Urban Form and Digitalization of Urban Design [PDF]
Urban Planning International, 2018 In the mid-18 Century, John Snow utilized spatial data analysis to trace the source of a cholera outbreak in London. His methods established the fundamental theory of using urban morphological study to solve practical urban issues. Accompanied by rapid innovation, technological improvement, and increasing computational power, urban morphology has been ...
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Ecological sustainability and urban form [PDF]
One controversial idea present in the debate on urban sustainability is that urban sprawl is an ecological stressing problem. We have tested this popular assumption by measuring the ecological footprint of commuting and housing of the 163 municipalities ...
Anna Galindo, Ivan Muñiz
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From Plows to Pliers - Urban Homesteading in America [PDF]
, 1974 The state homestead exemption is the most widely known form of homesteading and exists in the majority if American jurisdictions. A new form of this plan has been added by many east coast cities that allows families to receive a grant of a home at a ...
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The Characteristics of Cultural Tourists who Visit Urban Jewish Heritage Centres: The Case Study of Visitors to the White Stork Synagogue in Wrocław [PDF]
, 2016 Since the White Stork Synagogue in Wrocław has been restored, opened to visitors and become a part of the so-called District of the Four Faiths promoted by the city council, both the synagogue and its neighbourhood have become tourist attractions which ...
Duda-Seifert, Magdalena
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Toward Efficient Urban Form in China [PDF]
Land efficiency in urban China is examined, using Tianjin as a case study, from the perspective of agricultural land conservation; reduction in energy use, conventional pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions; and human time savings.
Bertaud, Alain +3 more
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Fighting for their neighborhood: Urban policy and anti-state riots in France
, 2019 Why does anti-state, violent rioting take place in advanced democracies? The paper investigates the role of the urban environment in shaping grievances expressed and mobilization/counter-mobilization processes observed during a riotous episode.
Moutselos, M.
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THE SPATIAL PATTERN OF URBANIZATION AND SMALL CITIES DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL JAVA: A CASE STUDY OF SEMARANG-YOGYAKARTA-SURAKARTA REGION [PDF]
, 2016 The special form of urbanization in Indonesia has led to a variety of themes on the urban development studies in Indonesia. Since 1990s, there has been an emphasis on the development of mega-urban regions, particularly those surrounding Jakarta as the ...
Giyarsih, Sri Rum +2 more
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Reconstitution of place within the renovation of the historic residential District of Bornova, Izmir [PDF]
, 2015 Ponència presentada a: Session 9: Forma urbana y relaciones entre historia y proyecto: el medio ambiente como patrimonio / Urban form and relationships between design and history: environmental heritage, arquitecture and ...
Birol Akkurt, Humeyra
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Retail spatial organisation and the physical city: bridging retail geography and urban morphology
BelgeoThe spatial organization of stores plays a crucial role in the production and development of the urban form while, at the same time, being strongly influenced from the physical constraints of the latter. Yet the connection between retail distribution and
Alessandro Araldi +2 more
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"Edible" urban forests as part of inclusive, sustainable cities [PDF]
, 2018 Feeding an increasingly urban population and ensuring the economic and social well-being of urban dwellers will be the primary challenge for cities in coming decades.
Cari\uf1anos, Paloma +4 more
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