“One

 

of

 

the

 

most

 

common

 

methodological

 

mistakes

 

of

 

the

 

first

 

step

 

of

 

urban

 

planning

 

is

 

that

 

of

 

attempting

 

to

 

gather

 

all

 

the

 

knowledge

 

possible

 

to

 

then

 

file,

 

classify

 

and

 

chart

 

every

 

detail,

 

with

 

the

 

risk

 

of

 

getting

 

lost

 

into

 

the

 

granularity

 

of

 

mapping

 

analytics

 

and

 

detailed

 

representation

 

of

 

the

 

physical

 

and

 

socio-economic

 

elements.

 

This,

 

building

 

the

 

impression

 

that

 

the

 

simple

 

sum

 

of

 

the

 

most

 

varied

 

elements

 

that

 

have

 

been

 

gathered

 

may

 

lead

 

to

 

the

 

understanding

 

of

 

the

 

complex

 

urban

 

settlement

 

and

 

its

 

territory.”