This research paper is an analysis of Brooklyn Bridge Park, a waterfront urban green space hosting a plethora of human-centric programs. The aim of the paper is to analyze the development, history and planning process of the park. This analysis includes a design, sustainability …
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The built environment is the conduit that people utilize to access services, employment, and community engagement. To ensure accessibility in a community for people with disabilities, it is important to look at the physical aspects of the built environment. Barriers in the physi…
Changes are coming to housing development and demand in California. The state’s sprawling development patterns have come under increasing scrutiny as the state struggles to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, abate a decades-long housing supply and affordability crisis, and mee…
ReGen: Detroit will look to occupy a unique space between the delicate balance of old and new in the Motor City. American post-industrial cities, were once leveled and left vacant, act as the ideal design “tabula rasa” and architectural stage. The architect can project their own…
This investigation explores the relationship between slum upgrading projects and the unleashing of gentrification dynamics through the case of the urbanization project of Villa 31-31bis. For this, the history of the villas in City of Buenos Aires in general and of Villa 31-31bis…
As the world ventures onwards dismayed by anthropogenic climate change, the built environment is increasingly complicit in the subjugation and substitution of the nature much to the dismay of those who revere nature for its sacredness. Architecture’s ability to mediate this issu…
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have seen significant changes in human development indicators that suggest considerable improvement in people’s lives. As a result of development, the total fertility rate for the region has dropped, and access to secondary education has i…
This study focuses on the contiguous neighborhoods of Union Heights and Windsor Place in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina. The neighborhoods suffer from a history of racial segregation, environmental injustices, and loss of social and physical fabric. In addition to …
The spatial living and working patterns of Charleston’s grocers, dry goods store owners, attorneys, physicians, conductors, and teachers between 1890 and 1910 reflect the city’s historic land use and cultural norms. Tense race relations left their mark on every part of the city’…
Kırsal kalkınma, ülkelerin gelişmesinde ve sosyo-ekonomik yapısında önemli bir yere sahiptir. Kırsal kalkınmanın önemli kavramlarından biri olan “Kırsal Turizm” coğrafi, sosyo-kültürel, doğal zenginlikler ve tarihi açıdan birçok etmeni ile kalkınma alanında önemli araçlardan bir…
Em 2016, as áreas florestais baldias celebraram 40 anos de gestão comunitária. Estas, na sua maioria, foram plantadas durante a ocupação dos terrenos comunitários (vulgo baldios) pelo Estado Novo e durante o desenvolvimento do Regime Florestal através do Plano de Povoamento Flor…
This study focuses on the Kenyan Amboseli landscape, which comprises the Amboseli National Park and six neighbouring Maasai community Group Ranches, namely Mbirikani, Kuku, Kimana, Eselengei, Ologulului-Ololorashi Ologulului, and Rombo. Over the past five decades, Amboseli has b…
This thesis approaches climate resilience through a comprehensive urban-scale system that incorporates integrated stormwater management to address sea-level rise and urban flooding, while leveraging the power of community as a tool for environmental stewardship. The City Symbiot…
This dissertation contributes analytical and methodological tools for the empirical investigation of policy interactions in urban policy analysis. To do so, the Policy Interactions Framework (PIF) is developed and applied to explore the hypothesis that urban outcomes are better …
Si bien la situación socioeconómica de las zonas rurales de Chile ha mejorado, importantes desigualdades persisten entre los territorios rurales y urbanos. Por una parte, a nivel país, la pobreza por ingresos ha disminuido considerablemente. En el año 2006, más de la mitad de lo…
Odnos između promena položaja i uloga seoskih žena u društvu, lokalnoj ruralnoj zajednici, domaćinstvu/porodici i razvoja ruralnog turizma na primeru AP Vojvodini predstavlja osnovni teorijski i metodloški okvir disertacije. Osnovni cilj je da se odgovori na pitanje na koji nači…
Seg´un datos de la CASEN 2017, la pobreza rural es el doble de la urbana. La pobreza multidimensional urbana es de 18.3 %, mientras que la rural es de 37.4 %. Tal Brecha ha sido patente a lo largo de la historia, lo cual es evidencia de que existen diferencias en las condiciones…
Do statebuilding activities decrease insurgency? Since 2006 General Petraeus's mantra has been that you cannot kill or capture your way out of a complex insurgency. Instead of bullets money spent on development projects, like those funded by the Commander's Emergency Response Pr…