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Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States [1]) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. [2] Urban renewal involves the clearing out of blighted areas in inner cities in favour of new housing, businesses, and other developments.
Urban history is a field of history that examines the historical nature of cities and towns, ... or the transformation of rural traditional societies. ...
Urban morphology is the study of the formation of human settlements and the process of their formation and transformation. [1] The study seeks to understand the spatial structure and character of a metropolitan area , city , town or village by examining the patterns of its component parts and the ownership or control and occupation.
Urban morphology is used as a method of determining transformation processes of urban fabrics by which buildings (both residential and commercial), architects, streets and monuments act as elements of a multidimensional form in a dynamic relationship where built structures shape and are shaped by the open space around them.
Urbanization over the past 500 years [13] A global map illustrating the first onset and spread of urban centres around the world, based on. [14]From the development of the earliest cities in Indus valley civilization, Mesopotamia and Egypt until the 18th century, an equilibrium existed between the vast majority of the population who were engaged in subsistence agriculture in a rural context ...
Urban planning designs settlements, from the smallest towns to the largest cities. Shown here is Hong Kong from Western District overlooking Kowloon, across Victoria Harbour. Planning theory is the body of scientific concepts, definitions, behavioral relationships, and assumptions that define the body of knowledge of urban planning. There is no ...
The transformation into a smart city involves modifications in planning, management, and operational processes. [31] This data can subsequently be analyzed to identify areas for improvement and optimize urban services.
Papageorgiou, Y. & Pines, D. (1999)An Essay on Urban Economic Theory, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers; Steingart, G. (2008) The War for Wealth. The True Story of Globalization or Why the Flat World is Broken, New York: McGraw Hill; Aseem Inam, Designing Urban Transformation New York and London: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-0415837705