The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
In recent years we have seen a widespread concern among the general public about the architectural qualities of our cities. To urban designers, this means that a greater part of their work will be dedicated to the problems of urban architectural quality. The urban designer already uses the computer to manage all sorts of information such as drawings, word processing, land use data, statistics etc;...
Urban policy development for developing countries is increasingly significant within overall economic and social development policies. For example, the World Bank's post-1988 strategic policy reviews in urban and housing policies mark a quantum leap in approach and aims compared with the project by project activities in the 1972 to 1983 period. Accordingly, it is appropriate to provide exposition,...
Managua shares a number of similarities with other Third World and Central American capital cities. However, its history and geographic setting are unique and present planners with some unusual problems, but also interesting potential. The country's overall political situation continues to play the most important role in determining the city's future and its ability to address the myriad of problems...
Over the centuries the name Leipzig came to stand for the site of German and European trade fairs. After the middle of the 19th century the city also developed into a centre of industrial production. The spatial expansion and economic development of the city were severely interrupted, however, by war damage, the partitioning of Germany at the end of World War 2 and the post-World War 2 socialist...
Across Western Europe gates are being raised, creating a marginal class of aliens working within a shadow economy. The cases cited in this article illustrate the complex web of issues surrounding immigration and homelessness. In these countries migrants are segregated, confined to menial jobs and relegated to the worst housing in the least desirable districts of large cities. A growing polarization...
The article examines the role of central government, regional plans and city plans which comprise the institutional framework for urban planning in Portugal. Particular attention is focused upon the strategic planning process adopted for Lisbon, currently being promoted by that municipality as the Atlantic capital of Europe. A number of strategic planning issues facing Lisbon are examined within...
The city of Bhubaneswar is well known all over the country as a historical, cultural, religious cum tourist centre - enriched with a large number of ancient temples, distinguished in indigenous sculpture, art and architecture. In the post independence period (1954), the town was redesignated as the new capital of Orissa State and made the administrative headquarters of the state. Since then it has...
The paper discusses how to evaluate slum improvement programmes and illustrates the discussion with a case study of improvements in 170 slums in Visakhapatnam, India. Valuation methods discussed include land and house prices, income changes, contingent valuation, switching values and cost-effectiveness. Drawing mostly on property prices but also on other valuation methods, the paper reports evaluations...
The Singrauli region, which produces 10% of India's electric power, has experienced rapid industrialization and urbanization over the last 30 years. Along with this growth has come environmental degradation in terms of coal cycle and industrial pollution, displacement of populations, housing and occupational hazards, related health effects, and land degradation. Much of this change has been driven...
Changes in New Zealand's economy since 1984 discussed in the city profile of Auckland (May 1989) highlighted the effect on the social and economic fabric of the country, which also affects other major cities such as Wellington. This city profile considers recent changes in the urban environment of Wellington City rather than the wider metropolitan urban region. Wellington, like Auckland, has experienced...
One of the biggest cities in Poland, Szczecin has been a Baltic port for centuries. In its turbulent history it has been ruled by different powers, each of them leaving their traces in the present city pattern and fabric. Now a city with a unique landscape and favourable situation in a Europe almost without boundaries Szczecin faces the advantages and disadvantages of transition from the centrally...
Brazzaville is the capital and the largest city (estimated 1.2 million in 1995) of the Congo. Its rapid growth, both in population and in urban area, is mainly due to the oil booms of 1972-74 and 1979-84 which raised the GNP considerabily and turned exports from agriculture and timber to the energy sector. But only a small part of the greatly increased public expenditures was employed in Brazzaville's...
Managers in the UK have begun to adopt the concept of town centre management to attempt to revitalize the in-town environment. This is a refinement of the North American concept of centralized retail management implemented in the 1980s in cities such as Chicago, Seattle and Wisconsin. One strand of town centre management in the UK is place marketing, which aims to raise the profile and public awareness...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.