Social sustainability: Do-it-yourself urbanism, start-it-yourself urbanism [PDF]
Many definitions of social sustainability focus on community engagement and economic equity as the main determinants of social sustainability. Measures to achieve social sustainability need to address (a) poverty, and (b) poverty-generating mechanisms or social and political exclusion. Governments do not take adequate steps toward social sustainability.
Abbas Ziafati Bafarasat
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Repair und Do-it-yourself Urbanism in Wien aus Bezirksperspektive [PDF]
In Wien wie auch in anderen europäischen Großstädten werden jährlich Tonnen von Elektrogeräten, Möbeln, Textilien, Spielzeug und anderen Alltagsgegenstände entsorgt, obwohl diese oftmals lange weiterverwendet werden könnten. Zugleich lässt in Wien ein Anwachsen von Do-it-Yourself-Aktivitäten, Repair-Initiativen und -Workshops beobachten, die unter den ...
Jonas, Michael, Segert, Astrid
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Experimentation, privilege, and difference: The politics of do‐it‐yourself urbanism
AbstractThe Canterbury Earthquake Sequence of 2010–2012 was devastating for Christchurch, New Zealand, a city built on a floodplain. The sequence resulted in widespread damage across the central business district (CBD) and residential areas. Alongside, and in contrast to, orthodox planning responses by the New Zealand Government, playful, creative, and
Francis L Collins +2 more
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Do it Yourself (DIY) Movement in Urban Space Production [PDF]
Even though urbanism is usually realized within a plan, it is sometimes formed by spontanous interventions of various actors. This study deals with the second type that includes small scale practices spontaneously realized in cities. The aim of this study is to examine the examples of these movements, which are known as 'do it yourself urbanism' (DIY ...
ATAY KAYA, İLGİ, KUT GÖRGÜN, ESRA
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Narrativas para un diseño urbano extendido: Urban hacking y apropiación en el barrio La Chimba
Los últimos años se ha venido desarrollando un cuestionamiento al carácter top-down de la planificación urbana y a las ineficiencias que muchas veces manifiestan los programas burocráticos y centralizados para observar los problemas de la ciudad.
Martín Tironi
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Glimpses of a new profession within tactical urbanism
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in urban tactics. While a precise definition of the banner urban tactics is problematic, the generally recognized common features of such practices are the short-term, the small spatial scale, a ...
Camilla Guadalupi
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Formalization of Do It Yourself (DIY) Urbanism through co-production: examples from Turkey
Kut Görgün, Esra, Atay Kaya, İlgi
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The public health response to ‘do-it-yourself’ urbanism
Greater understanding of the important and complex relationship between the built environment and human health has made ‘healthy places’ a focus of public health and health promotion. While current literature concentrates on creating healthy places through traditional decision-making pathways (namely, municipal land use planning and urban design ...
Sibbald, Shannon L. +2 more
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Measuring Intensity – Describing and Analysing the “Urban Buzz”
Density or Intensity? There is much debate about how to measure density – dwellings per hectare, bedrooms per hectare or people per hectare; including or excluding major highways, parks and open spaces; the permanent population only or the transient one
Tim Stonor
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How to Define the Urban Comfort in the Era of Smart Cities through the Use of the Do-It-Yourself Approach and New Pervasive Technologies [PDF]
The “Smart” concept applied to the cities intends to improve different fields of the urban context and in particular the life quality of citizens. An important part of the overall well-being is the urban comfort, defined as a function of some environmental parameters.
Francesco Salamone +4 more
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