Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Prologue -- The Three Layers of This Book -- Chapter 1: The Interdisciplinary Realm -- Abstract -- Box 1.1: What is Interdisciplinary Research? -- General Characteristics of Case Studies -- Research Questions -- Past vs. Present -- Box 1.2: Korean Architecture's First Appearance in the West -- Triangulation of Evidence and Methods -- Manipulation and Control of Variables -- How Many Cases? -- Quantitative or Qualitative Data? -- Theory Development and Modification -- Box 1.3: Research-based Design of an Elementary School -- Box 1.4: A Case Study -- Ontological and Epistemological Premises of Case Studies -- Background of Case Studies -- Box 1.5: ANTi-History -- Paradigmatic Foundations of Case Studies -- Box 1.6: A Paradigm -- Tripartite Systems of Inquiry -- Standards of Research Quality -- Case Study Research Design for Design Research -- Annotated Bibliography vs. Literature Review -- Box 1.7: A Literature Review -- Box 1.8: A Good Literature Review -- Unit of Assignment -- Rival Explanations -- Box 1.9: Research Design -- Exercise 1 Identifying Cases -- Exercise 2 Identifying Variables -- Exercise 3 Identifying Line of Logic -- Recommended Further Reading -- Chapter 2: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Strategies -- Abstract -- Embedded Case Studies -- Single-Case Embedded Studies -- Box 2.1: Imagining Islais Creek: Integrating Ecological and Human Health in San Francisco, CA -- Multiple-Case Embedded Studies -- Box 2.2: Testing Photovoice for Heritage-Based Tourism Sites -- Holistic Case Studies -- Single-Case Holistic Studies -- Box 2.3: Defining the Spirit of Place of Bhaktapur, Nepal -- Multiple-Case Holistic Studies -- Box 2.4: Memory Sketch as a Tool for Place-Making: Creating Sense of Place in School Environments -- Multiple Data Sources