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PLACE‐FRAMING URBANITY: The Case of Kalasatama, Helsinki
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Narratives, visuality and symbolic representations are increasingly important in contemporary urban planning and development. This article seeks to understand how urbanity, one of the key goals of Helsinki's recent planning, has been constructed in the Kalasatama regeneration area. The construction of urban image and identity is viewed as soft
Tuomas Ilmavirta
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Apartment building on Ocean Ave., damage from the 1933 earthquake
, 1933 Soldiers stand guard in front of apartment building.
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
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[News Clip: Blaze damages apartment house]
, 1953 Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a three-alarm apartment fire in Dallas.
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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CAPITALIZING CRISIS: Urban Extractivism in Athens Amidst Neoliberal Restructurings
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article we examine the post‐2009 transformation of Athens through the analytical lens of urban extractivism. We argue that the Greek sovereign debt crisis did not operate as a temporary disruption, but as a durable political condition that enabled the institutionalization of extractive urban governance.
Konstantinos Zafeiris +2 more
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Is it worth identifying service employment (sub)centres when modelling apartment prices? [PDF]
The use of the attributes of the central business district and several subcentres instead of the characteristics of all the land parcels or zones can be seen as a higher level of analysis in real estate valuation.
Marko Kryvobokov
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VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
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Commercial/apartment building, Anaheim east of Cherry, damage from the 1933 earthquake
, 1933 Front wall of apartment building has fallen away, giving open view of individual apartments and belongings inside. Workers with ladder survey site, and women in heavy coats glance inside building as they walk by.
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ALL POSSIBLE PASTS: Heritage, Simulacra, and Gentrification in Seoul
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban heritage scholars have often criticized simulacra as ‘bad’ copies that degrade the ‘good’ model of the past through commercialization and gentrification. This article challenges such Platonic dichotomies of good/bad and model/copy, arguing that the binary of good heritage and bad simulacra is flawed because heritage is itself actualized ...
Myung In Ji
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Urban environment, health, and equity: A population-based study of symptoms and annoyances related to air pollution, traffic noise, and greenness. [PDF]
Environ EpidemiolEiffener E +15 more
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