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Kako nastaju gradovi? Koji su to elementi koji su presudni u izboru mesta za grad? Kakva je uloga lovca u formiranju grada? Koje zajednice pribegavaju formiranju naseobina? Kakva je uloga reke u formiranju grada? Kakva je uloga odbrane u... more
U.S. local governments purchase $1.72 trillion of goods and services annually that contribute to global climate change and other environmental problems. Cities that successfully implement environmental purchasing policies can mitigate... more
Both ecologists and architects need to together embrace the nature-culture continuum and to examine all the ways Nature is imagined, framed, viewed, cultivated, and used by city dwellers, as well as when it refuses to be tamed the way we... more
Putting climate neutrality on the urban agenda inevitably requires a re-imagination and delineation of the boundaries of the city, both at the geographical level, with regard to its inscription in history and concerning the social groups... more
The city of Frankfurt, 710,000 inhabitants, represents today a business and financial centre, transportation and logistics hub, research and technology location in a national and international context. As a result, the city is... more
Noise is an inevitable part of daily life and has been identified as a cause of several health deficiencies across the world. It has increasingly become a significant concern on the health and well-being of people. Studies are required to... more
C'est dans les villes que les dimensions sociales, économiques et environnementales du développement durable convergent de manière plus intense, les rendant nécessaires pour être pensées, gérées et planifiées selon le modèle de... more
บทความนี้เป็นบทความนำเสนอสถานการณ์เมืองในภาคต่างๆของประเทศไทย โดยเรียบเรียงข้อมูลในเชิงปริมาณจากหน่วยงานราชการ และองค์กรต่างๆ ที่เคยทำการสำรวจ เพื่อนำเสนอใน 3 ประเด็นหลัก ได้แก่ 1. ข้อมูลประชากร 2. ข้อมูลมูลค่าผลิตภัณฑ์มวลรวมภาค (Gross... more
Noise is an inevitable part of daily life and has been identified as a cause of several health deficiencies across the world. It has increasingly become a significant concern on the health and well-being of people. Studies are required to... more
Depuis quelques annees, un interet croissant pour les ecoquartiers se manifeste chez les elites urbaines. A travers l’analyse du projet New Islington a Manchester, cet article cherche a comprendre le role joue par la realisation de ces... more
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a subset of targets that can be advanced through standard urban management activities. In particular, routine urban vegetation management comprises a number of activities with potential impact... more
There is a long lineage in neighbourhood research that has underpinned sustained academic and policy interest in the UK centred on understanding how spatial ‘clusters’ of neighbourhood-based deprivation might be destabilised. This has... more
The aim of this thesis is to assess how the tourism-based sustainable development strategies as promoted by UNESCO (in)form, affect, and impede development efforts in the management of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Balancing conservation... more
The fast pace of urbanisation in Southeast Asia has undermined the sustainability of the social, economic and environmental infrastructure of many cities across the region. Urban resilience in Southeast Asian cities is being further... more
Environmental, social and economic benefits derived from the construction of Randall Children's Hospital. (Portland, OR). A case study for the Landscape Architecture Foundation's Landscape Performance Series.
US local governments purchase US$1.72 trillion of goods and services annually that contribute to global climate change and other environmental problems. Cities that successfully implement environmental purchasing policies can mitigate... more
A historical analysis of the geopolitics of real estate with settler-colonialism on the one side and the rise of über-wealthy foreign real estate investors on the other. Individual foreign investment in Western nation states is a... more
In recent years, the world has seen the emergence of a number of urban projects which, under the banner of experimentation, have promoted alternative models of city-making capable, in theory, of creating sustainable built environments.... more
ED. Arife KARADAĞ
Füsun BAYKAL
Füsun BAYKAL
This report provides a comprehensive assessment of Quezon City's climate action planning and implementation processes in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement and C40's Climate Action Planning Framework. It consists of nine... more
Invited intervention on behalf of Civil Society, at the UN General Assembly’s Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature
April 22, 2014
Trusteeship Council Chamber, New York
April 22, 2014
Trusteeship Council Chamber, New York
Il presente lavoro intende affrontare una tematica molto attuale, delicata e, per certi versi, ancora largamente sconosciuta, ma cruciale per tutelare e promuovere la competitività e lo sviluppo del sistema culturale e turistico italiano,... more
This article maps urban reform movements onto 'long waves:' consistently patterned technological and economic cycles that repeat over time. Using the example of the United States, we argue that periodizing urban reform movements in this... more
A partir da concepção de cidades como sistemas socioambientais complexos, discutimos aspectos considerados menores ou secundários no tratamento corrente das questões urbanas no contexto do desenvolvimento sustentável. Este trabalho foi... more
Głównym celem współczesnych rozwiązań w zakresie zarządzania miastami jest podnoszenie jakości życia społeczności lokalnej. Coraz większą uwagę zwraca się na aspekty związane ze zrównoważonym rozwojem miejskim, polegającym na zastosowaniu... more
Considering ‘Cities Beyond the Plan’ helps us substantiate territory beyond being just a passive setting contingent to meta-forces. To do so, requires us look at logics and conceptual frame drawing from legal pluralism, that of space and... more
Discussing the role of imaginary cities in evolving architectural and city narratives.
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Marittimo, 1, pp. 134-153. Madrid, 2011: Fundación Diego de Sagredo.
ISSN: 2174-6435
Marittimo, 1, pp. 134-153. Madrid, 2011: Fundación Diego de Sagredo.
ISSN: 2174-6435
This chapter reviews some of the key parallels between the concepts of smart cities and smart tourism destinations. Evidence of new trends in the smart concept as well as the widening of the smart tourism destination concept to... more
The article presents urban agriculture as a practice that is gaining attention in many cities worldwide, and focuses in particular on the experiences in Mexico City. It first gives a general description of urban agriculture, introduces... more
This article uses the narrative tool of a walk through Tianjin Eco-City, China, as an entry point in raising and discussing key questions in contemporary eco-city research. Eco-city projects are becoming increasingly prevalent in policy... more
Istanbul has always been the core of different civilizations in history. As the capital city of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul’s modern place within the world economy began in the late eighteenth century with the disintegration of the... more
According to the Global Climate Risk Index (2021), Pakistan is the eighth most vulnerable country in the world, and its southern province of Sindh is one of South Asia’s ‘hotspots’ for climate change (Mani, 2018). The 2015 heatwave in... more
Dépasser la prédominance des solutions techniques et de la gentrification, an articulant les échelles de projets et en renforçant le dialogue entre les acteurs.
The entry begins with a definition of geography and with a description of what the discipline shares with the other social sciences and what makes it distinctive among them. Terminological clarifications are provided with regard to the... more
The development of projects for new eco-cities is rapidly becoming a global phenomenon. Alleged eco-cities are being built across a variety of spaces via processes of urbanisation triggering substantial environmental, social and economic... more