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Inner-Urban Sustainability: A Case Study Of The South Brisbane Peninsula, Daniel O'Hare

Daniel O'Hare

The combination of elements and conditions in inner-urban areas may be argued to constitute established patterns of urban sustainability. This paper develops the argument through a case study of the South Brisbane peninsula, one of Queensland’s oldest and densest inner-urban areas. For the purposes of the paper, urban sustainability is defined in the context of urban design and development. This definition highlights the interrelationship between urban form and structure, and the social and economic life of the city. The paper argues that South Brisbane demonstrates significant characteristics of ‘triple bottom line’ environmental, social and economic sustainability in a subtropical inner-urban …

Sustainable Economies In Master Planned Communities, P. Wales

Ned Wales

The intent of this paper is to discuss the principles for forming industrial ecologies in master planned communities. There is a growing need for both land developers; government agencies and the construction industry to encourage a holistic approach toward newly constructed communities rather than creating bedroom dormitories where typically greater reliance on resources and emissions of green house gases occurs. The paper proposes a framework to understand how all of the aspects of sustainable local economies can compete in current global economic dynamics, which can over ride local economic potential.

It is evident as a society we need to make …

How City Hall Causes Sprawl - A Case Study, Michael E Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

A book review addressing the city of Atlanta's pro-sprawl transportation, zoning and urban renewal policies.

La Violencia Urbana Y Sus Nuevos Escenarios, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El predominio de la población urbana, el incremento del número de ciudades y la generalización de la urbanización en el territorio latinoamericano, llevan a concluir que la región se ha convertido en un continente de ciudades. Esta realidad trae nuevos problemas, entre los cuales se debe mencionar el incremento significativo de la violencia delincuencial urbana.

La crisis económica y las políticas implantadas, generalizan la inseguridad social y económica, y contribuyen a reducir los mecanismos de representación, a limitar los espacios de solución de los conflictos, a mercantilizar las relaciones sociales y a restringir las manifestaciones culturales, propias de la condición …

Young Women And Urbanization - Trying To Cope In Crowded Cities, Matilda Arvidsson, Lucia Kiwala

Dr Matilda Arvidsson

The article pins down problems of urbanization, poverty, and youth at risk, focusing on the situation of young women in African slums.

Los Quitos Del Siglo Xxi, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Hay que entender que la cultura es la suma de los imaginarios culturales que se han ido formando en la capital. Y en esa perspectiva, los símbolos identitarios de Guito son cada vez más locales y menos generales. En estos momentos no hay un símbolo ni un personaje que logre identificar al quiteño como lo hacían antes el chulla Romero y Flores o la Torera, personajes que décadas atrás estaban vinculados a la clase media y al aparato estatal.

Hoy la representación de los personajes proviene más del barrio que de la ciudad. De ahí que el único símbolo que …

The Future Of Office Property, Janine Irons, Lynne Armitage

Lynne Armitage

The following paper considers the question, where to office property? In doing so, it focuses, in the first instance, on identifying and describing a selection of key forces for change present within the contemporary operating environment in which office property functions. Given the increasingly complex, dynamic and multi-faceted character of this environment, the paper seeks to identify only the primary forces for change, within the context of the future of office property. These core drivers of change have, for the purposes of this discussion, been characterised as including a range of economic, demographic and socio-cultural factors, together with developments in …

Collaborative Teaching In Planning Education: Benefits And Issues, Bhishna Bajracharya, Shahed Khan

Bhishna Bajracharya

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Extensive planning literature exists supporting the need for collaborative planning (Healey, 1998; Innes and Booher, 1999; Margerum 2002) to bring stakeholders together to resolve planning issues and to enhance deliberative learning. This idea of enhanced learning through collaboration in the professional context has also been extended to planning education. Collaboration in the class room or a teaching context not only seeks to increase teaching effectiveness but also to capture other benefits accruing to various participants in the collaboration. Studies on collaborative teaching/learning indicate that students gain more by ¯ collaborative learning than from traditional individual learning approaches because social …

Interview: Stan Allen *88, Rebuilding America, Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham, Eric Lubell

Ludmilla D Pavlova

Interview with Stan Allen, Dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture, discussing why Princeton is so well represented among the finalists for the World Trade Center competition and how the University and its faculty has influenced architecture and architectural discourse.

Optics, Imaging, And Photonics: Building A 21st Century Industry In Rochester, Ny, Jennifer Clark, Susan Christopherson

Jennifer Clark