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Urban design is an approach to the design of buildings and the spaces between them that focuses on specific design processes and outcomes based on geographical location. In addition to designing and shaping the physical features of towns, cities , and regional spaces, urban design considers 'bigger picture' issues of economic, social and ...
In October 2005 the Forum for Urban Design held its inaugural event "New Orleans Rebuilds" just two months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast.. In 2007, the "Cities Conference on Urban Design" brought together city planners from Boston, London, New York, Singapore, Toronto, and Vancouver to discuss public-realm design challenges in the city's financial core.
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Urban design (8 C, 118 P) Urban development authorities (4 C, 13 P) ... Pages in category "Urban planning" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
Permeability is generally considered a positive attribute of an urban design, as it permits ease of movement and avoids severing neighbourhoods. Urban forms which lack permeability, e.g. those severed by arterial roads, or with many long culs-de-sac, are considered to discourage movement on foot and encourage longer journeys by car. There is ...
ArcGIS Urban is a commercial urban planning application developed by the Esri R&D Center Zurich, designed to support urban planners, architects, and stakeholders in managing urban development projects, visualizing future growth, and evaluating the impact of planning decisions.
New urbanism is an urban design movement that became very popular beginning in the 1980s and is still rapidly growing in influence. The goal of new urbanists is to reform all aspects of real estate development and urban planning. These include everything from permaculture to suburban infill. There are some common elements of new urbanist design.
Die Sechzehn Grundsätze des Städtebaus, or The Sixteen Principles of Urban Design, were from 1950 until 1955 the primary model for urban planning in the GDR.. One of the authors was Edmund Collein, a Bauhaus trained architect, who later became Vice-President of the Bauakademie der DDR [] (Building Academy of the GDR) and the President of the Bund der Architekten der DDR [] (Federation of ...