Abstract
The main goal of this paper is to translate the indexing of a projects’ Data Base, based on EU vocabulary on rural urban development, into different lexicons. Built on the groundwork laid in previous researches, the authors want to enlarge the methodology applied in European Union (EU) territory and defined with Rural Architectural Intensification (RAI) and Rural Architectural Urbanism (RAU) to other contexts, in particular People’s Republic of China (PRC) and United States (US), keeping, however, this research at theoretical and methodological definition level. The study of coherences and differences between EU, US and China for rural urban development implies an interscalar and interdisciplinary analysis approach. It must be in complete adherence with national and specific directives and objectives in all the different selected countries. The analysis of main literature and national and federal laws of Europe, United States and China allows the definition of the Strategic Objectives and Main Goals for Rural Development identifying indicators and criteria. They permit to measure intensification’s outcomes in a qualitative way through the description and interpretation of operative tools for architecture and landscape design. Finally, the organized database and the territorial results can be considered as guidelines to support decision makers in rural-urban context. In addition, the whole procedure presented along with the projects’ database is a significant research package for further interdisciplinary applications.
Highlights
The study of coherences and differences between European Union (EU), United States (US) and People’s Republic of China (PRC) for rural urban development implies an interscalar and interdisciplinary analysis approach
Built on the groundwork laid in previous researches, the authors want to enlarge the methodology applied in European Union (EU) territory and defined with Rural Architectural Intensification (RAI) and Rural Architectural Urbanism (RAU) to other contexts, in particular People’s Republic of China (PRC) and United States (US), keeping, this research at theoretical and methodological definition level
In the first steps of the research a general Spatial Decision Support System has been defined with a specific application named Rural Architectural Intensification (RAI)
Summary
The study of coherences and differences between European Union (EU), United States (US) and People’s Republic of China (PRC) for rural urban development implies an interscalar and interdisciplinary analysis approach. This paper is built on the groundwork laid in previous research by the authors. In the first steps of the research a general Spatial Decision Support System has been defined with a specific application named Rural Architectural Intensification (RAI). In this context, the term Intensification introduces a new way of acting on rural urban context preserving existing buildings with a particular cultural (or architectural, historical, social, etc.) relevance and investing in new functions that may activate the mere built settlement but an entire territorial surrounding [1,2,3,4].
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