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<p>Apologies for cross-posting: <br>
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<p> <span id="yui_3_14_1_1_1550298614799_140">According to
Christopher Alexander, wholeness is defined as a mathematical
and physical structure of space that pervasively exists in our
surroundings: not only in built environment such as buildings,
streets, and cities, but also in art such as artifacts and
paintings. This tutorial provides a structural perspective on
goodness of space – both large- and small-scale – in order to
bridge together the two concepts of space and place through the
very concept of wholeness. A space is good – genuinely and
objectively – if its adjacent spaces are good, the larger space
to which it belongs is good, and what is contained in the space
is also good. Eventually, goodness of space is considered a
matter of fact rather than of opinion under the new view of
space of Alexander: space is neither lifeless nor neutral, but a
living structure capable of being more living or less living.
Under the new view of space or new cosmology, geography will
become part of complexity science for not only understanding
complexity, but also making and remaking complex or living
structures.</span></p>
<p><span id="yui_3_14_1_1_1550298614799_140"></span><a
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href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331148799_Goodness_of_Space_As_a_Matter_of_Fact_-_Rather_Than_Opinion_-_Based_on_Alexander's_Wholeness">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331148799_Goodness_of_Space_As_a_Matter_of_Fact_-_Rather_Than_Opinion_-_Based_on_Alexander%27s_Wholeness_Regensburg_Germany_September_10_2019</a></p>
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Thanks and cheers. <br>
<br>
Bin</p>
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Bin Jiang
Division of GIScience
Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development
University of Gävle, SE-801 76 Gävle, Sweden
Phone: +46-26-64 8901 Fax: +46-26-64 8758
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bin.jiang@hig.se">bin.jiang@hig.se</a> Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://giscience.hig.se/binjiang/">http://giscience.hig.se/binjiang/</a>
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Associate Editor: Cartographica
BinsArXiv: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://arxiv.org/a/jiang_b_1">http://arxiv.org/a/jiang_b_1</a>
Axwoman: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://giscience.hig.se/binjiang/axwoman/">http://giscience.hig.se/binjiang/axwoman/</a>
Geomatics: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://giscience.hig.se/binjiang/geomaticsprogram/">http://giscience.hig.se/binjiang/geomaticsprogram/</a>
RG: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bin_Jiang3">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bin_Jiang3</a>
New: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329643348_New_Paradigm_in_Mapping_A_Critique_on_Cartography_and_GIS">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329643348_New_Paradigm_in_Mapping_A_Critique_on_Cartography_and_GIS</a>
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