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, 2016 While ruins have been a popular object for nostalgic yearnings of a better past, they also harbour an ambivalent potential for moral and historical critique. This article unpacks the variety of meanings ruins embody in W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants and The
Vandevoordt, Robin
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Tree-squares in Anatolia : what does an emergent public space mean? [PDF]
, 2015 Urban places, besides their physical characteristics, are regarded as grounds where personal or collective meanings are created and accumulated. An individual can capture the meaning of a place, or create new meanings by relying on his/her own feelings ...
Cihanger Medeiros Ribeiro, Duygu
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Smart Cities between Ethics and Aesthetics
, 2014 Smart cities are systems of knowledge. If on the one hand they maintain an identity that prevents repetition - given the uniqueness of their historical-evolutionary path – on the other hand they can be classified according to the criteria of representation adopted for interaction with the urban reality.
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Walkable Gettysburg— How Pedestrian Friendly is the Borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania?
, 2014 Walkability is a measure of how easily pedestrians can reach a variety of destinations via walking. Greater walkability has been linked to several benefits, including improvements in human health, economic stimulus, and improved air quality.
Gilvarg, Samuel C., Kesnig, Shane A.
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ArtsAlthough situated at the geographic margin of the early modern Atlantic World, the Pacific coast of Peru was an important region in the development of African diasporic material culture.
Brendan J. M. Weaver +2 more
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The Aesthetics of City Strolling
Contemporary Aesthetics, 2013 This paper concentrates on an eminently urban phenomenon, with the accent on urban. The phenomenon in question plays an important role in theories of modern urban culture. City strolling refers to the way we move along while walking through the city. City strolling often is understood exclusively under the hegemony of an optical regime, but this is one-
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Does malaga city have green and blue infraestructures? analysis of their ecological connectivity, population accesibility and potential ecosystem services [PDF]
, 2018 Ecosystem services (ES) are defined as “benefits people obtain from ecosystems”, and classified as provisioning, regulation and maintenance, and cultural services.
Hueso-Gonzalez, Paloma +2 more
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Comparative Study of Visual Aesthetics of Urban Space in Golestan and Moradab Neighborhoods of Karaj [PDF]
تحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیاییBeauty is among the most sublime human needs. Since the time humans began building cities, they have paid attention to the sense of aesthetics. The purpose of this research is to conduct a comparative evaluation of two neighborhoods, Golestan and Moradab,
habib fasihi, mina heydari
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Scientific ReportsBased on dynamic monitoring data on China’s population, by using complex networks, spatial analysis and mathematical measurement, this study reveals the spatial characteristics and influencing factors of the network of flows of highly educated talents in
Wentian Shi +3 more
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Liveable City from an Economic Perspective [PDF]
Journal of Urban and Landscape Planning, 2017 The purpose of this article is to provide an overall image of what a liveable city is. Starting from the theoretical aspects presented in the first part of this work, and ending up with the practical ones, an attempt was made to provide an answer to the ...
Daniela Antonescu
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