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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Urban Substructures as a Way to Build a Balanced Spatial and Functional Structure of Cities -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Basic Research Premises -- 3.1. A City as a System -- 3.2. Urban Spatial Structure -- 3.3. Characteristic Features of Nodal Regions -- 3.4. Urban Spatial Structure in the Light of Sustainable Development -- 3.5. Compact vs Dispersed Urban Spatial Structure -- 3.6. Polycentricity as a Feature of 21st Century Cities -- 3.7. Advantages of Polycentricity -- 4. Conception of Urban Substructures -- 4.1. The Understanding of Substructures, their Main Aspects and Features -- 4.1.1. Morphological Aspect -- 4.1.2. Functional Aspect -- 4.1.3. Systemic Aspect -- 4.1.4. Relations of Inhabitants to the Area of Residence (Substructure) -- 4.1.5. Dynamic Character -- 4.2. Ways of Establishing Substructures -- 4.3. Factors behind the Formation of Substructures -- 4.4. Delimitation of the Boundaries of Substructures -- 4.5. Examples of Substructures -- 4.5.1. Jurydyki -- 4.5.2. Beguinages -- 4.5.3. Workers' Colonies -- 4.6. Benefits from the Functioning of Substructures -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Footbridge Network: Walkability and Street Life in a Hong Kong New Town -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Street and Jane Jacobs -- Footbridge Networks at Tseung Kwan O -- Walkability and the Social Impact of the Footbridge Network -- Safety and Level of Comfort -- A Boring Space -- Social Interactions -- Conclusion -- References -- Biographical Sketch -- Chapter 3 -- Risk Accumulation Processes in Urban Built Environment: A Case of Central Market Fire Disasters in Kumasi, Ghana -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Fire Disasters in Ghana: Literature Perspective -- Research Approach -- The Central Market in Perspective -- Data Collection.

The Revista Brasileira de Música (Brazilian Journal of Music) continues its editorial policy of internationalization and democratization of access to knowledge by increasing geographic diversity of authors and dissemination of the publication itself. The theme of each issue expresses the convergence of topics, theoretical or methodological frameworks of the selected texts. This issue proposes the theme "Music in urban spaces", and presents some approaches that have engaged musicology recently, alongside other approaches that have occupied music research for a longer time. The articles that make up this issue deal with musical contexts of the Americas and Europe.

Space is generally regarded as one of the key concepts in urban design and planning. Theoretical approaches in the field of design have, however, remained fragmentary, often concentrating on only one or two aspects of space (such as visual quality or functional requirements) and excluding others (such as social, cultural and political aspects of space). Within the fields of planning theory, geography and urban sociology, on the other hand, there is much more theorizing which, however, often remains too abstract to offer any real guidance to spatial practitioners. This article will work out a new theoretical approach to urban space informed by modal logic. In short, urban space is considered in terms of possibilities, that is, the activities that are opened up for the human agent and the possibilities of change, as well as the elements of trust and fear that will be perceived and conceived.

Freedom is, to a large extent, the product of spatial planning, the planning of density in particular. The high density that characterizes most urban centers enhances freedom inasmuch as it results in a wider range of choices of occupations and social roles, but it also, frequently, lessens freedom by reducing privacy and security. This article examines these and other tensions and contradictions between spatial organi zation and the freedom of the individual.