Sustainable cities - response to urban environmental problems
Auckland ; Environmental conservation ; New Zealand ; Quality of life ; Sustainable city ; Sustainable development ; Urban ecology ; Urban geography ; Urbanization ; Waitakere City
Urban areas have considerable impact on the environment, which is reflected on the global level, but at the same time face many environmental problems. Sustainable cities proceed from the need to improve the quality of city life and incorporate all
components of sustainable development. On the example of Waitakere city, New Zealand, the article studies the main environmental problems and analyses measures introduced by the city for the improvement of the state of the environment in the city. - (IKR)
Comparison of the city maps´content of western, eastern and central European cities
Significant changes in the wealth, variety and level of graphic form of city maps are noticeable in recent years, particularly those from central and eastern european countries. This is a consequence of the political and economic transformation
, resulting in the abolition of censorship and introduction of the free market. Differences in the cartographic representation of Western and central and eastern european cities are distinct. - (EN)
Learning the City : knowledge and translocal assemblage
The A. combines the result of fieldwork in Mumbai and other cities with a synthesis of theoretical research on knowledge, space and materiality to show how learning should be viewed as central to the production and politics of cities. He deploys
Identity through urban nomenclature : eight central European cities
The paper deals with identity through city toponyms. Changes indicate the trends, goals and aspirations of society. The study is conducted in the historical cores of eight Central European cities: Graz, Kraków, Olomouc, Prague, Maribor, Zagreb
. Yet, in some cities other types of toponyms derived from localities, crafts and trades, entrepreneurs are more dominant.
Ethnic residential segregation in three cities of Northwest Romania
The article is an attempt to contribute with an analysis of three cities (Oradea, Satu Mare, Baia Mare) in Northwest Romania. As no census data are available below the settlement level, there were used the results of the Hungarian ethnic party
A tale of two cities : reestablishing cultural identities in Eastern Europe
The paper is based on the A.'s observations of contemporary cultural landscapes in the cities of Krakow and Lviv, which prompted the analysis of the observed differences through the prism of Jewish minority dynamics. With parallel histories
and convergent landscapes, the cities experienced dramatic changes in the 20th century which reduced the Jewish population. After the return of democracy, they acquired dissimilar cultural identities (revival of Jewish culture in Krakow and obliteration in Lviv
Croissance urbaine ; Edge city ; Moskva ; Planification urbaine ; Post-communisme ; Russie d'Europe ; Région urbaine ; Transition économique ; Urbanisation ; Zone périurbaine
Economic transition ; Edge city ; European part of Russia ; Moscow ; Outer conurbation area ; Post-communism ; Urban growth ; Urban planning ; Urban region ; Urbanization
The AA. consider the case of the rapidly growing city of Khimki at the edge of Moskow, in order to expose the post-Soviet variety of the political economy of place on the metropolitan periphery. They analyse a broader institutional context of post
-socialist urbanisation and more specific aspects of local growth and placemaking. Recent development includes elements that resemble those apparent in edge cities and even appear to be promoted by a post-socialist variety of growth machine politics
City centre retail development in England : land assembly and business experiences of area change processes
England ; Inner city ; Land ; Retail trade ; United Kingdom ; Urban development ; Urban regeneration ; West Midlands
Expansion within the city of Wolverhampton. By analysing attitudes towards communication practices, compensation discussions and relocation assistance, the picture is painted of an exclusionary development model and of limited support for existing land
Mythologies of the grid in the empire city, 1811-2011
Espace urbain ; Etats-Unis ; Histoire urbaine ; Mythe ; New Jersey ; New York City ; Planification urbaine ; Siècle 19 ; Siècle 21 ; Urbanisme ; Ville
Myth ; New Jersey ; New York City ; Nineteenth Century ; Town ; Twenty-first century ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Urban history ; Urban planning ; Urbanism
The paper analyzes the mutual effects of growth of cities and migration between cities. A model in which cities manufacture goods in a traditional sector and in a technological sector, and each city exhibits independently learning-by-doing
The paper examines the relationship between hosting mega-events and rental housing prices in host cities. An analysis of rental prices in a panel of American cities from 1993 to 2005 fails to find a consistent impact of mega-events on rental prices
. Mega-events tend to affect rental prices outside of the center city in a very different manner than in the city core.
Studentification in Ireland? Analysing the impacts of students and student accommodation on Cork City
Housing ; Housing policy ; Inner city ; Ireland ; Private sector ; Real estate development ; Students ; University ; Urban area ; Urban renewal
population in cities has been a largely overlooked research area in the Irish context, yet the major HEIs in Ireland accepting these growing enrolments are located in urban centres. Further, urban renewal schemes of the late 1990s actively encouraged
accommodation. Finally, the paper offers an analysis of the impacts of PBSA in Cork city.
Global city theory and the new urban politics twenty years on : the case for a geohistorical materialist approach to the (new) urban politics of global cities : Renewing urban politics
Bank ; Deregulation ; England ; Finance ; Globalization ; London ; Real estate market ; Role of the State ; United Kingdom ; Urban development ; Urban economy ; Urban policy ; World city
Legal geographies—the right to spaces for social dancing in New York City : a question of urban rights
Activisme ; Droit à la ville ; Embourgeoisement ; Espace urbain ; Etats-Unis ; Loisir ; Législation ; New York City ; New York State ; Quartier ; Société urbaine
Activism ; Gentrification ; Legislation ; Leisure ; Neighbourhood ; New York City ; New York State ; Right to the city ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Urban society
The Cork City flood of November 2009 : lessons for flood risk management and climate change adaptation at the urban scale
Drawing on the example of Cork City and the November 2009 flood in particular, this paper evaluates contemporary policy and decision-making responses to flood hazards to determine whether they are sufficient to address current and future flood risks