The aim of this paper was to analyze and connect the existing literature on urban design. use mapping methodologies from a network-based approach made it possible chronologically identify most relevant authors review design their contributions, establishing points theoretical connection. main result analysis construction three proposed approaches: i) an environmental ecological approach, includ...

Cities are increasingly profiling themselves as active agents within the transition towards sustainability. Despite many apparent efforts, discussion on “sustainable cities” has often focused narrowly defined problems and ignored interconnectedness of ecological, social, economic issues that extend beyond boundaries formal city regions. Hence, this paper highlights need for more systemic approa...

This research explores the potential for using behaviors and strategies of parasites as a model for sculptural propositions in the built environment, and investigates how these interventions might resonate with concerns in architecture, urbanism and sociocultural politics.

This study engages the planning and urban design literature as well as social theory to develop a nuanced understanding of issues related to neighborhood form and sense of community. The study analyzes the meaning of community from economic, social, and cultural perspectives. It contextualizes the New Urbanism use of physical design as a subtext for community within a broader theoretical contex...

My interest in the relationship between fear and city building was sparked while doing research on the French new town of Jouy-leMoutier 15 years ago. This new town was an experiment in neotraditional urbanism (or the ‘new urbanism’), an effort to build a new town which looks and functions something like an old town. I wanted to discover whether or not this was a good strategy for city building...