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Rebuilding post-communist city identity: The case of Novi Pazar, Serbia
Urbani Izziv, 2022 In line with contemporary urban policy to build a competitive city identity, this article deals with the post-communist identity of Novi Pazar, a medium-sized city in southwestern Serbia.
Mina Petrović +2 more
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Comparing residents’ perceptions of quality of life in three Kyiv neighbourhoods
Urbani Izziv, 2022 According to Global North urban studies, the traditional low-rise mixed-function perimeter block is the most attractive urban morphology in terms of organization of space, time, values, and social interactions.
Olena Dronova +2 more
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Urbani Izziv, 2022 Pedestrian interventions for healthier and more inclusive streetscapes can be powerful mechanisms to increase the safety and comfort of walking in African cities.
Roussetos-Marios Stefanidis +1 more
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Obnova postsocialistične mestne identitete: primer Novega Pazarja v Srbiji
Urbani Izziv, 2022 Avtorice se v skladu s sodobno mestno politiko, katere cilj je oblikovati konkurenčno mestno identiteto, v članku ukvarjajo s postsocialistično identiteto Novega Pazarja, srednje velikega mesta na jugozahodu Srbije.
Mina Petrović +2 more
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Car Use: A Matter of Dependency or Choice? The Case of Commuting in Noord-Brabant
Urban Planning, 2023 Car use in the sprawled urban region of Noord-Brabant is above the Dutch average. Does this reflect car dependency due to the lack of competitive alternative modes? Or are there other factors at play, such as differences in preferences? This article aims
Hossein Dashtestaninejad +2 more
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Is It Possible to Compete With Car Use? How Buses Can Facilitate Sustainable Transport
Urban Planning, 2023 The need to prioritise the development of bus transport has attracted widespread attention in the literature. This study aims to investigate how buses can be used to facilitate a sustainable transport system, using Heze, in China, as a case study.
Qihao Liu +5 more
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Residents’ Perceptions of a Smart Technology Retrofit Towards Nearly Zero-Energy Performance
Urban Planning, 2022 Coping with global climate challenges requires changes in both individual practices and the technical infrastructure in which people operate. Retrofitting existing buildings with smart and sustainable technologies shows the potential in reducing the ...
Veronika Mooses +3 more
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Urban Planning, 2022 This article introduces a method for advancing environmental and social sustainability objectives in relation to home renovations laid out in European and Belgian policies.
Ermal Kapedani +3 more
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Urban Planning, 2022 A “community of knowledge” of representatives of the housing sector in the Netherlands investigated the impact of the behaviour of residents in sustainable housing, both newly constructed and renovated stock. For this, grey scientific data were used, i.e.
Fred Sanders, Marjolein Overtoom
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Reusing Timber Formwork in Building Construction: Testing, Redesign, and Socio-Economic Reflection
Urban Planning, 2022 In 2018, the construction sector was responsible for 39% of the worldwide energy and process-related carbon dioxide emissions (Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction et al., 2019).
Arno Pronk, Stijn Brancart, Fred Sanders
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