The emergence of new field The author article – an experimental approach to urban design – is broken down into three parts. Part 1 describes how urban design emerged as a new profession. He shows an institution contribution after 1956 series conferences meetings held in international organizations headquarters. Several main players that supported the emergence […]
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Urban debate for climate change after the Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto protocol the background A treaty signed by 191 nations in Kyoto in 1997 for the target GHG emission. The protocol identified climate change as a GLOBAL PROBLEM and took effect in 2005. The paper reviews environment publications in urban studies journal from 1967 to 2016. From these studies 12 thought-provoking articles the author studies […]
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High-density sustainability & Livability-The Hong Kong Case
The author researches the correlation between high-density sustainability & livability in Hong Kong city. He divided the paper into parts; the first part of the article reviews international surveys on sustainability and livability. Investigating the strengths and challenges facing the high density development in Hong Kong. The second part analyzes a group of buildings designed […]
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A typology of Urban Design theories
The author divided the article into two parts. The first is the proposed typology of studying urban design theories based on three dimensions – subject , object , knowledge of urban design – to distinguish the schools that originated these dimensions . Second, applying this typology on the shared body of knowledge from studying various […]
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The study of urban form in Germany
The urban form location debate The writer presents a reader detailed study and analysis of the research debate of urban form in Germany. He divides the paper into three parts. First, the urban form- location studies. Second, the urban form–function studies. Third, the urban form- structure studies. The first part covers the period before the […]
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Spatial Planning and policy in Israel: land use perspective
Spatial planning and policy in Israel: land use perspective is a case study of Netanya and Umm Al-Fahm. This study is part of a series of studies conducted by the OECD. In the first part, the study illustrates the process of addressing the challenges resulting from inefficient regulatory procedures. The planning system in Israel is […]