This is the first part of a two-part investigation of the utility of structuration theory in empirical analysis of the urban built environment. An exegesis of Giddens's structuration theory is presented (section 2), and its geographical applications are assessed (section 3). A reworking of the structuration model is subsequently developed (section 4), and the difficulties of applying it to empirical problems are discussed (section 5). Finally, in section 6, a model for analyzing the structuration of urban space is proposed. This model is subsequently employed in a companion paper.
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