Researchers in the academic literature circle two keywords: urban fabric development and sustainability. Mainly, here we are concerned about professional practice. Urban fabric development and sustainability have three common pillars: Land use, urban densities, and transport system. Surely, changing one of these pillars will have a concurrent influence on the other two pillars. So, in […]
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Urbanism: urban fabric or urban form sustainability?
Urbanism: urban fabric or urban form sustainability? Is the third article of a series1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17. Articles assessing the dialectic of architecture and urban design in the urbanism field? I will go through this relationship from the top scale of urbanism in the city to the smallest scale of urbanism components of urban space. Table of Contents […]
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What is sustainable urban development?
What is sustainable urban development? Is an article that completes the previous articles 1,2. The article defines what is sustainable urban development? also highlights, and to point to the institutions and commercial publications spread all around the world about policies and guidelines. In addition to sustainable urban development in practice. Finally, some other contradictions of […]
Sustainable Urban Design an environmental approach
Author Adam Ritchie & Randall Thomas Publisher Taylor & Francis group language English Book Type Paperback ISBN-10 9780415447829 Pages 256 Adam Ritchie and Randall Thomas are the authors of sustainable urban design book. Adam Ritchie is a physician holds a double bachelor degree in applied physics from Denis Detroit and York universities. Worked as a […]
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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 […]