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Understanding of the settlements with coexisting water and earth under the background of climate change—the case of Liang Village in Pingyao County, China

open access: yesBuilt Heritage, 2022
Global climate change has caused general and serious damage to cultural heritage sites, and earthen settlements and buildings are particularly vulnerable to water-affected disasters. Thus, this paper uses Liang Village in Pingyao County, China, as a case
Yong Shao, Yue Chen, Jianming Su
doaj   +1 more source

Urban planning and the knowledge politics of the smart city

open access: yesUrban studies, 2023
Smart cities promote computational and data-driven understandings of the built environment and have the potential to reconfigure urban planning and governance practices in profound ways.
M. Cook, A. Karvonen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Mutual Effects of the Environmental Heritage Values of the Zayandehrud River in Isfahan and the Quality of Life (QOL) of Surrounding Residents [PDF]

open access: yesبرنامه ریزی فضایی, 2023
Preserving the Natural Environmental Cultural Heritage (NECH) and improving the urban Quality of Life (QOL) are among crucial urban planning issues with critical roles in the sustainability of cities.
Narges Soltani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

15-Minute City: Decomposing the New Urban Planning Eutopia

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
As cities are struggling to cope with the second wave of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of 15-min cities seem to have sparked planners’ imagination and politicians’ willingness for providing us with a new urban planning eutopia.
G. Pozoukidou, Zoi Chatziyiannaki
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role of ports in developing Danube cities: perspectives and future possibilities [PDF]

open access: yesPresent Environment and Sustainable Development, 2022
Over time, the Danube has been a significant transportation hub, with a key role in developing a specific category of urban settlements: port cities. Several factors influenced the expansion of these cities, each with a different intensity and impact ...
Andreea Cătălina POPA   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Planning in the 15-Minute City: Revisited under Sustainable and Smart City Developments until 2030

open access: yesSmart Cities, 2022
The 15-minute-city concept represents an increasingly popular urban policymaking and planning paradigm that seeks to shift attention to the neighborhood as a “place” rather merely a spatial and functional planning unit. The core premise of the concept is
G. Pozoukidou, M. Angelidou
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Numerical Analysis of the Influence of Deep Foundation Pit Construction on Adjacent Subway Stations in Soft Soil Areas

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, 2022
Deep foundation pit construction adjacent to a subway station in a soft soil area was numerically simulated with Midas GTS NX calculation software. The influence of the deep foundation pit construction on the deformation and stress of the subway station ...
Tao Yang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Free and open source urbanism: Software for urban planning practice

open access: yesComputers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2022
Free and open source tools present numerous opportunities to support current urban planning practice. However, their overview is fragmented, and the uptake among planning professionals remains lacklustre.
Winston Yap, P. Janssen, Filip Biljecki
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Urban planning and quality of life: A review of pathways linking the built environment to subjective well-being

open access: yes, 2021
In light of the rapid global urbanization, providing a better quality of life in cities is becoming an increasingly critical issue for urban planning.
Kostas Mouratidis
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Overview of Fractal Geometry Applied to Urban Planning

open access: yesLand, 2022
Since computing advances in the last 30 years have allowed automated calculation of fractal dimensions, fractals have been established as ubiquitous signatures of urban form and socioeconomic function.
Fatemeh Jahanmiri, D. Parker
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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