Urban land cover is one of the fastest global growing land cover types which permanently alters land surface properties and atmospheric interactions, often initiating an urban heat island effect. Urbanisation comprises a number of land cover changes within metropolitan regions. However, these complexities have been somewhat neglected in temperature analysis studies of the urban heat island effe...

In the foreword the Sustainable Urban and Regional Infrastructure Development: Technologies, Applications and Management,1 Kevin O’Connor points out that, in the 21st Century, ‘urban and infrastructure sustainability’ has become a very prominent element in the day-to-day debate on urban policy and the expression of that policy in urban planning and development decisions. While the origins of th...

Two decades of China's urban housing reform has produced significant quantitative and qualitative improvements. Despite various policies aimed to promote owner-occupied residential housing, the extent of commodification has been limited, and, in particular, most ownership transactions are independent of market considerations. This paper analyzes the reasons why significant commercial owner-occu...

Artykuł poświęcony jest instytucjonalnym formom wprowadzonym przez Radę Europy w ramach Programu Miast Międzykulturowych, opracowanego reakcji na wyzwania wiążące się ze zróżnicowaniem pejzażu kulturowego współczesnych ośrodków miejskich, zarówno Europie, jak i innych kontynentach. Celem artykułu przedstawienie instrumentarium tego programu oraz krytyczna analiza jego poszczególnych elementów z...