City crisis has been a subject of urban debates in both Anglo-Saxon and German space. “ Shrinking city ” (schrumpfende Stadt) term was developed in Germany and means a persistent urban crisis which is characterized by depopulation and worsening
economic conditions. Nowadays, often, the only determinant for calling a city as shrinking is a population decrease. Such understanding might be misleading. In the Author’s view age structure of population is at least as important for the city economic
Mosquitoes in the mix : how transferable is creative city thinking ?
Aborigines ; Australia ; Creative city ; Neo liberalism ; Northern Territory ; Post-colonialism ; Urban economy ; Urban policy
The AA. discuss relevant debates on research knowledge construction, the creative city and the path-dependent character of neoliberal governmental objectives. They turn to the geographical, demographic and cultural characteristics that make Darwin
a challenging and distinct context for translation of global theories of creative city rejuvenation. They suggest ways in which creative city research can be refreshed through engaging with literatures on (post)colonial urban politics and intersections
Budapest ; Hungary ; Inner city ; Neighbourhood ; Suburbanization ; Urban geography
The tendence of suburbanisation speeded up in Hungary after the transition, the largest cities lost the significant part of their population. Inner-cities got into from bad to worse economic and social situation, and in the city of Budapest
the conformation of slums began. Due to the renewal projects the neighbourhoods of the city developed a new face. The local society and their opinion changed about the own neigbourhoods too. The opinion of residents of innercity neighbourhoods and the current
Housing preferences and the image of inner city neighbourhoods in Budapest
Budapest ; Housing ; Hungary ; Inner city ; Neighbourhood ; Preference ; Price fixing ; Real estate market ; Residential environment ; Socio-economic system ; Urban change ; Urban construction
The study presents an analysis of inner-city neighbourhoods of Budapest. The AA. conclude that the real estate prices increased in all parts of the inner-city in the last decade but the rate of change was varied. The most deteriorated quarters
rapidly developed because of the reconstructions and the new constructions, however the highest prices are still recorded in the traditionally most prestigious neighbourhoods. The social structure of the inner city significantly changed. The inhabitant’s
view about the inner city also transformed, mainly because the housing preferences of the old and new inhabitants are different. - (AM)
Vingboons, Trasmonte and Boot : European cartography of Mexican cities in the early seventeenth century
Europeans ; Historical geography ; History of cartography ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Old map ; Seventeenth Century ; Town ; Veracruz
Johannes Vingboons’s much-copied watercolours (c.1650s) of Mexico City, Acapulco and Veracruz, based on drawings by Juan Gómez de Trasmonte and Adrián (Adriaan) Boot made in New Spain before 1628, are considered accurate depictions of these cities
representations of New World cities and consider their sources, purpose and historical context. Their arguments are based on a fresh analysis of the topographical content of the watercolours themselves and of the secondary sources, and they take into consideration
new historical evidence about Trasmonte, Boot and Vingboons as well as the cities depicted. They also describe a hitherto unknown set of the Vingboons manuscripts depicting the three Mexican cities.
Trajectories of the new economy : regeneration and dislocation in the inner city. Special issue
the range of outcomes among new economy sites within exemplary cities is central to the goal of investigating the regeneration and displacement implications of new industry formation within innner-city districts. The case study cities include some
System of centres, the city of Belgrade and territorial organization of Serbia
as their size, with prominent supremacy of the capital city, Belgrade. The system of centers is presented by the hierarchy of urban centers with their spatial and functional areas as determined by the National spatial plan (1996). - (L'A.).
Mitigating New York City's heat island: integrating stakeholder perspectives and scientific evaluation
Arbre ; Climat urbain ; Ecologie urbaine ; Etats-Unis ; Ilot de chaleur ; Impact ; New York City ; New York State ; Simulation ; Température ; Terrasse végétalisée
Heat island ; Impact ; New York City ; New York State ; Simulation ; Temperature ; Tree ; United States of America ; Urban climate ; Urban ecology
The historical location of cities not only has the value for empirical studies but also has the value of information preservation and transformation. It is an integral part of the entire city's life now and is an extension of the city in the future
. Thus a correct understanding of city's history has lots of practical significance to the urban development.
The article deals with the Russian city of Kaliningrad (former Königsberg) and its urban development, history, architecture and identity. After Second World War Russia tried to impose the ideal of a Soviet city and to deny the historical German
identity. After Perestroika the development stagnated. Today the reconstruction of different historical landmarks is discussed controversially (for example the deeply symbolic Königsberg castle). This paper gives an overview in the current city development
in Kaliningrad and investigates the interrelations between the conception of history, symbolic architecture and local identity in the city. - (IfL)
Les edge cities capturent en réalité une proportion modérée de l'espace des bureaux à l'extérieur du CBD. Une proportion significative de cet espace se situe dans les edgeless cities. Cette distribution est étudiée à nouveau dans 13 grandes régions
urbaines des Etats-Unis. La configuration spatiale des bureaux ne se conforme pas à un modèle de développement pôle urbain principal versus edge city. Elle révèle des variations à la fois complexes et régionales. La nature edgeless du développement des
Beauvais ; Construction urbaine ; Espace urbain ; Etats-Unis ; France ; Image radar ; LiDAR ; Modélisation ; New York City ; New York State ; Picardie ; Traitement de l'image ; Télédétection
France ; Image processing ; LiDAR ; Modelling ; New York City ; New York State ; Picardie ; Radar imagery ; Remote sensing ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Urban construction
2009
[b1] Dep. of Computer Science, Hunter College, City Univ., New York, Etats-Unis
In India, economic liberalization and decentralization create the conditions for the rise of cities. As in other parts of the world, the metropolization process is accelerating. It raises the question of the formation of cities as a collective actor
, it seeks to assess the ability of such a vision to open new avenues for reflection on the future of metropolitan governance and mobilize all stakeholders in the city.
The Toronto Star Fresh Air Fund : transcendental rescue in a modern city, 1900-1915
The T.S. newspaper began rescuing poor children from the city's hottest and smokiest neighborhoods in 1901. The F.A.F. assumed that proximity to nature modified both health and behavior. Evoking transcendentalism, the Star sent children