Michael E. Smith's book, "Urban Life in the Distant Past: The Prehistory of Energized Crowding," offers a comprehensive exploration of ancient settlements and urbanism. The book examines various strands of evidence, ideas, and interpretations of ancient settlements and thei...
The Rose Kennedy Greenway in downtown Boston, United States, exemplifies this human-centered approach to design. The project, which began construction in 1991, showcases the potential of greenways to reconnect urban environments and enhance community life. As a series of parks designed by various ...
Selected from a list of 10 finalists, the projects were appreciated for their sensible response to local memory and an understanding of the interplay between various elements that interact with urban life. + 12 Save this article Read more »...
aThese vestiges of a not-so-distant past can pose the unique opportunity to identify new industries that establish centres of production and strengthen a community’s pre-existing urban fabric. 没有如此遥远的过去的这些痕迹可能摆在独特的机会辨认建立生产的中心并且加强社区的已存在的都市织品的新的产业...
In short, this is a vote on whether or not Raleigh transit succeeds. Transit succeeds when it has a mass of people to transport, and without TOD this BRT will fail, just like the many other transit plans that Raleigh has drawn up over my lifetime. In a 2016 referendum, 262,634 Wake...
trees and vegetation into urban forest parks. Meanwhile, Beijing has also seen the development of the "greenway "throughout the city: a park-like network of walking and cycling routes, which allow residents to enjoy nature on their doorstep and also encourage us to adopt a healthier lifestyle...
while others being stuck in unsustainable urban development paths15,16. Some scholars have argued that the quality of life of urban residents decreases as urban agglomerations increase in size3,17, while others have argued that it improves due to scaling effects related to economic prosperity and ...
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to function. Such overreliance on single systems with impacts on myriad infrastructure systems will generate new reliability and security risks with as yet unknown potential consequences for urban resident life, not least when digital systems are threatened by climate or other extreme events and may ...
To the extent that our zoning ordinance foster auto-dependent development, it could actually be undermining life safety Public health Antibiotics, not fresh air in houses ensured by zoning ordinances, that ultimately cured the low-level tuberculosis pandemic Improved sanitation and medicine, not zoning...