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The Built Environment Interdiscipline: A Theoretical Model for Decision Makers in Research and Teaching

Paul Chynoweth

Research Institute for the Built & Human Environment University of Salford

Built Environment

Emphasis on Fields of Application

• A range of practice-oriented subjects concerned with the design,

development and management of buildings, spaces and places (Griffiths 2003)

• Architecture, Landscape, Urban Planning, Housing and Transport,

Construction and Real Estate (CEBE)

Built Environment

Cognitive Knowledge Base

• Management
• Economics
• Law
• Design
• Technology

Some combination of: Has implications for curriculum design, research strategy, research methodologies and the management of the research-teaching nexus

Computer Science Civil Eng Mechanical Eng Electrical Eng Education Social Work Accounting Sociology Psychology

APPLIED PURE HARD SOFT

Mathematics Physics Economics Chemistry Geography Technology Design Management Law Art History Languages Politics

Disciplinary Model (Biglan 1973, Kolb 1981)

Multidisciplinarity

(Jantsch 1972)

Discipline Discipline Discipline

Pluridisciplinarity

(Jantsch 1972)

Discipline Discipline Discipline

Crossdisciplinarity

(Jantsch 1972)

Discipline Discipline Discipline

Interdisciplinarity

(Jantsch 1972)

Discipline Discipline Discipline Axiomatic

Management Economics Built Environment axiomatic Law Technology Design

Built Environment Interdiscipline

Significance

• Curriculum design
• Research strategy
• Research methodologies
• Management of the research-teaching nexus

in terms of: