Public space and the challenge of urban transformation in cities of emerging economies: Jeddah case study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2019.102409
Abstract: Abstract Urban planning, design guidelines and new management practices have radically transformed public spaces in many countries. With fresh development decisions, urban spaces change spatially. This may improve places, increasing prosperity and extending expectations of… read more here.
Keywords: challenge urban; public space; space challenge; transformation cities ... See more keywords
The politics of rapid urban transformation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.12.002
Abstract: This paper addresses the potential for urban change in relation to rapid transitions and the 1.5 °C target. Interventions to achieve rapid urban transformation are typically framed in technical and economic terms. This means that the… read more here.
Keywords: politics rapid; geography; rapid urban; urban transformation ... See more keywords
Impacts of urban transformation on water footprint and sustainable energy in Shanghai, China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.08.157
Abstract: Abstract For the past three decades, the notion of sustainable cities has become central in planning and managing urban areas in the world and the large-scale city formation has been formed in big cities. As… read more here.
Keywords: water; water footprint; urban transformation; energy ... See more keywords
Bicycle Justice and Urban Transformation: Biking for All?, edited by Aaron Golub, Melody L. Hoffmann, Adonia E. Lugo, and Gerardo F. Sandoval
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DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2017.1285620
Abstract: The struggle for civil rights and social justice is inextricably linked to transportation. The “separate but equal” doctrine was enshrined when Homer Plessy, a Black man, refused to move from a Whi... read more here.
Keywords: bicycle justice; justice; justice urban; transformation biking ... See more keywords
Transnational real estate in Australia: new Chinese diaspora, media representation and urban transformation in Sydney's Chinatown
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DOI: 10.1080/14616718.2016.1210938
Abstract: Foreign real estate investment, especially from Asia, is growing rapidly in many global cities. Whilst transnational real estate has recently been highlighted in various media coverage, its actual process is still relatively under researched by… read more here.
Keywords: transnational real; estate; chinese diaspora; real estate ... See more keywords
User-based design for inclusive urban transformation: learning from ‘informal’ and ‘formal’ dwelling practices in Guayaquil, Ecuador
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DOI: 10.1080/19491247.2016.1265268
Abstract: In Latin American cities, modes of housing and settlement production are rapidly shifting with city-making becoming an increasingly unequal process. While the Latin American region was once a cradle for ground-breaking research on incremental urban… read more here.
Keywords: inclusive urban; housing; urban transformation; based design ... See more keywords
Caught in the middle? Access to water in the rural to urban transformation of Bushenyi-Ishaka municipality, Uganda
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DOI: 10.2166/wp.2020.024
Abstract: This paper aims to contribute to the relatively few empirical studies done on how processes of urbanization affect water supply in smaller towns by providing an in-depth case study of Bushenyi-Ishaka municipality in Uganda. The… read more here.
Keywords: municipality uganda; rural urban; water; ishaka municipality ... See more keywords