Urban transformations and sustainability : progress of research issues in urbanism 2005 / A. van Bilsen ... [et al.] ; edited by F. van der Hoeven and H.J. Rosemann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Van Bilsen, A.

Hoeven, Frank van der, 1964-

Rosemann, Jürgen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Cities and towns.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

City planning--Environmental aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Progress of research issues in urbanism 2005

Place of Publication:

[Delft] : IOS Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The contributions presented are reflecting the ongoing efforts to redefine the discipline of urbanism under globally changing conditions. The conditions of urban development are changing rapidly; technological transformations, new transportation and distribution systems, communication technologies, globalisation and environment problems all cause new challenges. The planning of the future no longer can be based on the certainty of programs and conditions. Instead, the planner is confronted with changing conditions and shifting programs. In this framework, more than before, design approaches wi

Contents:

Title page; Contents; Introduction; Ph.D. Papers; Correlating graph properties of the land use network and non-graph properties in neighbourhoods; Urban figures as hypothesis. The traditional, contemporary, and fluid figures.; Viva Las Vegas. A search for the urban design task of interior public space.; Cities in wetlands; Relationships between contemporary local urban scale and communication networks; Spatial configuration of the area around Delft Central Station; Pondering planning and emerging approaches to produce urban transformation to meet contemporary demands

Morphological analysis of the contemporary urban territory: Is it still a relevant approach?Foreign direct investment and regional growth: The role of FDI in the tertiary sector in triggering development.; Conceptualising colonial space in a global city; Professors department of urbanism

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

6610810478

1-280-81047-5

9786610810475

1-4294-6761-4

1-60750-168-6

600-00-0601-2

1-4337-0146-4

OCLC:

491253480