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Applications Of Underground Structures For The Protection Of Critical Infrastructure, George H. Baker, Richard G. Little, Don A. Linger

George H Baker

The U.S. President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP), convened in the wake of the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, concluded that the nation’s physical security and economic security depend on our critical energy, communications, and computer infrastructures. While a primary motivating event for the establishment of the commission was the catastrophic physical attack of the Murrah Building, it is ironic that the commission focused its attention primarily on cyber threats. Their rationale was that cyber vulnerabilities posed a new, unaddressed challenge to infrastructure security. This approach was further questioned by the events of September 11, …

Sprawl, Growth Boundaries And The Rehnquist Court , Michael E Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

This article addresses the constitutionality and wisdom of Oregon's urban growth boundary (UGB) program. The article concludes that the program is constitutional under current precedent, and that (contrary to claims made by UGB critics) there is little evidence that the UGB has caused Oregon's runup in housing prices. On the other hand, UGB supporters may have exaggerated the UGB's positive environmental results.

Inside Green, Hazreena Hussein

Hazreena Hussein

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La Descentralización En América Latina. Una Perspectiva Comparada, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El proceso centralizador de la sociedad, la economía, la cultura, la política y el territorio -en un contexto de globalización y revoluci6n científico-tecnológica- ha conducido al desarrollo de su antítesis: la descentralización. Esta evolución, que se inició en Europa con anticipación a lo ocurrido en América Latina, requiere ser conocida y analizada, realizando un balance de las principales experiencias, así como de la historia de los procesos particulares, puesto que se ha constatado que, aunque existen cierras constantes, no hay un modelo general de descentralización: cada país en cada momento debe encontrar las soluciones más adecuadas para contrarrestar los efectos …

Results Of Audio-Visual Winter Road Condition Sensor Prototype, Kevin Mcfall, T. Niittula

Kevin McFall

Do Houses Evolve? Neo-Biology At House_N, William Braham

William W. Braham

This paper inquires about neo-biology in architecture by examining House_n, a compelling house-of-the-future project that emerged from a design workshop at MIT conducted by Kent Larson and Chris Luebkeman at MIT in 1998. House_n has since expanded from a relatively direct “home of the future” to a “research consortium” called Changing Places that “explores how new technologies, materials, and strategies for design can make possible dynamic, evolving places that respond to the complexities of life.”3 It is a remarkably successful project whose organizing concepts and keywords—changing, dynamic, evolving, and complexity—have made it broadly appealing to manufacturers, designers, researchers, and corporate …

The Neighborhood Concept: A Retrospective Of Physical Design And Social Interaction, Nicholas Patricios

Nicholas Patricios

In 1929 the neighborhood concept was published separately in two forms. First was the neighborhood idea of Clarence Stein and Henry Wright, exemplified in their plan for Radburn. Second was the Neighborhood Unit idea of Clarence Perry. Since then, for the past seven decades, the concept has been applied and adapted internationally. Over this period the concepts original principles of neighborhood physical design, in both its forms, have varied with little controversy. What has been and is still an issue is the nature of the relationship between the neighborhood's physical arrangement and the social interaction among its residents. The conceptual …

Urban Design Principles Of The Original Neighborhood Concepts, Nicholas Patricios

Nicholas Patricios

The neighbourhood concept is arguably one of the major planning landmarks that shaped the urban form of the twentieth century city in many countries. Coincidently, both the neighbourhood idea of Clarence Stein and Henry Wright, exemplified in their plan for Radburn, and the Neighbourhood Unit idea of Clarence Perry were published in 1929. The urban design principles of Stein and Wright included the idea of a superblock of residential units grouped around a central green, the separation of vehicles and pedestrians, and a road hierarchy with culs-de-sac for local access roads. A cluster of superblocks was to form a self-contained …

O Uso Comercial Das Redes: O Caso Da World Wide Web, Eloi Martins Senhoras

Elói Martins Senhoras

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Goshen Learns Environmental Planning, Gregg P. Macey

Gregg P. Macey

In many respects, the environmental justice movement holds a mirror to the field of planning. A growing body of evidence suggests that land use controls and statutory frameworks can contribute to the overburdening of low-income and minority districts with the hazards of industrial pollution. At the same time, the distributional effects of planning practice are seldom countered with attempts to adequately enforce industrial performance standards, set up emergency response capabilities, protect residents from the effects of pollution, or include residents in decision-making. This paper documents the efforts of Goshen, North Carolina, an agricultural community that has survived from Reconstruction to …

New Strategies And Collaborations Target Homelessness, Dennis P. Culhane

Dennis P. Culhane

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Strategies And Guidelines For Waterfront Developments, Hazreena Hussein

Hazreena Hussein

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Building As Social Practice, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour

The Politics Of Traditional Contemporary Buildings, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour