Readings

Required Readings


	TOPICS				READINGS


	Tangible Infoscapes				Ben-Joseph, Eran and Hiroshi Ishii, Urban Simulation and the Luminous Planning Table: Bridging the Gap between the Digital and the Tangible, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2001, 21:195-202.


	Adventures In Modeling				Johnson, Steven, "Emergence : The Connected Lives of Ants", Cities and Brains, Chapter 2.


	TOPICS				READINGS


	The Planner's Toolbox				Lorlene's Web-based Portfolio: http://gis.mit.edu/classes/11.204/webportfolio/index.htm


	WWW History: Encoding and Delivery of Binary Data				Writing for the Web: Guidelines for MIT Libraries. Lynch, Patrick J., and Sarah Horton, Web Style Guide 2: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2002.


	Planning a Web Site: Creating a Sense of Place and a Framework for Action				Lynch, Patrick J., and Sarah Horton, Web Style Guide 2: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2002. Tufte, Edward R., "Color and Information". In Envisioning Information, Cheshire, Graphics Press, 2001.


	Reading and Telling Landscape				Meyerowitz, Joel, The Nature of Cities and Sense of Place, under "Books" at http://www.joelmeyerowitz.com. See also his images and discussion of work at Ground Zero: http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/meyerowitz/.


	The Photographic Essay: Telling a Story, Constructing an Argument				Lange, Dorothea, and Paul Taylor, American Exodus, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1969.


	The Leap from Data to Knowledge				Tufte, Edward R. "Graphical Excellence." In The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Cheshire, Graphics Press, 2001.


	Tangible Infoscapes				Bosselmann, Peter, Representation of Places: Reality and Realism in City Design, Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1998.