Sustainable Urban Design
In Mexico, as in many other countries, the galloping urban growth has turned a major issue for the authorities, because of their incapability to have responsive urban planning to provide of proper infrastructure and services to the whole... more
In Mexico, as in many other countries, the galloping urban growth has turned a major issue for the authorities, because of their incapability to have responsive urban planning to provide of proper infrastructure and services to the whole population. The results are very uneven cities in terms of both physical and social realms. A couple of questions come to our mind as urban designers: how uneven are the cities in both realms? And, what can we do to overcome those differences?
In order to answer these questions, we decided to focus on San Miguel de Allende –SMA- in Central Mexico. This small town of almost 72 thousand inhabitants (in the urban area) has been growing in a very accelerated but unplanned way relying its economy mostly in tourism (because its downtown is part of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites) as well as being considered as an option to live for retired foreigners.
Looking at the official data, we realized that almost the whole county’s economy depends on just an area that represents 2% of the territory, where 80% of its GDP is produced but only 16% of the population are directly benefited (mostly foreigners, investors and entrepreneurs).
Hence, we decided to intervene the city to generate a more balanced economy (beyond tourism) distributed more evenly in the territory. The interventions would increase the income of the population and create a strong middle-class (actually almost absent).
According to the actual socio-economic conditions, the urban strategy then was to create four districts attending general deficiencies that can provide vitality and a good quality of life to the neighbours. For each district different possible projects (and their potential sites) were identified according to their particular conditions and finally, eleven architectural pieces were designed taking care they attend to those needs.
In order to answer these questions, we decided to focus on San Miguel de Allende –SMA- in Central Mexico. This small town of almost 72 thousand inhabitants (in the urban area) has been growing in a very accelerated but unplanned way relying its economy mostly in tourism (because its downtown is part of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites) as well as being considered as an option to live for retired foreigners.
Looking at the official data, we realized that almost the whole county’s economy depends on just an area that represents 2% of the territory, where 80% of its GDP is produced but only 16% of the population are directly benefited (mostly foreigners, investors and entrepreneurs).
Hence, we decided to intervene the city to generate a more balanced economy (beyond tourism) distributed more evenly in the territory. The interventions would increase the income of the population and create a strong middle-class (actually almost absent).
According to the actual socio-economic conditions, the urban strategy then was to create four districts attending general deficiencies that can provide vitality and a good quality of life to the neighbours. For each district different possible projects (and their potential sites) were identified according to their particular conditions and finally, eleven architectural pieces were designed taking care they attend to those needs.
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UN HABITAT publication on the state of African cities produced every two years. Accounts for the state of African cities and recommends a vision for sustainable African urbanism.
Research Interests: Sustainable Development, Sustainable Urbanism, Politics And Planning In African Cities, Sustainable Urban Planning, Sustainable Urban Design, and 10 moreSustainable Cities, African urbanization, secondary cities, Sustainable Urbanisation, African urbanism, African urbanization, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Inclusive Cities and Sustainable Cities and Their Growth, African Cities, Sustainable African Urbanism, and African Urban Transitions
The Architects in the olden days worked in tune with their environment. Their designs were inspired by social, environmental and geographical factors that impacted the local design and established a genuine urban character. In that,... more
The Architects in the olden days worked in tune with their environment. Their designs were inspired by social, environmental and geographical factors that impacted the local design and established a genuine urban character. In that, buildings were highly suitable to their surrounding environment and more comfortable to their inhabitants
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The article offers a synthetic overview along the time of the successive phases characterizing the slow overlapping of the proposals of urban renewal and the approaches based on the new ecological paradigm till present day, when the... more
The article offers a synthetic overview along the time of the successive phases characterizing the slow overlapping of the proposals of urban renewal and the approaches based on the new ecological paradigm till present day, when the global economic crisis has brought forth the concept of integral urban regeneration and the urgent need of a change in the urban-territorial planning model. Some of the diffi culties for the insertion of the ecological approach into urban regeneration practice are underlined, signaling they are mainly due to the fact that this new approach confronts the fundamentals of a real-state model based on over-consumption of land and resources and still operating within a professional and political framework weighed down by sectoral visions and a reductionist conception of environmental issues. Finally, some general guidelines for change are proposed, based on a resolute implementation of the new paradigm.
El artículo repasa sintéticamente las fases que han caracterizado la paulatina convergencia entre las propuestas sucesivas de renovación urbana y los enfoques derivados del paradigma ecológico hasta el momento actual, en que la crisis económica global ha contribuido a situar en primer plano el concepto de regeneración urbana integral y la necesidad de un cambio en el modelo urbano-territorial. Apunta algunas
de las dificultades a las que se enfrenta la puesta en práctica del enfoque ecológico en la regeneración urbana, debidas principalmente a que pone en cuestión las premisas de un modelo inmobiliario basado en el consumo de suelo y recursos y opera en un entorno disciplinar y político lastrado aún por las visiones sectoriales y por una concepción reduccionista de lo ambiental. Finalmente, propone algunas directrices generales para el cambio basadas en la aplicación decidida del nuevo paradigma.
El artículo repasa sintéticamente las fases que han caracterizado la paulatina convergencia entre las propuestas sucesivas de renovación urbana y los enfoques derivados del paradigma ecológico hasta el momento actual, en que la crisis económica global ha contribuido a situar en primer plano el concepto de regeneración urbana integral y la necesidad de un cambio en el modelo urbano-territorial. Apunta algunas
de las dificultades a las que se enfrenta la puesta en práctica del enfoque ecológico en la regeneración urbana, debidas principalmente a que pone en cuestión las premisas de un modelo inmobiliario basado en el consumo de suelo y recursos y opera en un entorno disciplinar y político lastrado aún por las visiones sectoriales y por una concepción reduccionista de lo ambiental. Finalmente, propone algunas directrices generales para el cambio basadas en la aplicación decidida del nuevo paradigma.
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Examining urban adaptation strategies for the City of Sydney to accommodate population growth.
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This chapter sets out ways in which to think about the role of design in relation to informal settlement upgrading and how it can bolster active citizenship. It explores the inter-connections and overlaps between three... more
This chapter sets out ways in which to think about the role of design in relation to informal settlement upgrading and how it can bolster active citizenship. It explores the inter-connections and overlaps between three discourses/practices: participatory development, informal settlement upgrading and design. The primary interest is the importance of ‘design thinking’ for dramatically improving the efficacy of participatory upgrading and maintenance processes, with a partiality towards a citizen-centred conception of democratic urban governance. To ground the policy frameworks and recommendations that follow, the conceptual landscape is first laid out.
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This chapter attempts to map out the anchors for a cultural transition toward a more just and sustainable society, especially in the global South. My aim is to provide a larger conceptual canvas for the movements, interventions, and... more
This chapter attempts to map out the anchors for a cultural transition toward a more just and sustainable society, especially in the global South. My aim is to provide a larger conceptual canvas for the movements, interventions, and innovations featured in the Design with the Other 90%: CITIES exhibition. I hope these diverse, ethically connected projects will help readers appreciate their larger significance, and that the seeds of structural transformation of our cities can be gleaned from them.
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This reports on an innovative programme to improve sustainability over three years, across nine cities and their associated governance organisations, over six nations. The methodology included creating and training expert evaluation... more
This reports on an innovative programme to improve sustainability over three years, across nine cities and their associated governance organisations, over six nations.
The methodology included creating and training expert evaluation teams, drawn from the different cities and their governance organisations. These teams would then visit cities and comparatively assess sustainability to make collective recommendations for improvement, which were then implemented and re-evaluated one year after by a second visit and evaluation.
Overall there were 20 city sustainability evaluations involving expert teams of around 40 people and engaging several hundred stakeholders in these evaluations. This report gives the meta-evaluation of the whole programme with improvement recommendations to the participatory peer review methodology.
The methodology included creating and training expert evaluation teams, drawn from the different cities and their governance organisations. These teams would then visit cities and comparatively assess sustainability to make collective recommendations for improvement, which were then implemented and re-evaluated one year after by a second visit and evaluation.
Overall there were 20 city sustainability evaluations involving expert teams of around 40 people and engaging several hundred stakeholders in these evaluations. This report gives the meta-evaluation of the whole programme with improvement recommendations to the participatory peer review methodology.
Research Interests: Organizational Behavior, Management, Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Economic Sociology, and 232 morePolitical Sociology, Program Evaluation, Social Change, Social Movements, Urban Geography, Regional Geography, European Studies, Environmental Science, Environmental Economics, Policy Analysis/Policy Studies, Public Administration, Social Policy, Cultural Sociology, Environmental Education, Public Management, European integration, Social Research Methods and Methodology, Social Sciences, Knowledge Management, Organizational Change, Foreign Policy Analysis, Sustainable Communities, Research Methods and Methodology, Participatory Research, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Sustainable Transportation, Participatory Action Research, Action Research, Assessment, Expertise, Organizational Learning Processes, Peer Assessment, Research Methodology, Project Management, Organizational Learning, Urban Politics, Qualitative Methods (Sociology), Environmental policy, Government, Evaluation Research, Collective Intelligence, Participatory Design, Organizational Culture, Sociology of Knowledge, Mixed Methods, Management Learning, Qualitative methodology, Regional policy, Governmentality, Mixed Methodologies, Qualitative Methods, Regulation And Governance, Environmental Studies, Organisational Change, Global Governance, Climate change policy, Evidence Based Practice, Global cities, Infrastructure Planning, Formative Assessment, Monitoring And Evaluation, Sustainable Development, Environmental Planning and Design, Social Cognition, Case Study Research, Urban Planning, Collaboration, Strategic Management, Regional and Local Governance, Governance, Knowledge organization, Knowledge sharing, Energy Policy, Sustainable Building Design, Local Government, Transport Planning, Sustainable Urbanism, Measurement and Evaluation, Organization Studies, Human Resource Management, Urban Regeneration, Participatory Culture, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Expert evidence, Impact Evaluation, Action research (Methodology), Environmental Management, Sustainable Urban Environments, Urban Studies, Strategic Planning, Organisational Development, Sustainability (Organisational Strategy), Local Government and Local Development, European Neighbourhood Policy, Evaluation, Social Activism, Urbanism, Environmental Policy and Governance, Mixed Methods (Methodology), European Politics, Environmental Politics, European Union, Environmental Impact Assessment, Knowledge Transfer, Regional development, Qualitative Research, Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), Collective Memory, Energy and Environment, Sustainable Tourism, Sustainable Water Resources Management, Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Construction, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Urban Sociology, Low Carbone Cities, Peer-to-Peer, Public Participation In Governance, Citizenship And Governance, Environmental Sustainability, Environmenatl Impact Assessment, Participatory Democracy, HRM and Knowledge, Social Inclusion, Research, Urban And Regional Planning, Sustainable Architecture, Qualitative Research Methods, Qualitative Methodology (Sociology), Social and Environmental Accounting, Social Impact Assessment, Sustainable Design, Mixed Methods Research, Cities (Sociology), Peer Review, Environmental Pollution, European Union Politics, Urban Design (Urban Studies), Peer and Group learning, Urban Development, Public Policy Analysis, City Branding, Urban Governance, New Urbanism, Collaborative Learning, Climate Change Impacts, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Social impact, Town planning, Citizenship, Organizational Development, Knowledge Exchange, New Public Management and Governance, Knowledge, Community-Based Participatory Research, Social Inequality, City planning, Planning, Participatory Planning, Cities, Sustainability Reporting, Social and Environmental Issues, Evaluación, Administración, Urban Design, Social Development, City and Regional Planning, Project evaluation, Sustainable Urban Planning, Sustainable Urban Design, Sustainable Cities, Europe, Learning Organizations, Local Governments, Professional Knowledge, Citizen participation, Environmental science and policy, Sociología, Qualitative Methodologies, Urbanismo, Learning Organization, Comparative Regionalism, Local governance, European Union Environmental Policy, Urbanisme, Local Government and Regional Administration, Local Goverment and Local Development, Knowledge management, organizational learning and knowledge sharing, Organisational learning, Participatory governance, Sociology of Environment, *Comparative Government (Political Systems) and Politics, Knowledge Communities, Organisational Learning; 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In today’s increasingly complex urban environments the concepts of urban growth and sprawl are particularly relevant to the long-term sustainability of urban areas. Development and use of effective urban design methods to... more
In today’s increasingly complex urban environments the concepts of urban growth and sprawl are particularly relevant to the long-term sustainability of urban areas. Development and use of effective urban design methods to measure, monitor and manage urban growth as well as to minimize sprawl requires an equally complex set of methods and technologies in place. Within the larger context of regional and city planning, one can easily observe that a wide array of geographic information system (GIS) methods are under rigorous research and development to be utilized in vital decision-making processes of ecological and sustainable urban design. This study reviews and closely examines a number of articles on GIS-based methods proposed and/or applied in urban areas throughout the world.
Research Interests: Development Studies, Climate Change, Research Methodology, International Development, Climate Change Adaptation, and 42 moreEnvironmental Studies, Community Development, Ecological Design, Sustainable Development, Environmental Planning and Design, Urban Planning, Sustainable Urbanism, Modeling, Sustainable Urban Environments, Urban Studies, Strategic Planning, Urbanism, Environmental Design, Modeling and Simulation, Energy and Environment, Green architecture, Environmental GIS, Scenario planning, Environmental Sustainability, Urban And Regional Planning, Land-use planning, Sustainable Architecture, Sustainable Design, Agent-based modeling, Urban Design (Urban Studies), Urban Sprawl, URBAN SUSTAINABILITY, Planning, Urban Spatial Development and Urban Sprawl, Urban Growth Management, Urban Growth, Urban Design, City and Regional Planning, Sustainable Urban Planning, Sustainable Urban Design, Smart Cities, Green Urbanism, GIS modeling, Restorative Design, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geographic Information Systems GIS), and Restorative Urban Design
Since the industrial revolution, technological developments and increased population have caused environmental damages. To protect the nature and architectural environment, firstly, green architecture, ecological architecture and then... more
Since the industrial revolution, technological developments and increased population have caused environmental damages. To protect the nature and architectural environment, firstly, green architecture, ecological architecture and then sustainability occurred. This term has been proposed not to be a new term but a response to environmental disturbances caused by human activities and it is re- conceptualization of architecture. Sustainable architecture or sustainability is lot more extensive than ecological and green architecture. It contains the imbalance between environmental problems that is natural environment and consumption that occurred all around the world.
An important part of sustainability debate focused on urban planning and design for more sustainable forms and patterns. In particular, it is discussed that planning and design of urban areas have a major effect on transport and therefore can help reduce car usage, emissions, global warming and climate change. There are many planning and design approaches and movement that introduce certain criteria and strategies to prevent car dependency and encourage people to use public transportation and walking. However, when review the literature, it is seen that planning movements, such as New Urbanism and Transit Oriented Development originated and were implemented mostly in West European and North American Cities. The purpose of this study is to find out whether all those criteria, principles and strategies are also relevant planning approaches for more non-western cities like Baku, which has a very different planning background and therefore possibly different urban form and transport issues. In order to answer the abovementioned question, planning and design approaches in the literature and these recent planning movements were studied and a check list was formed which indicate planning and design approaches that can help attain a more sustainable transport outcome. The checklist was then applied to the case of Baku.
Keywords—Sustainability, Transport, Urban Design.
An important part of sustainability debate focused on urban planning and design for more sustainable forms and patterns. In particular, it is discussed that planning and design of urban areas have a major effect on transport and therefore can help reduce car usage, emissions, global warming and climate change. There are many planning and design approaches and movement that introduce certain criteria and strategies to prevent car dependency and encourage people to use public transportation and walking. However, when review the literature, it is seen that planning movements, such as New Urbanism and Transit Oriented Development originated and were implemented mostly in West European and North American Cities. The purpose of this study is to find out whether all those criteria, principles and strategies are also relevant planning approaches for more non-western cities like Baku, which has a very different planning background and therefore possibly different urban form and transport issues. In order to answer the abovementioned question, planning and design approaches in the literature and these recent planning movements were studied and a check list was formed which indicate planning and design approaches that can help attain a more sustainable transport outcome. The checklist was then applied to the case of Baku.
Keywords—Sustainability, Transport, Urban Design.
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Since the industrial revolution, technological developments and increased population have caused environmental damages. To protect the nature and architectural environment, firstly, green architecture, ecological architecture and then... more
Since the industrial revolution, technological developments and increased population have caused environmental damages. To protect the nature and architectural environment, firstly, green architecture, ecological architecture and then sustainability occurred. This term has been proposed not to be a new term but a
response to environmental disturbances caused by human activities and it is re-conceptualization of architecture. Sustainable architecture or sustainability is lot more extensive than ecological and green architecture. It contains the imbalance between environmental problems that is natural environment and consumption that occurred all around the world. An important part of sustainability debate focused on urban planning and design for more sustainable forms and patterns. In particular, it is discussed that planning and design of urban areas have
a major effect on transport and therefore can help reduce car usage, emissions, global warming and climate change. There are many planning and design approaches and movement that introduce certain criteria and strategies to prevent car dependency and encourage people to use public transportation and walking. However, when review the literature, it is seen that planning movements, such as New Urbanism and Transit Oriented Development originated and were implemented mostly in West European and North American Cities. The purpose of this study is to find out whether all those criteria, principles and strategies are also relevant planning approaches for more non-western cities like Baku, which has a very different planning background and therefore possibly different urban form and transport issues. In order to answer the abovementioned question, planning and design approaches in the literature and these recent planning movements were studied and a check list was formed which
indicate planning and design approaches that can help attain a more sustainable transport outcome. The checklist was then applied to the case of Baku.
Keywords—Sustainability, Transport, Urban Design.
response to environmental disturbances caused by human activities and it is re-conceptualization of architecture. Sustainable architecture or sustainability is lot more extensive than ecological and green architecture. It contains the imbalance between environmental problems that is natural environment and consumption that occurred all around the world. An important part of sustainability debate focused on urban planning and design for more sustainable forms and patterns. In particular, it is discussed that planning and design of urban areas have
a major effect on transport and therefore can help reduce car usage, emissions, global warming and climate change. There are many planning and design approaches and movement that introduce certain criteria and strategies to prevent car dependency and encourage people to use public transportation and walking. However, when review the literature, it is seen that planning movements, such as New Urbanism and Transit Oriented Development originated and were implemented mostly in West European and North American Cities. The purpose of this study is to find out whether all those criteria, principles and strategies are also relevant planning approaches for more non-western cities like Baku, which has a very different planning background and therefore possibly different urban form and transport issues. In order to answer the abovementioned question, planning and design approaches in the literature and these recent planning movements were studied and a check list was formed which
indicate planning and design approaches that can help attain a more sustainable transport outcome. The checklist was then applied to the case of Baku.
Keywords—Sustainability, Transport, Urban Design.
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Abstract submitted to Global Cleaner Production Conference, 2015, Sitges, Barcelona) The broad research domain of design for sustainability has evolved considerably from its early days of “green design” to currently emerging stream of... more
Abstract submitted to Global Cleaner Production Conference, 2015, Sitges, Barcelona)
The broad research domain of design for sustainability has evolved considerably from its early days of “green design” to currently emerging stream of “design for system innovations and transitions”. Design for system innovations and transitions integrates theories of design and design-led innovation with theories of system innovations and transitions. In this paper we investigate this emerging new area of design research and practice in the context of exploring desirable, resilient and low-carbon city futures, particularly focusing on Visions and Pathways 2040 (VP2040) project as a case study. VP2040 is a four year long multi-university, multi-stakeholder project aiming to develop visions, scenarios and pathways for resilient and low-carbon futures for Australian cities. The project is led by Victorian Eco-innovation Lab (VEIL) of University of Melbourne. Based in Melbourne School of Design, VEIL is a design-led laboratory for design, research, engagement and action. VEIL understands design as being “equally concerned with probing the limits of our current reality as it is with making new realities possible” (Boyer, Cook and Steinberg 2011). We identify and distinguish tangible and intangible qualities of design research and practice that informed conception, design and implementation of the VP2040 project. These include facilitative qualities, synthesising qualities, community centeredness as an extension of user-centeredness in design, and qualities that bring forth particular design skills including but not limited to visualisation, concept generation and prototyping. In the paper we discuss how these qualities are materialised in future focused, vision-led project contexts.
The broad research domain of design for sustainability has evolved considerably from its early days of “green design” to currently emerging stream of “design for system innovations and transitions”. Design for system innovations and transitions integrates theories of design and design-led innovation with theories of system innovations and transitions. In this paper we investigate this emerging new area of design research and practice in the context of exploring desirable, resilient and low-carbon city futures, particularly focusing on Visions and Pathways 2040 (VP2040) project as a case study. VP2040 is a four year long multi-university, multi-stakeholder project aiming to develop visions, scenarios and pathways for resilient and low-carbon futures for Australian cities. The project is led by Victorian Eco-innovation Lab (VEIL) of University of Melbourne. Based in Melbourne School of Design, VEIL is a design-led laboratory for design, research, engagement and action. VEIL understands design as being “equally concerned with probing the limits of our current reality as it is with making new realities possible” (Boyer, Cook and Steinberg 2011). We identify and distinguish tangible and intangible qualities of design research and practice that informed conception, design and implementation of the VP2040 project. These include facilitative qualities, synthesising qualities, community centeredness as an extension of user-centeredness in design, and qualities that bring forth particular design skills including but not limited to visualisation, concept generation and prototyping. In the paper we discuss how these qualities are materialised in future focused, vision-led project contexts.
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Integrating renewable energy into public space is becoming more common as a climate change solution. However, this approach is often guided by the environmental pillar of sustainability, with less focus on the economic and social pillars.... more
Integrating renewable energy into public space is becoming more common as a
climate change solution. However, this approach is often guided by the environmental pillar
of sustainability, with less focus on the economic and social pillars. The purpose of this paper
is to examine this issue in the speculative renewable energy propositions for Freshkills Park
in New York City submitted for the 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) competition.
This paper first proposes an optimal electricity distribution (OED) framework in and around
public spaces based on relevant ecology and energy theory (Odum’s fourth and fifth law of
thermodynamics). This framework addresses social engagement related to public
interaction, and economic engagement related to the estimated quantity of electricity
produced, in conjunction with environmental engagement related to the embodied energy
required to construct the renewable energy infrastructure. Next, the study uses the OED
framework to analyse the top twenty-five projects submitted for the LAGI 2012 competition.
The findings reveal an electricity distribution imbalance and suggest a lack of in-depth
understanding about sustainable electricity distribution within public space design. The
paper concludes with suggestions for future research.
climate change solution. However, this approach is often guided by the environmental pillar
of sustainability, with less focus on the economic and social pillars. The purpose of this paper
is to examine this issue in the speculative renewable energy propositions for Freshkills Park
in New York City submitted for the 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) competition.
This paper first proposes an optimal electricity distribution (OED) framework in and around
public spaces based on relevant ecology and energy theory (Odum’s fourth and fifth law of
thermodynamics). This framework addresses social engagement related to public
interaction, and economic engagement related to the estimated quantity of electricity
produced, in conjunction with environmental engagement related to the embodied energy
required to construct the renewable energy infrastructure. Next, the study uses the OED
framework to analyse the top twenty-five projects submitted for the LAGI 2012 competition.
The findings reveal an electricity distribution imbalance and suggest a lack of in-depth
understanding about sustainable electricity distribution within public space design. The
paper concludes with suggestions for future research.
Research Interests: Landscape Architecture, Resilience, Ecological Design, Sustainable Development, Design Research, and 13 moreSustainable Urban Environments, Design For Sustainable Behaviour, Sustainable Energy, Landscape Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Public Space, Sustainable Landscape Design (Architecture), Ecological Urbanism, Landscape Studies, Urban Public Open Space, Sustainable Urban Design, Landscape architecture, Ecological urbanism, sustainable development, and Sustainability
RESUMEN. Los grandes esfuerzos por cambiar la idea de prosperidad a nivel mundial han dado origen a la iniciativa global promovida por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos: "Ciudades Prósperas". Este cambio... more
RESUMEN.
Los grandes esfuerzos por cambiar la idea de prosperidad a nivel mundial han
dado origen a la iniciativa global promovida por el Programa de las Naciones
Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos: "Ciudades Prósperas". Este cambio en
la referencia del concepto busca hacerse a través del Índice de Prosperidad que
contiene los principales factores necesarios para la integración social al desarrollo.
Lograr el desarrollo sustentable solo será posible a través de la planeación urbana
integral. En este trabajo se explora el marco jurídico-normativo de la prosperidad y
se señalan algunas ideas de cambio para facilitarlo.
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Planeación Estratégica Municipal y Ciudades Prosperas.
ABSTRACT.
The great efforts to change the idea of prosperity worldwide have led to the global
initiative promoted by the United Nations Program for Human Settlements,
"Prosperous Cities". This change in the reference concept seeks to be made
through the Prosperity Index contains the main factors necessary for social
integration in development. Achieving sustainable development is only possible
through integrated urban planning. In this paper the legal-normative framework of
prosperity is explored and some ideas for change to facilitate this point.
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Municipal Strategic Planning and prosperous cities.
Research Interests: Development Studies, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning, Sustainable Building Design, Sustainable Urbanism, and 27 moreSustainable Urban Environments, Urban Studies, Sustainable Water Resources Management, Environmental Sustainability, Urban And Regional Planning, Sustainable Urban Regeneration and Development, Urban Design, Metodología y Teoría de la Investigación Social, Sustainable Urban Planning, Sustainable Urban Design, Sustainable Cities, Environment and Sustanable Developpement, Teoría de la Planeación Urbana, Planeación Urbana en Colombia, Planeacion estrategica, Comunity Development, Planeación ambiental, sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), Sustainable City, La participación ciudadana en la planeación del desarrollo local, Sustainable Development, Ecological Development , Smart City Initiative, PLANEACION URBANA CIUDAD MEXICO, Sustainable City Design, PLANEACIÓN Y DESARROLLO URBANO, Planeación estratégica, Planeación Municipal, and Ciudades Prosperas
This article aims to promote the discussion about the appliance of new features of parametric design and its possibilities within the proposal of urban scale projects that could consider sustainability issues. The digital tools now allow... more
This article aims to promote the discussion about the appliance of new features of parametric design and its possibilities within the proposal of urban scale projects that could consider sustainability issues. The digital tools now allow a new approach to shaping, which eliminates various geometric constraints imposed by traditional systems. This new paradigm encourages the use of a logic based upon mass customization, allowing the production of buildings and spaces increasingly complex and unique, both in terms of architectural form and as from the point of view of the space it occupies. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the state of art of parameterization and discuss how this new feature can transcend purely formal questions and contribute to urban and architectural context that addresses to the logic of sustainability.
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Reimagine fragmented cities and neighborhoods through a design blueprint for healthy communities to Reclaim the Public Realm, and improve mobility and connectivity. Urban Cores within these neighborhoods will comprise a more Livable,... more
Reimagine fragmented cities and neighborhoods through a design blueprint for healthy communities to Reclaim the Public Realm, and improve mobility and connectivity.
Urban Cores within these neighborhoods will comprise a more
Livable, Walkable and Vibrant City.
Urban Cores within these neighborhoods will comprise a more
Livable, Walkable and Vibrant City.
Research Interests: Ecosystem Services, Landscape Architecture, Urban Forestry, Green Infrastructure, Sustainable Development, and 41 moreUrban Planning, Social Justice, Sustainable Urbanism, Gentrification, Sustainable Urban Environments, Urban Studies, Sustainability (Organisational Strategy), Urbanism, Transportation, Social Support, Carbon Sequestration, Sustainable Water Resources Management, Public Health, Landscape Urbanism, Urban And Regional Planning, Metro and Subway Systems, Public Space, Urban Sprawl, Los Angeles, Ecological Urbanism, Urban Design, Placemaking, Transit oriented development, Sustainable Urban Design, Landscape Planning, Urban Farming, Green Infrastructure, River corridors, urban regeneration, Christopher alexander, Connectedness to Nature, Mural painting, Stormwater management, Jane Jacobs, Bike-Sharing, Frederick Law Olmsted, Architecture and Public Spaces, Sustainable Sites Initiatives, Utility Corridors, Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation, Healing Through the Arts, Olive groves, and Bedroom Communities
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Could vermicomposting (using worms to compost waste) be the answer to urban environmental degradation? As environments deteriorate is it realistic to expect municipal authorities to be able to collect and safely dispose of rubbish? Can... more
Could vermicomposting (using worms to compost waste) be the answer to urban environmental degradation? As environments deteriorate is it realistic to expect municipal authorities to be able to collect and safely dispose of rubbish? Can civil society organisations help establish sustainable community-based solid waste collection systems?