Historic Center
March 18, 2015 8:31 pm Comments Off on Historic CenterAn historic center is a city’s old core. In some cities, it is confined to a handful of monuments; in... View Article
An historic center is a city’s old core. In some cities, it is confined to a handful of monuments; in... View Article
A New Habitat Model in a Globalized Society. In his work “La condition urbaine, la ville à l’heure de la... View Article
Gentrification (from “gentry,” the petty English nobility) is the process by which the sociological character of a neighborhood changes to... View Article
“In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly-controlled entrances for... View Article
The Garden cities were used as the model for many suburbs. Howard Ebenezer (in his book “a Peaceful Path to... View Article
Eviction refers to the forcible removal of someone from the place where he or she lives. In principle, it occurs... View Article
“Edge city is an American term that refers to a device that focuses urbanized area businesses, services, shopping and recreation.... View Article
“A heating network, also a district heating network, distributes heat in a city through pipes running underground on public roads.... View Article
“The concept of cluster cities is determined by a new distribution of urban density and the emergence of mega-structures and... View Article
“A church, a square, a town hall: this is how we recognize a city center. This is where public events,... View Article
Definition The rallying cry is slowness, at a time when this idea is not particularly popular, drowned out by words... View Article
Mobility is the ownership or character of what can move or be moved in space. The mobility of natural persons... View Article
Definition “Bruxellization (in Dutch: verbrusseling) is a term used by urban planners to describe the anarchic development of an old... View Article
This terms refers to public financial assistance for the construction or rehabilitation of housing that will be rented out or... View Article
“The notion of “barrio” not only evokes exclusion, segregation, deterioration, unaccepted and unacceptable, but also contrasts with that of urbanization... View Article