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IMPROVING CONECTIVITY BETWEEN BARÓ DEVIVER ANDBON PASTOR

open access: yesOn the W@terfront, 2015
This paper presents the description of the academic exercise of public space design on the Continuity of Ciutat Rambla de Asuncion in “Gestion de Proyectos” course, which is given to first know the background of the neighborhoods and their current ...
Mihong Kim   +2 more
doaj  

Design of Urban Public Spaces: Intent vs. Reality. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This study investigated how two public spaces for sport and recreation were utilized by different user groups, and how this aligned with the initial design objectives for these spaces.
Hjort, Mikkel   +3 more
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Accessibility and urban design - Knowledge matters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Copyright @ 2009 Birmingham City University ...
Evans, G
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Promoting coordinated spatial governance of mega-cities in China via spatial organization of metropolitan areas

open access: yesFrontiers of Urban and Rural Planning
Super large-sized cities and very large-sized cities (“mega-cities” for short) have become the backbone of China's socio-economic development, but they also face outstanding challenges of "urban diseases" due to their high concentration. In comparison to
Yajie Zhou   +5 more
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The Right to the Sustainable Smart City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Environmental concerns have driven an interest in sustainable smart cities, through the monitoring and optimisation of networked infrastructures. At the same time, there are concerns about who these interventions and services are for, and who benefits ...
Baggio Aline   +10 more
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A Study on Urban Built-Up Area Extraction Methods and Consistency Evaluation Based on Multi-Source Nighttime Light Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study of Wuhan City

open access: yesRemote Sensing
Accurate delineation of urban built-up areas is critical for urban monitoring and planning. We evaluated the performance and consistency of three widely used methods—thresholding, multi-temporal image fusion, and support vector machine (SVM)—across three
Shiqi Tu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding nonlinear and synergistic effects of the built environment on urban vibrancy in metro station areas

open access: yesJournal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2023
Transit-oriented development (TOD) has long been recognized as a significant model for prospering urban vibrancy. However, most studies on TOD and urban vibrancy do not consider temporal differences or the nonlinear effects involved.
Jiandong Peng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biourbanism for a healthy city: biophilia and sustainable urban theories and practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The paper was given via audio/slides file on 4th September 2012 in the International Convention on Innovations in Engineering and Technology for Sustainable Development, 3-5 September 2012, in Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode District, Tamil ...
Caperna, Antonio, Tracada, Eleni
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Insights into family-friendly cities for SDG11: a theoretical and methodological system based on family-environment interaction

open access: yesnpj Urban Sustainability
Family has been playing a critical role in SDG 11 implementation, serving as a key intersection point between urban social governance and spatial governance. However, supposed family-friendly cities remains predominantly framed as a social policy concern
Hao Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

DIY networking as a facilitator for interdisciplinary research on the hybrid city [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
DIY networking is a technology with special characteristics compared to the public Internet, which holds a unique potential for empowering citizens to shape their hybrid urban space toward conviviality and collective awareness.
Antoniadis, Panayotis   +4 more
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