Biophilic urbanism: contributions to holistic urban greening for urban renewal

Holistic Strategy for Urban Security

Since September 11, 2001, the vulnerabilities to terrorism of our urban areas, and how best to address them, have been subject to considerable discussion, debate, and reflexive defensive measures. Although direct physical responses to such frightening events are certainly understandable, they are not based on a true assessment of risk, nor do they necessarily represent an effective, let alone c...

A Review of the Contextual Adaptability of Three Contemporary Urban Paradigms: New Urbanism, Urban Village and Urban Renaissance

Philosophical Urbanism and the Predilections of Urban Design

The scholarly thrust of urban planning is its use of, as well as its contribution to, social science. As a discipline bordering with civil engineering, furthermore, urban planning has always carried also an important cross-disciplinary message beyond social science. Yet the association of urban planning with humanistic disciplines and the fine arts has been undervalued or ignored altogether. At...

Shared urbanism: Big data on accommodation sharing in urban Australia

As affordability pressures and tight rental markets in global cities mount, online shared accommodation sites proliferate. Home sharing arrangements present dilemmas for planning that aims to improve health and safety standards, while supporting positives such as the usage of dormant stock and the relieving of rental pressures on middle/lower income earners. Currently, no formal data exists on ...

New urbanism approach and urban space in mega cities

New Urbanism design principles have been adopted for many urban planning efforts in recent years. The purpose of this paper is studding the structure and space of Shahid Beheshti Square as one of the most important and old squares of Tabriz from the view of new urbanism principals. In order to reaching this purpose the data were collected through a questionnaire distributed among peoples that a...