Papers

South African planning history has resulted in a grossly unequal urban situation, which after more than twenty years of democracy, still hinders real transformation. This paper argues that deeply entrenched inequalities should not only be understood from a physical or social viewpoint, but also from...

The Nigerian economy is experiencing jobless growth, based mainly on the extractive industries which provide more money than opportunities for decent work. The informal sector constitutes a major part of the indigenous private sector. Although critics dismiss the sector as ‘a chaotic jumble of unp...

Over the years, there has been a consensual theoretical understanding of how settlements have developed. However, in spite of this, countries globally have categorized and delimited their settlements according to their own definition. This has resulted in there being limited comparable knowledge on ...

In 2013, China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a Chinese solution to sustainable development. Based on the original BRI, the emphasis on green and sustainability has become a new trend in recent years because of environmental concerns, especially climate change. In this context, the ide...

Inadequate public transportation system in the Bandung Metropolitan Area has triggered the growth of self-organized transportation to meet daily transportation demand. On one hand, this initiative brings positive contributions in terms of provision of reliable urban mobility and creates innovations ...

Qanat is the oldest system of water harvesting. This system is able to transfer groundwater to dry lands in the most sustainable way to build up the cities. Building a Qanat has a simple technique and several elements make it which include a main well (mother well), a corridor, some serial wells and...

Climate crisis is a global problem that requires immediate mitigation. One of the efforts for climate change mitigation is the utilization of renewable energy. On Sumba Island, Indonesia, the Sumba Iconic Island for Renewable Energy (SII) program was established to encourage the use of renewable ene...

In the past, there has been a substantial amount of research examining the topo-metric characteristics of European and American settlements using space syntax (Hillier & Hanson, 1984 and 1986; Hillier, 1996; Carvalho & Penn, 2004; Shpuza, 2014; Major, 2015 and 2018). Such studies highlighted key top...

This paper addresses the use of the term sustainability as an environmentalized narrative in the urban development policies proposed by the municipal government of Porto Alegre, Brazil, for an industrial brownfield area known as IV District. At the base of this proposal is a wide normalization and v...

Growing population is one of the important problem faced by whole world. As it comes with the responsibility of completing the basic needs of the people. Shelter is one of the important need of any person. The rural population is usually attracted to the urban areas either to grab the job opportunit...

Problem: Associated with Chinese rapid urbanization, some disordered environment has resulted in residents’ loss of perceived safety, which is harmful no only to citizens’ wellbeing but also for the sustainable development of city (Olusola O, 2020). Background: Although literature have suggested...

The iconic Los Angeles River used to be a free-flowing natural river that caused frequent and drastic floods in the neighborhoods through which it ran. In the 1960s, engineers channelized the entire fifty-one miles of the river, directing stormwater away from populated areas. The concrete ...

The 21st century is and will be urban on every continent. Rapid urbanization has become the main trend, especially in the global South, bringing together challenges with unprecedented complexity and numerous opportunities for a more sustainable development. Challenges such as increasing needs for re...

With economic development, population growth, and the continuous improvement of living standards, the ecological problems faced by urban development become increasingly significant. Respecting nature and building a harmonious coexistence between humans and nature has subsequently become an important...

The rapid development in Qatar in all aspects of life has caused a time gap between the infrastructures put in place and the readiness to adopt into them. Through this case study we attempt to give examples of this gap by using art in public spaces as a reflection of Qatar society from urban, social...

The 1980s marked an ideological shift about youth by neoliberalism calling for free possessive individuals against the oppressive state. Neoliberalism abstained from the welfare model of the state as an enhancer of human well-being and an administrator of a command and control economy towards a view...

The regeneration of derelict urban areas by large-scale development projects presented as “knowledge-based” is perceived as a major policy and planning objective and as a potentially fruitful opportunity to trigger regional growth dynamics. However, it raises many questions regarding the integra...

We are now going through a shift to a new epoch when urban planning relies more on data and digital technology than intuitive thought. In this context, China is involved in a critical transformation in its urban planning system at this moment. A new collection of rational planning methods focusing o...

The city of Rome 3 million inhabitants are mostly unaware of the significant geo-hydro-meteo risks affecting the urban ecosystems. Floods, droughts, landslides, sinkholes as well as urban and industrial pressures impacting the safety and sustainability of natural and human resources. The city, follo...

As one of the oldest cities in China and the starting point of the Silk Road, Xi’an has served 13 dynasties as their capitals and has the most complete city wall in China. The continuously growing urban development and the rapidly iterative digital technology have changed the cognitive way in urba...

Urban animals are an integral part of the Indian society, both culturally and religiously. The natural world sustains us and the non-human species play a critical role in its wellbeing. Yet the development models for our cities have always ignored these ever present ‘imperceptible stakeholders’ ...

The most severe impacts of the crisis are unfolding in cities, and Tokyo as one of the world largest with almost 14 million residents is, at an even higher risk. Thus, the relevancy in the explorations of how to make our cities more self-sufficient, livable and just is prime at this moment in histor...

Since the 1980s, the Chinese government has established various types of industrial parks, which have become important carriers of local economic development. In the period of rapid urbanization in China, many industrial parks are guided by the land demand of enterprises and take the path of scale e...

At present, the new concept of community life circle has become the common pursuit of people, in order to create a residential space with intensive land use, environment-friendly, full of vitality and diversity of facilities. In 2016, Shanghai issued the guidelines for the planning of 15 minute comm...

Aleppo or “Halab,” is one of the world’s oldest inhabited urban areas; historically, it has been known for its multicultural community, as well as its extensive urban economic, social, cultural, and institutional capital (UN-HABITAT, 2014). Over the past ten years, the literature on Aleppo has...

Monitoring the state of the underwater environment is particularly difficult as these areas are generally inaccessible to man. With the advent of the revolutionary technology of SCUBA, man has been able to gain access to this underwater realm, which consequently has given rise to a lucrative tourism...

As an influential sector in the national economy, real estate and the urban economy play an essential role in sustainable economic growth. Sustainable development of a healthy real estate market contributes to improve citizens' quality of life and achieve sustainable urban management. Representing t...

South African townships are areas that are traditionally marginalized from places of economic and social opportunity and affluence. Built originally as places of cheap labour in the apartheid era, there is no denying that townships today carry a deep sense of culture, both historical and modern. Wit...

In an increasingly urbanized world, governments and international corporations strive to increase productivity of cities, recognized as economy growth hubs, as well as ensuring a better quality of life and living conditions to citizens. Although significant effort is performed by international organ...

The improvement of neigbourhood amenities is one of the key urban renewal issues in old districts. Due to tight deadlines and financial restrictions, the amenities’ improvement in China have been often criticized for the misallocation of resources meeting resident’s demand. Previous studies have...