A sketch-plan for construction of built environment theory

Building Research and Information

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-279

  Rabeneck, Andrew ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environment; Conceptual frameworks; Instrumentalism; Prediction; Schema; Systems of inquiry; Theory building; Usefulness

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LEGACY SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; INSTRUMENTALISM; SYSTEMS OF INQUIRY; THEORY-BUILDING; USEFULNESS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 42149122046     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210801928115     Document Type: Article

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