Exploring Methods for Mapping Rurality in Housing Settlements: Cityscape vs. Landscape

Abstract

The paper presents the research on methods and techniques for mapping rurality focused on identifying and re-examining the relations between cityscape and landscape within the typology of socialist housing. The research aims to provide new insights into the relationship between rurality and modernity at different levels: from the level of the comprehensive city territory to the single housing unit. The research subject is focused on housing settlements created based on the Master Plan of Belgrade from 1950 and 1972, with a particular focus on the relations of housing with the landscape structure and ecology. The result of the paper is a systematic presentation of techniques and methods for mapping different aspects of rurality through a multiscale approach.