scholarly journals Beyond the Greenways: A People-Centered Urban Planning and Design Approach for Shenzhen, the 'World Factory' in Transition

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Qu ◽  
Bang Fu ◽  
Luisa Calabrese
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
The World ◽  
Urban Planning And Design

The travelling business of sustainable urbanism: International consultants as norm-setters

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 1779-1796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Rapoport ◽  
Anna Hult
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Sustainable Urbanism ◽  
The World ◽  
Urban Planning And Design

This article examines the international travels of ideas about sustainable urban planning and design through a focus on private sector architecture, planning and engineering consultants. These consultants, who we refer to as the global intelligence corps (GIC), package up their expertise in urban sustainability as a marketable commodity, and apply it on projects around the world. In doing so, the global intelligence corps shape norms about what constitutes ‘good’ sustainable urban planning, and contribute to the development of an internationalised travelling model of sustainable urbanism. This article draws on a broad study of the industry (GIC) in sustainable urban planning and design, and two in-depth case studies of Swedish global intelligence corps firms working on Chinese Eco-city projects. Analysis of this material illustrates how the global intelligence corps’s work shapes a traveling model of sustainable urbanism, and how this in turn creates and reinforces particular norms in urban planning practice.

Urban design for mental health in Tokyo

2019 ◽  
pp. 283-300
Author(s):  
Layla McCay ◽  
Emily Suzuki ◽  
Anna Chang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Policy Review ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
City Population ◽  
The World ◽  
Urban Planning And Design ◽  
Population Mental Health

Tokyo is one of the most populous urban areas in the world, with a city population of over 13 million people and a metropolitan area extending to 36 million people. Urban planning has not traditionally focused on mental health in Tokyo. A policy review alongside interviews with urban practitioners examined how Tokyo applies the key principles of urban planning and design for population mental health, and extracts lessons. Tokyo could further leverage the urban environment to improve mental health by increasing awareness among architects and planners; removing barriers to commuting by bicycle; developing waterways and station pavilions for green space, physical activity and positive social interactions; and optimizing the workplace for mental health. Other cities could learn from Tokyo’s empowering of residents to green their neighbourhoods, and its largely pedestrianized roads that prioritize greenery, walkability, bikeability, and social activities. Thinking is growing around interior placemaking, from shopping malls to offices.

scholarly journals Decoding and recoding informal settlements in a design studio: an overview of the world studio project

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-140
Author(s):  
Débora Verniz ◽  
Fernando Lima ◽  
José Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Design Studio ◽  
Shape Grammars ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
The World ◽  
Urban Planning And Design

The world is experiencing a surge in its urban population accompanied by rapidly advancing urbanization processes. Contemporary cities are witnessing the rise of numerous urban and social problems, leading, in turn, to the emergence of informal settlements. In response, computational and parametric resources are increasingly being adopted to create innovative and effective approaches to urban planning and design. These resources can be used in informal settlements to improve urban quality without losing their essential features. This paper describes the World Studio, a teaching experience that began in 2017 and continues in the present day, in which undergraduate architecture and landscape architecture students learn how to use shape grammars and parametric tools to design for informal settlements in international contexts (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Ahmedabad, India, to date).

scholarly journals Review: Improving the Impact of Plant Science on Urban Planning and Design

Buildings ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Wootton-Beard ◽  
Yangang Xing ◽  
Raghavalu Durai Prabhakaran ◽  
Paul Robson ◽  
Maurice Bosch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Plant Science ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Urban Planning And Design ◽  
The Impact

Comment on “The study of urban metabolism and its applications to urban planning and design” by Kennedy et al. (2011)

2012 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 184-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Lin ◽  
Min Liu ◽  
Feixiong Luo ◽  
Kai Wang ◽  
Qiuzhuo Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Metabolism ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Urban Planning And Design

scholarly journals Extended Function Analysis of Urban Planning and Design Based on Automatic Extraction Algorithm of Closed Area Boundary

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Xifeng Mi
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Automatic Extraction ◽  
Boundary Extraction ◽  
Closed Area ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Extraction Algorithm ◽  
Urban Planning And Design

With the continuous development of social economy, the expansion of cities often leads to the disorderly utilization of land resources and even waste. In view of these limitations and requirements, this paper introduces the automatic extraction algorithm of closed area boundary, combs the requirements of urban boundary extraction involved in urban planning and design, and uses the technology of geospatial analysis to carry out spatial analysis practice from three angles, so as to realize the expansion of functional analysis of urban planning and design and improve the efficiency and rationality of urban planning. The simulation results show that the automatic extraction algorithm of closed area boundary is effective and can support the functional analysis of urban planning and design expansion.

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