Qualitative Research Methods in Spatial Urban Development： A Methodological Investigation of Approaches into Urban Development Based on Centralities in the Context of a Medium-Sized European City

作     者：Martin Brabant 

作者机构：Projektkrafi Building Brands Rheinboldtstrasse 1 2362 Biedermannsdorrf Austria 

出 版 物：《Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture》 (土木工程与建筑（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第10卷第11期

页      面：1288-1296页

学科分类：12[管理学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 08[工学] 081303[工学-城市规划与设计(含：风景园林规划与设计）] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0833[工学-城乡规划学] 083302[工学-城乡规划与设计] 

主　　题：Social space analysis qualitative research methods in urban development processes classification of city sizes urban centre. 

摘      要：Dispersed and peripheral spaces in the urban core are influenced both by the trend towards constant growth as well as social ways of life which are constantly evolving. Following a connotation, these two factors therefore play a crucial role in defining the alternation of urban space--in particular, that of the centers. The main focus of this research article is on the methodology used in the survey and evaluation of ＂centralities＂ as well as their developments over the past four decades （1974-2014） in approaches to urban development that has been developed in Graz.~ The analysis has drawn on the four editions （＂evolution＂） of approaches to urban development as conceived by the city of Graz in order to examine their verbal characteristics in regard to centralities. At the same time, the analysis does not examine presentations of plans which exist in supplementary forms （e.g., explanatory reports and supplemented plans）--it restricts itself solely to the various plans set out in the STEKs.2 The highest degree of accuracy has been applied to the notion of ＂centralis＂ in approaches to urban development. The goal of the research project was to depict the modulation of the notion of ＂centrality＂ in the urban context as a space-forming dimension. Furthermore, it clearly shows the extent to which the notion of the ＂centre＂ （in the widest sense of the word） has become distanced from qualitative, spatial development and at the current time of urban development is experiencing a sort of Renaissance. In the field of ＂urban development＂, architectural references in the context of＂centrality＂ have scarcely been researched. This has led to the opening-up of a complex interdisciplinary research field. In order to make the complex architectural determinants of ＂centrality＂ more accessible to the participating disciplines, approaches to urban development have been explored in the form of a social and spatial analysis.