The Social Sciences

Assignment-4 how the relationships amidst large number and concern be fix uped. In this assignment I will try to compare and contrast two views of how the relationship between spate and craft is ordered. The relationship between people and barter is and so encounterd in chapter 7 of reservation social lives. I will be comparing and contrasting the differences and similarities between channel barter engineers Colin Buchanan and Hans Monderman. Colin Buchanan was instructioned by the UK government in 1961 to start work on the report c completelying in towns for the Ministry of transport chapter 7 p. 27 the report was aimed to produce a smart design for ur banishment space in order to engineer the business same(p)(p) distri just nowion and access of a jumbo numbers of vehicles to a large number of buildings. Achieving a satisfactory standard in our environment for smell in towns. Chapter 7 P. 327 Buchanan had visions of more(prenominal) towns to be organised to the flow of trading and more roads to be reinforced. The Department of Transport reports between the jiffy World War and 1969 the Numbers of motorrailway cars on the roads quadrupled this meant that not however needed more roads needed to be built but also a new way for towns to live with cars. Chapter 7 p. 326 silva 2009 Cited Ministry of transport 1963. The future of choking road congestion was feared unless the rapid get in demand for car travel was matched by an increased tally of roads. Buchanans concept was built on the explicit principle of separatism, reading from chapter 7 Ordering social life the case of road traffic devising social lives sometimes the strict separation of vehicles and people cars were afforded their own liberally proportioned network and pedestrians were safely tucked away in residential blocks ofttimes terminating enquired cul-de-sacs. sylva, Cited Buchanan 2009 p. 329 chapter 7 the whole subject of traffic in towns Is capable of cosmos tack tog ether on a rational and quantitative basis. Guesswork and intuition mass be largely eliminated given the necessary information, umpteen aspects or scarce culpable and there is scope for techniques which will greatly ease the turn on of decision between alternative courses of action. Now lets examine anformer(a) road traffic engineer and compare this to the Buchannan report. Hans Monderman a road traffic engineer from theNetherlands had contrasting ideas on how to organise traffic and people. Mondermans possibility was the removal of all traffic obstacles road signs traffic lights and purpose the spaces left for humans to share the space with motorists. In evidence in 1989 the council members of Drachten voted to set aside e real single traffic light and abolish road signs and model signs. P. 334 Silva 2009 chapter 7 his concept was that when all traffic obstacles were removed, the space left was to be overlap by drivers and pedestrians.His theory was to narrow the roads a nd also gear up features alongside them. He planted trees and flowers and also Fountains, this was to discourage drivers from speeding the psychology of it was that they would slow down while driving past these features. Drachten is the town of 43,000 people in the Netherlands Monderman shared space approach was known as the Drachten experiment. Silva2009, cited councillor Koop kerkestra p. 334. The head of traffic policy at the town hall of Drachten, the lights were cause problems people were for ever waiting to get across junctions.We also had more than 140 casualties a year. It was difficult to know what to do, and we certainly didnt want to ban cars as we loved cars here in Drachten. Fortunately I met traffic engineer who had an unconventional solution. P. 334 chapter 7 Silva, 2009 cited Monderman. If you treat drivers like zombies they will stick out like zombies explains Monderman in other words, motorists or taught to blindly follow instructions, they violate sentiment for themselves, and accidents follow.The above are a few briefs on traffic engineers Hans Monderman and Colin Buchannan who were some(prenominal) tasked with very difficult assignments and both had completely different views on how to manage the traffic flow, although Buchannan was much earlier than Monderman in years, both had quite revolutionary ideas of their times. Trying to compere the similarities between Monderman and Buchanan is not an light(a) task to under make upt, firstly they were both road traffic engineers which are all-important(prenominal) I guess, and they were both commissioned by governments even though Mondermans commission was through local government.They were both commissioned to create the use of break-dance space and a way to ease the flow of traffic in towns. They both looked at traffic and humans and how each played a role in creating a design for traffic to move more easily. This was also due to the similarity in statistics of ever change magnitud e car owners on the roads, and I suppose a reason to prevent accidents in the future. What are the differences in both these engineers ideas plans and concepts of how to manage road traffic between humans and cars? Firstly Buchanan segregated humans from road traffic and built towns on the edges of motorways.Towns were built much(prenominal) as Milton Keynes and many other places with neer ending cul de sacs and hovictimization estates which were hard to get to even using the sign posts as it all looked the same. This isolated the towns from the spacious road networks, resulting in later years ever more traffic lights calming zones and such like. However Monderman wanted to share this space left behind after(prenominal) the removal of traffic lights and all road signs with pedestrians cyclists and car drivers. Arguments. Buchanan based is road hierarchy on segregating people in towns from traffic?Did this mean primary roads and street roads were placed forrader motorways? Which streets and roads were best placed to distribute the traffic flow, do Buchanans plans still work in to daytimes modern society, and it takems ever more increasing traffic We need ever more modern day thinking and new approaches. Buchanan based his road flows from towns thus the use of the space with segregation from people means many town roads and street roads were cut off from the motorways. Was there enough space left for what we see today in the likes of bus lanes, cycle lanes, did Buchanan foresee this.If he did surely the roads he planned and then subsequently built would be a lot wider. Today we are left with throttle list of space If you drive down a normal high alley in any town today you will see that traffic is very crowded and congested, there will be a limited amount of space for cars and vans taxis etc. You will notice that the inside lanes are used specifically for public transport busses. I would certainly moot that the Buchanan report had many flaws using ane cdotal evidence put before me. I say anecdotal as I prepare no evidence to look at as I have to use what is in front of me for this assignment.Now let me turn to Hans Monderman and his vision of the shared space approach. This is very interesting as he relies solely on interaction of the person or persons driving vehicles, with pedestrians or cyclists. Since all the obstacles of traffic lights and even road kerbs have been removed, this leads all participants having to acknowledge each other and prejudge one anothers next movement. This idea seems like what you see on the TV, in places such as India Pakistan and Asia, which all traffic is moving unbendable around town centre junctions, which seems quite chaotic to ones first instinct.They all in fact seem in a frightful kick and one has no data to rely on? About how many accidents or crashes they may be in places like this. I dont quite know if this is the same as Hanss Mondermans shared space theory, but thats all Ive got to go on in my argument. What was it Monderman said concerning the use of traffic lights in town centres, with drivers having to obey the instructions given by a set of lights, if you treat people like zombies they will act like zombies Silva2009, cited Monderman p. 34 in that this idea is similar to the behavioural social scientist Foucault. Who when studying people and their behaviours he wrote? People come to see themselves as engaged in normal ways of thinking and behaving through socialisation processes in the family, schools, piece of work or public space. In turn, they can contrast themselves with the deviant or abnormal people who lack self-control or self-discipline and thusly behave badly. P. 321, 2009. This is very interesting as he is thinking the same as Monderman in the use of people and their control.Conclusion. Both Buchannan and Monderman were modern day thinkers of engineering and planning road traffic, both had relative success in their tasks and both used people and s egregation from cars. Monderman with Buchannan without Both ideas are very interesting, although I think Buchannans is out-dated by now but he played a major role in United nations traffic engineering. Hans Mondermans idea is really fascinating though and I wonder greatly if it is working and how many other nations will take up this idea. References. Silva.Elizabeth, 2009 Making social lives. United Kingdom the bold University. Milton Keynes. Silva. Elizabeth, 2009 making social order, 7 31 pp. 326-328,United Kingdom the Open University. Milton Keynes Silva, Elizabeth, 2009 Making social order, Silva cited Buchanan p. 326 7, United Kingdom the Open University. Milton Keynes Silva, Elizabeth, 2009 making social order 7 Silva cited Koop Kerkestra-Monderman p. 334 Making social order. United kingdom the Open University Milton Keynes. The Open University cited Foucault, 2009 pp-319-322. 7, 2. 2. he social sciences and social order. United Kingdom, the Open University Milton Keynes. Se lf-reflection, although I have a fair way to go yet I am starting to grasp the basics of social science and how they work and order things, this assignment was my most focused yet and although it is frustrating not being able to find other sources for my work especially on the results of how Monderman and Buchannans theories have worked out since they started I think my work could be even better in the future. Word count 1696 including references and self-reflection.