There is a need for a more integrated and flexible approach to core area urban redevelopment at a time when pressures to maximise economic returns from inner city land threaten to disrupt the livelihoods and established social networks of many urban poor communities. This paper draws upon the experiences of established planning and partnership redevelopment strategies (i.e. land sharing, land r...

Project success is assessed based on various criteria, every one of which enjoys a different level of importance for the beneficiaries and decision makers. Time and cost are the most important objectives and criteria for the project success. On the other hand, reducing the risk of finishing activities until the predetermined deadlines should be taken into account. Having formulated the problem ...

In 2004, in response to France’s 1960s and 1970s urban regeneration program proposing the demolition redevelopment of large scale social housing developments, Frédérik Druot, Anne Lacaton, Jean-Philippe Vassal created their PLUS theory (PLUS—Les grands ensembles de logements–Territoires d’exception). Its main aim was modernize existing buildings, add extra living space, functional freedom, comf...

With Internet access available to virtually every one in this community, it is interesting to investigate on how Internet will a ect the future of VLSI design and CAD.We will describe an experimental WWW-based computing broker. Theoretically, the broker is capable of providing every user with access to any hardware platforms and any software over the Internet. It makes possible pay-per-use of b...

The Computer Systems Laboratory has been involved in a VLSI research program for one and a half years. The major areas under investigation have included: analysis and synthesis design aids, applications of VLSI to computer graphics, !he design of a personal workstation, special purpose chip design, VLSI computer architectures, and hardware specification and verification. Progress on these resea...

physical decline and the necessity of redevelopment are never-ending challenges for built communities. neighborhoods undergo cycles of birth, growth, stabilization, decline and rejuvenation. redevelopment is a mechanism that can reduce the time an area is in decline and spur the process of revitalization. furthermore, redevelopment can provide incentives for a developer to build in a community ...