Seeing from the South: Refocusing Urban Planning on the Globe’s Central Urban Issues

Urban Studies ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 2259-2275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Watson
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
The South ◽  
Urban Issues

scholarly journals A study on the history of urban morphology in China based on discourse analysis

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Limeng Zhang ◽  
Andong Lu
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Urban Morphology ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Urban Conservation ◽  
Morphological Approach ◽  
History Of ◽  
Urban Issues ◽  
Definition Of

A study on the history of urban morphology in China based on discourse analysis Limeng Zhang¹, Andong Lu¹ ¹School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University. Nanjing University Hankou Road 22#, Gulou District, Nanjing, China E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Key words: urban morphology, terminology, discourse analysis Conference topics and scale: Literature review   (Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No.: 51478215)   Urban morphology is a method widely used in China in the field of urban design and urban conservation. Since its first introduction to the Chinese context about 20 years ago, the key ideas and concepts of urban morphology underwent a significant phenomenon of ‘lost in translation’. Different origins of morphological thoughts, different versions of translation, as well as different disciplinary context, have all together led to a chaotic discourse. This paper reviews the key Chinese articles in the field of urban morphology since 1982 and draws out a group of persistent keywords, such as evolution, axis, urban fringe belt, plan unit and plot, that characterize the morphological approach to urban issues. By reviewing the transformation of the definition of these keywords, this paper aims to generate an evolutionary map of landmark ideas and concepts, based on which, four stages in the development of urban morphology in China can be identified: emergence, growth, maturity, practice. The mapping methodology could be extrapolated to other words, and the obtained evolutionary map could be a basic tool for further study.   References Conzen M. R. G.,  Alnwick, Northumberland: A Study in Town-plan Analysis [M] 1960. ( London, George Philip). J. W. R. Whitehand, and Kai Gu. ‘Urban conservation in China: Historical development, current practice and morphological approach’ [J], Town Planning Review, 2007 (5), 615-642. Duan Jin, and Qiu Guochao. 'The Emergence and Development of Overseas Urban Morphology Study' [J], Urban Planning Forum, 2008(5):34-42. M. P. Conzen, Kai Gu, J. W. R. Whitehand. Comparing traditional urban form in China and Europe: a fringe belt approach [D]. Urban Geography, 2011.

scholarly journals Changing brown cities to smart and sustainable ones: Proposed applicable strategies and indicators for Omid-e-Sabz township in Kabul city

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-72
Author(s):  
Abdullah Tajzai ◽  
Najib Rahman Sabory
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Smart City ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The South ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
South West ◽  
To Come

The two world-wide challenges, the population growth and the climate change, have forced everyone to think differently and seek new approaches to revive cities to be sustainable for centuries to come. Therefore, transforming the cities to the green and smart city are inevitable. The first step towards green and smart city is the recognition of applicable indicators for an existing city. In the next stage, introducing the most sustainable strategies to implement and realize the introduced indicators are of key importance. Omid-e-Sabz is a crowded city in the south-west of Kabul, hosts more than 27,000 inhabitants. Thus, a study through modifying this city to a sustainable and smart city is crucial for future urban development in Afghanistan. The indicators of green and smart city have been analyzed for Omid-e-Sabz Town in this paper. Moreover, some key guidance’s and plans for transforming an ordinary city to sustainable and smart city have been introduced and suggested. This paper is the first of its kind that discusses this important topic for Afghanistan. It will help the urban planning sector of Afghanistan to learn and continue this discourse to make sure the future cities in Afghanistan are smart and sustainable.

URBAN PLANNING AND URBAN ISSUES: 1951–72

1988 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Issues

scholarly journals All Work and No Play? Facilitating Serious Games and Gamified Applications in Participatory Urban Planning and Governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Ampatzidou ◽  
Katharina Gugerell ◽  
Teodora Constantinescu ◽  
Oswald Devisch ◽  
Martina Jauschneg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Current State ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
Urban Issues ◽  
Academic Debate

As games and gamified applications gain prominence in the academic debate on participatory practices, it is worth examining whether the application of such tools in the daily planning practice could be beneficial. This study identifies a research–practice gap in the current state of participatory urban planning practices in three European cities. Planners and policymakers acknowledge the benefits of employing such tools to illustrate complex urban issues, evoke social learning, and make participation more accessible. However, a series of impediments relating to planners’ inexperience with participatory methods, resource constraints, and sceptical adult audiences, limits the broader application of games and gamified applications within participatory urban planning practices. Games and gamified applications could become more widely employed within participatory planning processes when process facilitators become better educated and better able to judge the situations in which such tools could be implemented as part of the planning process, and if such applications are simple and useful, and if their development process is based on co-creation with the participating publics.

scholarly journals Urban Planning of the Southeast Part of Trapezitsa in the Light of Latest Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Mirko Robov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Jewish People ◽  
The South ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
Mural Paintings ◽  
Arch Construction

After the 30’s of the 13th century and until the end of the Tarnovo Kingdom in the south-east sector of Trapezitsa a specific urban planning was taking shape. Over several ledges are built some of the most significant Metropolitan churches, such as church № 3, 4 and 14, as well as a large closed ensemble near church №3, related to an eminent representative of the ecclesiastical hierarchy – most likely the bishop of this second in significance Metropolitan fort. Immediately south of the episcopate is attached a large duplex building, with an imposing appearance – columns and an arch construction. From the east it ends with an apse. There are no traces of mural paintings on the plastered walls. Among the findings there is a vessel with an image of the Star of David. It is possible that this building had social and religious functions and was related to the Jewish people, who inhabited this fort during the 13th-14th centuries of Metropolitan Tarnovo. Keywords: Trapezitsa, Church, Episcopate, Complex, Jewish People

Improving Intelligent Decision Making in Urban Planning

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-58
Author(s):  
Abderrazak Khediri ◽  
Mohamed Ridda Laouar ◽  
Sean B. Eom
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Agglomerative Clustering ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Intelligent Decision Support System ◽  
Intelligent Decision Making ◽  
Intelligent Decision ◽  
Urban Issues ◽  
Intelligent Decision Support

Generally, decision making in urban planning has progressively become difficult due to the uncertain, convoluted, and multi-criteria nature of urban issues. Even though there has been a growing interest to this domain, traditional decision support systems are no longer able to effectively support the decision process. This paper aims to elaborate an intelligent decision support system (IDSS) that provides relevant assistance to urban planners in urban projects. This research addresses the use of new techniques that contribute to intelligent decision making: machine learning classifiers, naïve Bayes classifier, and agglomerative clustering. Finally, a prototype is being developed to concretize the proposition.

scholarly journals O Estado e a Exceção ou o Estado de Exceção?

2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco De Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
Urban Issues ◽  
The Relationship

O texto discute o papel do Estado hoje no Brasil e em particular o do planejamento. Se historicamente as relações entre o Estado e o urbano pautaram-se por um esforço de normatividade da relação capital-trabalho, cabendo ao planejamento enquadrar a exceção e transformá-la em norma, transformações radicais recentes na economia e sociedade brasileiras sugerem que a exceção parece ter enquadrado o planejamento. Às desigualdades históricas da sociedade brasileira vieram juntar-se aquelas advindas da reestruturação produtiva e da globalização, reformatando o mercado, funcionalizando a relação Estado-capital, transformando políticas sociais em antipolíticas de funcionalização da pobreza, erigindo em norma o que antes dela se afastava, pontuando um esforço teórico que transitou da busca da normatividade para a racionalização da exceção.Plavras-chave: relações Estado–urbano; planejamento urbano; desigualdade social; Brasil. The state and the exclusion: or the exception state?Abstract: The text looks at the role played by the State in Brazil today and in particular the role of planning. If, historically, the relationships between the State and the urban issues were based on an effort to ease the relationship between capital and labor, planning to control the exception and to transform it into the rule, recent radical changes in the Brazilian economy and society suggest that the exception has itself curbed planning. To the inequalities typical of Brazilian society were added those stemming from the productive re-structure promoted by globalization, which re-shaped the market, re-purposing the relationship between State and capital, while turning social policies into anti-policies of poverty, transforming into the rule what beforehand was considered a deviation from it and promoting a theoretical effort the aim of which is to rationalize the exception and turn it into the norm.Keywords: relationship State-urban; urban planning; social inequality; Brazil.

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