Transgressive urbanism : borderlands and urban informality of american cities along the panamerican highway [PDF]
This study explores the ways in which political boundaries can be trespassed in order to develop subaltern forms of urbanism and edge conditions, mainly to the comparative study of border cities in the Americas, predominantly ruled by informal economies,
Suau, Cristian
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Small ideas for big impacts: Multifunctionality in the rural village of Verkykerskop
Nijkamp affirms the Utopians’ claim of an open and flexible future, where development could imply surprising steps towards something better. Castells questions admonishingly whether planning approaches are changeable in a world that has already changed ...
Jako Viviers
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Public participation and New Urbanism: a conflicting agenda? [PDF]
The challenges to public participation in planning are numerous. Inclusive and equitable processes are recognised as an ideal in much planning theory and practice, yet this ideal is increasingly difficult to realise in today’s societies that comprise ...
Bond, S., Thompson-Fawcett, M.
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Form not Content Dictates the “Smart” City
Over the past 50 years, decision-makers, laypersons, scientific communities, and design professions have repeatedly warned of the impending climate crisis caused by overdependence on fossil fuels.
Dhiru Thadani
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The Intersection and Divergence of New Urbanism and Environmental Psychology: An Exploration
Using the limited literature comparing the findings of New Urbanism and environmental psychology as to the desirable characteristics of neighborhoods and resident satisfaction, and with a focus on an urban inner-city neighborhood in Vancouver (Canada ...
Don Alexander, Bronwyn Wydeman
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Strategic Planning for the Revival of Historical Context by Using Principles of New Urbanism Approach (Sardozak-Shiraz) [PDF]
Promotion of new needs of urban life due to urban growth, has disrupted the old and modern parts of cities. structure of old neighborhoods around central core of the cities has been unable to respond to the needs of contemporary life and it seems ...
dr.keramatollah ziyari, dr.pegah izadi
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Mixed use and diversity as a New Urbanism principle guiding the renewal of post-industrial districts
The revival of post-industrial areas, understood as a factor determining contemporary urban development, is a key process in regeneration. Such areas attract strategic renewal projects, because despite their perfect location next to city centres, they ...
M. Cysek-Pawlak
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Suggestive principles of new urbanism in the inner-city planning [PDF]
New Urbanism has been described as the most influential movement in architecture and planning in the United States in the modernism movement. Some argue that new urbanism is the answer to suburban sprawl and the way urban centers were decaying and the ...
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World urbanization – new visions [PDF]
according to 2005 United Nation Revision, the world continues to urbanize quickly. Between 2005 and 2030, the worlds population is expected to increase by 1.7 billion people, from 6.5 billion in 2005 to 8.2 billion in 2030. virtually all this increase is expected to be concentrated in urban areas.
Kincl, Branko, Delić, Alenka
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Collaborative and competitive strategies in the variability and resiliency of large-scale societies in Mesoamerica [PDF]
Examinations of the variation and duration of past large-scale societies have long involved a conceptual struggle between efforts at generalization and the unraveling of specific trajectories. Although historical particulars are critical to understanding
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