Scenario-based study on preserving residency in historical neighborhoods with an urban acupuncture approach [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mashhad, Iran’s main pilgrimage city, attracts numerous religious visitors every year. This status led to significant socio-economic and physical transformations, particularly around the holy shrine. The rapid growth of lodging
I. Ghalandarian, Z. Zavarian
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Thinking about modernist urbanism as a period in architecture with potential for the future of cities has been outside the canon for several decades. But from a critical viewpoint, the postmodern stance on modernist mass housing continuously failed to ...
Robin V. Hueppe
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Accessibility challenges and opportunities at Brasília Zoo: Achieving a balance between visitor experience and animal welfare [PDF]
This paper investigates the multifaceted aspects of accessibility within zoo environments, focusing on the case of Brasilia Zoo. Recognizing the importance of adopting a comprehensiv e approach to accessibility, the study aims to achieve a balance ...
Albala Paula +3 more
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Beyond the smart city: a typology of platform urbanism
Platform urbanism has emerged in recent years as an area of research into the ways in which digital platforms are increasingly central to the governance, economy, experience, and understanding of the city. In the paper, we argue that platform urbanism is
Federico Caprotti +2 more
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Charting AI urbanism: conceptual sources and spatial implications of urban artificial intelligence
The aim of this paper is to tease out some of the key issues concerning the relationship between AI and urbanism. This relationship, which is presented in the academic literature as a new driving force of contemporary urbanism, will be investigated ...
Otello Palmini, Federico Cugurullo
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Injected Urbanism? Exploring India’s Urbanizing Periphery
Engaging with different literatures in economic geography, postcolonial urbanism, and planetary urbanization, this article seeks to develop a theoretical understanding of remote urban formations taking shape in India’s countryside. The analysis draws on extensive primary data collected at two study sites in Bihar and West Bengal, which rendered an ...
Robbin Jan van Duijne +2 more
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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
Acemoglu +102 more
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VVITA Erasmus+ C6-C7 The Opening Conference [PDF]
The present paper is the dedicated review of the Opening Conference of C6-C7 activities within VVITA Erasmus+ project (Intensive programmes for higher education learners: “Romanian applied study on rural heritage sustainable revitalization methodology ...
Marius Voica +5 more
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Enhancing informal settlements through urban design, planning, and infill development [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The growth and development of informal settlements are among the main challenges facing urban development, particularly in metropolitan areas. The Noh-Darreh area, located along the southern highlands of Mashhad, is a prominent
M. Razmaramina +3 more
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Failure matters: Reassembling eco-urbanism in a globalizing China [PDF]
This paper is an attempt to reassess the role of failure in policy mobilities. Empirically, this paper examines the various aftermaths of, and the continuing trans-local connections originating from, the prominent but un-materialized Sino-British ...
Chang, I-Chun Catherine
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