Search results

"Visionary cities" sets the agenda for the city of the future. This first publication in the "Future Cities Series" is intended as an overview of the issues that The Why Factory is addressing and to outline this research institute's ambitions and modus operandi for the coming years. In each of the book's chapters, whether about sustainability, the boom in the leisure industry or poverty, one encounters the tension between the disciplines of architecture and urbanism and the dynamics of the city itself. Each chapter is therefore a specific brief, an urgent call for visionary scenarios for the city of the future. In the concluding chapter Winy Maas advocates regarding the city first and foremost as a project for the future. Maas takes a critical standpoint vis-à-vis current urban planning practice. He argues that architecture possesses a visionary dimension that can generate new value of the city and advocates a large-scale communal agenda

Nowadays, cities appear to be the best place to live, attracting more and more people and activities. However, not only does this movement represent a threat to the environment but also provides challenges and opportunities for everyone, e.g., people, companies, organizations, and governments. To provide a good urban quality of life, the efficiency of all assets, buildings, infrastructures, and all systems, as well as taking care of the natural environment, must be addressed and achieved. This paper will, therefore, present the available literature on the subject to discuss the present context, the main challenges, as well as the concept of smart cities, with future cities relying on the mobility and evolution of transport systems for smart, sustainable, resilient, and inclusive mobility. As a result of the research, it is possible to infer that an integrated smart mobility approach can support the efficiency of all transport networks for everyone, today and tomorrow, while faced with the threat of climate change and the challenges of citizens. ...

This article assesses some potential approaches to museums and cities propelled by a theoretical preoccupation with modernity as a condition of speed. Here, one can extrapolate two variants in the writings and interventions of Marinetti, Simmel, Virilio, and writers in the postmodern tradition: (a) the museum is slow, it is a brake on modernity, it is modernity's sedentary other and (b) the museum is fast, it is as quick as the city, reflecting modernity's impulse toward acceleration. To finesse these approaches, the article will move toward the method of rhythmanalysis and an emphasis on time—space considerations. It is Lefebvre's teasing last snippets on the concept of rhythm, the article will argue, presaged by Benjamin's approach to the variant tempos of modernity in The Arcades Project, that point to a fuller and more advanced approach to urban—museological relations and the multiple rhythms that feature in both.

Traced is the growth of rural & urban areas in Iran during the twentieth century. Focus is on: (1) yearly estimates of urban & rural components of the total population, (2) size distribution of towns during this period, & (3) quantitative analysis of internal migration patterns. In 1901, 79% of the population resided in rural areas, while 21% were urban dwellers. In 1966, rural dwellers (61%) still outnumbered urban residents (39%), although not by as great a margin. Between 1900 & 1956, the number of places with a population of more than 5,000 grew from 100 to 186. Between 1956 & 1966, this figure increased again to 249 urban centers. Iran has always had a nomadic sector in its population. In recent times, the nomad population has dwindled greatly. 4 Tables. P. Montgomery.

V. 1. Interim report #1 of research efforts of a BI-partisan Legislative Task Force consisting of: Representative William Bryant and Representative William Ryan -- v. 2. Interim report #2 of research efforts of a Bi-partisan Legislative Task Force consisting of: Representative William Bryant and Representative William Ryan. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Includes Index to Chapman's History of St. Joseph County by Martha Jane Fields. ; Reproduction sponsored by the Northern Indiana Historical Society, South Bend, Indiana. ; Reprint of the 1880 ed. published by Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Chicago. ; Mode of access: Internet.