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Urban policies and the creation of healthy urban environments: A review of government housing and transport policy documents in the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2023 Urban environments are key health determinants and play a critical role in improving health outcomes and equity. However, urban policies in the United Kingdom (UK) and globally frequently fail to produce healthy towns and cities.
Bates, G +11 more
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Time policies, urban policies and planning [PDF]
, 2015 International audienceOver the past few decades, significant social and economic transformations had a relevantcorrespondence in processes of territorial complexification, urban fragmentation and spatialinjustice. Literature and research shows that these
Kärrholm, Mattias +13 more
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Fuori Luogo, 2021 The paper aims in highlighting that situations of pandemics and social disasters, such as the recent Covid-19 emergency, have an impact on daily urban rhythms and spatial practices and, as a result, a series of emotions emerge which, in the future, we ...
Olga Tzatzadaki
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A Modern Guide to National Urban Policies in Europe
, 2021 Written in a clear and concise style, this Modern Guide provide a timely overview and comparison of urban challenges and national urban policies in 13 European countries, addressing key issues such as housing, urban regeneration and climate change.
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Remote Sensing-Based Analysis of Urban Landscape Change in the City of Bucharest, Romania
Remote Sensing, 2021 The paper investigates the urban landscape changes for the last 50 years in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania. Bucharest shows a complex structural transformation driven by the socialist urban policy, followed by an intensive real-estate market ...
Constantin Nistor +5 more
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Urban Renewal Policies in The Netherlands: Development and Review [PDF]
, 2022 Urban renewal policies in the Netherlands have a long history. Over the decades ample attention has been given to either physical, social or economic questions. There were phases in which the state stimulated especially social and redistributive policies
Ostendorf, W. +2 more
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The shadow of the “Great Earthquake” on a sustainable Bucharest. Shared responsibilities and disaster risk management [PDF]
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2020 Bucharest is located in Romania’s most active seismic area. In the past, the city has been significantly affected by a few earthquakes, including the 1977 one, which was one of the strongest and caused the most significant number of human victims and ...
Bogdan Suditu +3 more
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Nature, 2016 Cities are complex environments. Planning interventions that borrow principles from theoretical physics could help to improve peoples' lives.
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Urban adaptation, strategies and projects. The gap between policies and their implementation
Agathón, 2019 The increasing impacts of climate change are pushing cities to take paths towards adaptation and resilience. The adaptation, due to its systemic nature, is multi-scalar: at the urban scale (macro-level) it is implemented through plans and strategies; on ...
Guido Emilio Rossi
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‘Arriving At’ Urban Policies: The Topological Spaces of Urban Policy Mobility [PDF]
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2015 AbstractSpatial vocabularies are stretched to their limits by the complexities of policy mobilities. Using the example of city‐wide strategic policymaking in Johannesburg, this essay argues for an enrichment of our vocabularies for appreciating how wider circuits of urban policy shape localized policy outcomes.
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