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The journal promotes original academic contributions that are cross-disciplinary to strengthen research under three main areas: Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities; Territorial Studies; and Urban Transformations.
In this regard, the journal has aimed to:
- discuss the role of urban planners, urban designers, and architects in enhancing social and economic aspects of the built environment.
- discuss emerging social and economic challenges and problems facing global cities within other scientific fields.
- develop theoretical and methodological foundations in respect of the social and economic problems of contemporary urbanization.
- bring a scientific view to emerging social and economic challenges in urban spaces.
- provide sufficient comparisons of different challenges and solutions facing cities and societies, as referred to in the aforementioned main aim of the journal.
- discover and identify innovative methods and techniques to overcome the aforementioned challenges.
Contributions are welcome from across the full range of social sciences and arts and humanities disciplines. It is expected that the contributors will provide advanced empirical and theoretical knowledge referring to contemporary urban affairs - from both positive and normative perspectives. Priority for publication is given to research articles that are specifically written for a multidisciplinary audience with the highest quality and impact. In this regard, the journal looks for articles that are innovative and demonstrate excellent research and development.
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Displaying 66 - 70 of 103Urban Planning as an Extension of War Planning: The Case of Shenyang, China, 1898-1966
Warcity relationships had long been studied by scholars regarding wars sudden impact on cities Studies typically focused on one specific events impact on urban military politics economy or society This approach however treated wars impact on cities as only temporary hindered opportunities to reveal multiple political regimes spatial competition through waroriented city planning and construction which is crucial for city development and their resultant urban form changes through time In response this study has examined city planning and construction activities during the short time gaps betw
A Short Glimpse to the Urban Development of Tabriz during the History
Locating on North West of Iran Tabriz the capital of East Azerbaijan Province is one of the important metropolises of the country The foundation of this historic city dated back to 1500 BC but due to the severe earthquakes few historic buildings remained from ancient eras In 2012 Tabriz was selected as the most beautiful city of Iran and it is nominated as the tourism capital of Islamic countries in 2018 Tabriz used to be the capital of Iran during different dynasties like Ilkhanid Kara Koyunlu Ak Koyunlu and Safavid it was the residence of the royal family and crown prince during the Qajar
Concomitant Recital of a Prolonged Reign: Dilation of the Dutch Empire and Enticement of Ascendency, Delineating Batavia, Victim and Valedictorian
The VOC Verenigde OostIndische Compagnie was both the absolutist and the pacifier as it sought to colonize Sunda Kelapa through the displacement of the indigenous population architecture and regimen the VOC was deployed catalyst to the marking of a golden era roughly spanning the 17th century through which architecture trade science and military boomed marking Jakarta a resilient harbour to the worlds finest trades Batavia modernday Jakarta welded a myriad of names endorsing its irrefutable paramount one of which Queen of the East paraphrased an allusion to its urban beauty Until its last d
Visual pollution phenomena and sensitivity of residences in heritage city centers Case of: Old district of Manama city, Kingdom of Bahrain
Image of the ancient cities across the Arab region has been changed The urbanization progress and their subsequent urban changes are of rapid acceleration due to the population increase in the named cities affecting the encompassed old districts in many respects The mentioned changes are forked into two main branches controlled and uncontrolled On one side the controlled category abide by the urban regulations in terms of the visual representation of the old districts On the other side the uncontrolled counterpart breaches these regulations and their logical assumptions ending up in many ur
Transformation of Berber Traditional Planning and Living Spaces
The Algerian Berber region was animated by a network of human settlements built according to the urban model of the Islamic medina and its traditional habitat of adobe Various rural and urban development and transformation of planning and living spaces have recently come under the pressure of rapid urban growth This study aims to analyze and compare Berber domestic spaces across a sample of houses from Aures valley this region of Algeria which presents distinctive geological geographical and historical characteristics The study will look first at the houses then at similarities and differen