For nearly as long there have been urban centres, exceptional architecture projects contributed to transforming city form and fortunes. In this special issue of ‘European Planning Studies’, we focus on star its ability contribute transformation, with articles the phenomenon from a range disciplines. Star is topic where concerns about place, identity, economy, innovation communication intersect....

We analyze the impact of China's massive urban-transformation process on productivity spillovers for east-coast electrical apparatus sector by combining sub-prefecture-level population census data in 2000 and 2010 with detailed firm-level from 1999 to 2007. At sub-prefecture level, we identify three types regions (metro-core, metro-ring, non-metro) develop urban transformation measures (moderni...

This paper analyses tourism-related transformations in Habana Vieja, the historic district of Cuba’s capital Havana, over last three decades. It demonstrates political background that fostered touristic development Cuba besides its socio-cultural and economic consequences. While expansion tourism creation private market-based segments were necessities times crisis, they also had negative impact...

squares as urban spaces are the arena for people formed by physical proportions and variety offunctions such as religious, commercial, cultural, etc. shohada square as a focal point in mashhad , is one of themain arteries of access to holly shrine of imam reza and makes access to utilities and major axes . according tothe former urban pattern and its position in the traditional context of surro...