sydney in Australia. Previously she worked for three 
 years as an Assistant Professor at the Universidad Simon Bolivar\, and for
  five years as an Instructor Professor at the Universidad Central de Venez
 uela\, both in Caracas\, Venezuela. In addition\, since graduating she has
  also been continuously involved as a consultant with the urban design and
  urban planning private industry. Her practice and research focus on curre
 nt issues as Participatory Design methodology\, masterplanning\, urban des
 ign developments\, culture\, spirituality and urban spaces\, urban morphol
 ogy\, and Urban Design and Urban Planning history and theory.
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 1
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