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A camp redefined as part of the city

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2017
Was what was built at La Linière in Grand-Synthe in northern France a traditional refugee camp or a new kind of urban district?
Cyrille Hanappe
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A Delphi and Importance–Performance Analysis Framework for Fire Safety Competencies of Architects and Fire Safety Engineering Consultants in the UAE

open access: yesBuildings
Fire safety in high-rise buildings represents a critical challenge in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where intensive urbanization, extreme climatic conditions, and multilayered regulatory frameworks impose unique competency demands on architects and ...
Salma Humaid Saeed Humaid Al Ali   +5 more
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Stages of development of Lenin Street in Chita

open access: yesАрхитектон
The article reviews the process of development of Lenin Street, the central street of the city of Chita. The study has identified five key stages in the formation of the street’s architectural ensemble, defined by the general historical processes that ...
Semushina Irina S.   +1 more
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Vanderbilt University’s West End Residential Colleges

open access: yesJournal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism
Vanderbilt University’s West End residential colleges, in Nashville, Tennessee, were designed to enhance campus life through a blend of traditional Collegiate Gothic architecture and modern amenities. They include E.
Gregory Hoss, Steve Knight
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Refugee settlements and sustainable planning

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2017
We need to develop refugee settlement planning processes that not only facilitate long-term planning but also allow for incremental upgrading. The case of M’Bera in Mauritania illustrates this.
Brett Moore
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Architects and Information Architects [PDF]

open access: yesBulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2000
openaire   +1 more source

Refugees and the city: UN-Habitat’s New Urban Agenda

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2017
Special protection for refugees and displaced persons should be part of countries’ housing policies.
Raffael Beier, Jasmin Fritzsche
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Security of tenure in the urban context

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2017
Addressing the lack of secure tenure and the risk of forced eviction is one of the defining characteristics of urban shelter response.
Neil Brighton   +2 more
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