About Urban Planning
Urban planning is a technical and political process concerned with the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks.
How 15-minute cities got caught in conspiracy theories
... Originally an Urban Planning concept, the "15-minute city" idea is aimed at providing people in cities with basic services within a quarter of an hour s walk or bike ride of where they live...
Photographs that shaped the urban landscape
... Its aim was to analyse the state of architecture and Urban Planning in Britain at that time...
São Paulo's micro-houses keeping homeless families off the streets
... " Traditionally, those who are living on the streets are mostly male with some mental problems and issues with their families, " says Raquel Rolnik, professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of the University of São Paulo...
What kind of a King will Charles be?
... The letters questioned the government s approach on issues such as farming, Urban Planning, architecture, education and even protecting the Patagonian toothfish...
Why you may have a thinking digital twin within a decade
... " Instead, it is in the fields of product design, distribution and Urban Planning where the use of digital twins is currently the most sophisticated and extensive...
China limits construction of 'super high-rise buildings'
... " We re in a stage where people are too impetuous and anxious to produce something that can actually go down in history, " Zhang Shangwu, deputy head of Tongji University s College of Architecture and Urban Planning had earlier told the South China Morning Post...
Living with the world's oldest mummies
... " Urban Planning laws are in place and archaeologists are present whenever building works are carried out, he says, to make sure the precious remains are not disturbed...
The flood that drowned American dreams
... Floodplains are often occupied by low-income and racial minority communities, as they are more likely to live in low-quality housing, where rents are cheaper, said Dr Shannon Van Zandt, Professor of Urban Planning at Texas A& M University...
