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Generative forces shaping the traditional city: the case of Hoian, Vietnam

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This study develops a new approach for assessing the form of a traditional city by employing Christopher Alexander’s generative method, which involves pattern and form languages. The pattern language for a traditional city and a new set of 20 properties of urban elements are developed to provide a better framework for understanding urban form. These properties are synthesised from the 15 properties outlined by Alexander and the 10 qualities proposed by Kevin Lynch. The Coherent Index is developed and implemented to assess the impact of generative forces on the urban form of the ancient quarter of Hoian, Vietnam. This study reveals that the ethnic interdependence and integration of the international community, the power of water and trade, and monarchical power were the most important forces that determined the form of Hoian between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.

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  • Ngoc Hong Nguyen, 2017. "Generative forces shaping the traditional city: the case of Hoian, Vietnam," Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(2), pages 231-253, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjouxx:v:10:y:2017:i:2:p:231-253
    DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2016.1223737
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