Author Archives for Pascale Thys

Historic Center

March 18, 2015 8:31 pm Published by Comments Off on Historic Center

An historic center is a city’s old core. In some cities, it is confined to a handful of monuments; in... View Article


Gentrification

March 18, 2015 8:13 pm Published by Comments Off on Gentrification

Gentrification (from “gentry,” the petty English nobility) is the process by which the sociological character of a neighborhood changes to... View Article


Gated communities

March 18, 2015 8:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Gated communities

“In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly-controlled entrances for... View Article


Garden City

March 18, 2015 8:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Garden City

The Garden cities were used as the model for many suburbs. Howard Ebenezer (in his book “a Peaceful Path to... View Article


Eviction

March 18, 2015 8:07 pm Published by Comments Off on Eviction

Eviction refers to the forcible removal of someone from the place where he or she lives. In principle, it occurs... View Article


Edge City

March 18, 2015 8:02 pm Published by Comments Off on Edge City

“Edge city is an American term that refers to a device that focuses urbanized area businesses, services, shopping and recreation.... View Article


District heating

March 18, 2015 8:00 pm Published by Comments Off on District heating

“A heating network, also a district heating network, distributes heat in a city through pipes running underground on public roads.... View Article


Cluster City

March 18, 2015 7:45 pm Published by Comments Off on Cluster City

“The concept of cluster cities is determined by a new distribution of urban density and the emergence of mega-structures and... View Article


City Center

March 18, 2015 7:44 pm Published by Comments Off on City Center

“A church, a square, a town hall: this is how we recognize a city center. This is where public events,... View Article


Mobility (transport)

March 18, 2015 7:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Mobility (transport)

Mobility is the ownership or character of what can move or be moved in space. The mobility of natural persons... View Article


Brusselization

March 18, 2015 7:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Brusselization

Definition “Bruxellization (in Dutch: verbrusseling) is a term used by urban planners to describe the anarchic development of an old... View Article


Barrio

March 18, 2015 7:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Barrio

“The notion of “barrio” not only evokes exclusion, segregation, deterioration, unaccepted and unacceptable, but also contrasts with that of urbanization... View Article