Corporation of the City of Adelaide, "Urban Design Guidelines" (Book Review)

Evinç Doğan (2016). Image of Istanbul, Impact of ECoC 2010 on The City Image. London: Transnational Press London. [222 pp, RRP: £18.75, ISBN: 978-1-910781-22-7]The idea of discovering or creating a form of uniqueness to differentiate a place from others is clearly attractive. In this regard, and in line with Ashworth (2009), three urban planning instruments are widely used throughout the world as a means of boosting a city’s image: (i) personality association - where places associate themselves with a named individual from history, literature, the arts, politics, entertainment, sport or even mythology; (ii) the visual qualities of buildings and urban design, which include flagship building, signature urban design and even signature districts and (iii) event hallmarking - where places organize events, usually cultural (e.g., European Capital of Culture, henceforth referred to as ECoC) or sporting (e.g., the Olympic Games), in order to obtain worldwide recognition.

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Permodelan Simulasi Parametric untuk Menentukan Panduan Rancang Kota

ComTech Computer Mathematics and Engineering Applications ◽

10.21512/comtech.v6i2.2273 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 291

Author(s):

Michael Isnaeni Djimantoro

Keyword(s):

Urban Design ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Maximum Density ◽

Maximum Height ◽

Low Density ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

Vertical Development ◽

The City ◽

Daily Trip

The development of the city is along with population growth in the city, from low density into a higher density. Along with the development of the population of the city that is denser, it is necessary to change the pattern of development, where the trend today is leading to the vertical development although increasing the density of the area is not an easy thing. This is because an increase in the density of the area must be balanced with an increase in facilities and adequate infrastructure. If it is not fulfilled then it will have a negative impact on the city or region. One of the necessary infrastructure for the development is transportation infrastructure since the development of a city will increase density therefore in turn it will generate the daily trip, both from the region and towards the region. In the field of urban design, the formula for the density limitation is set in the urban design guidelines that functions as the foundation for an architect to design the building. Urban design guidelines is mainly formulated in the numbers BCR, FAR, and the maximum height of buildings that will form the frame of the building mass. Therefore, this paper intends to explain the optimum modeling between the density of a region with the treshold of existing road infrastructure. With the modeling of the optimum, then the negative impacts can be reduced and the modeling results will get the maximum density that can be accommodated in an area.

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Waterfront Public Realm Design: Towards a Sustainable Identity Urban Projects in Vancouver and Portland

Journal of Sustainable Development ◽

10.5539/jsd.v9n2p169 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 169 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elena Lacilla ◽

Jose Maria Ordeig

Keyword(s):

Urban Design ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Early Years ◽

Public Realm ◽

Open Spaces ◽

Large Cities ◽

Current Century ◽

False Creek ◽

The City

<p>The renovation of the waterfronts, such as those in the main public spaces of large cities, started in 1970s. Core industries had found other places to develop far from the city; thereafter key areas fell out of use and into disrepair. As a consequence, a huge number of urban areas became in urgent need of renewal. However, urban design guidelines to regenerate these open spaces have significantly changed since then. The approach towards returning these parts of the city to its inhabitants has evolved from an emphasis on building new housing in the nineties, to considering the broader aspects of sustainability in the early years of the current century and finally to searching for the areas’ identity in more recent years. Therefore, currently this identity is one of the main aspects designers are looking for. At the same time, the sustainability of the waterfront areas may be achieved through the establishment of this place´s sense of identity. In order to do this, we assess three urban actions undertaken in Portland and Vancouver -False Creek North, South Waterfront and Southeast False Creek-. The article suggests that the interplay between urban design, sustainability and identity is becoming the new driver for the design of the waterfronts.</p>

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