Integrating Health Into the Urban Master Plan of Vic, Barcelona: A Comprehensive Approach by Anna Puig-Ribera, Marta Rofin, Judit Bort-Roig, Eva Aumatell, Albert Juncà, Marc de San Pedro, Francesc Garcia-Cuyàs, Cati Chamorro, Lorena Perona-Ribes, Josep Ramon Torrentó, Guillem Jabardo-Camprubí, Fabiana Palmero, Marina Geli

“…Based on a scoping review and in cooperation with urban planners and public health professionals, this study developed evidence-based tools and a comprehensive approach to help urban planners integrate health into the urban master plan (2017–2020) of a medium-sized city named Vic (Barcelona). …”
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Developing Process for Selecting Research Techniques in Urban Planning and Urban Design with a PRISMA-Compliant Review by Abeer Elshater, Hisham Abusaada

“…Choosing the proper research methods can pose a challenge for novice urban planners and designers. This study aimed to develop a more effective process for assisting urban planners and designers in selecting appropriate research techniques. …”
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Augmented Reality (AR) application development with 3D sound effects by Heng, Joey Si Ying

“…With these dBSPL values, urban planners and soundscape practitioners can use sound speakers to recreate these 3D sound effects. …”
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Urban Planning and the Smart City: Projects, Practices and Politics by Andrew Karvonen, Matthew Cook, Håvard Haarstad

“…The articles provide empirical evidence of how urban planners are engaging with processes of smart urbanisation through projects, practices, and politics. …”
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The impact of urban design decisions on net zero energy solar buildings in Sweden by Jouri Kanters, Maria Wall

“…Many design decisions taken by urban planners –form, density, roof type and orientation – have a significant effect on the conditions of such buildings, although urban planners might not always be aware of the effect of their design. …”
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Quand les aménageur·ses chaussent les lunettes du genre : d’une approche de genre à l’expertise de Care by Camille Martinez

“…Some urban planners see women’s participation as a means to improve city-making. …”
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Mapping Platform Urbanism: Charting the Nuance of the Platform Pivot by Ashlin Lee, Adrian Mackenzie, Gavin J. D. Smith, Paul Box

“…Urban planners are increasingly working with ideas around datafied cities, such as platform urbanism, to understand urban life and changes with technology. …”
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Geovisualization Tool on Urban Quality. Interactive Tool for Urban Planning by Enrico Eynard, Marco Santangelo, Matteo Tabasso

“…This paper describes the implementation of a tool that enables to gather and compare data from different sources for the benefit of urban planners. The tool is easy to access on different types of devices (personal computers, tablet, smartphones) thus being easily available in many various situations from urban planners and decision makers. …”
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Tracks of Foreign Architects of the Early RepublicPeriod in Turkey, Franz Hillinger Sample by Ayşe Durukan Kopuz

“…In 30's, the conceptual debates on Modern Architecture in Turkey gained a new dimension by the arrival of german speaking and German avant-garde architects and urban planners. These architects and urban planners have tried to apply the experiences they have gained in their countries in our country. …”
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Planners in the Future City: Using City Information Modelling to Support Planners as Market Actors by Emine Mine Thompson, Paul Greenhalgh, Kevin Muldoon-Smith, James Charlton, Michal Dolník

“…Traditionally, the challenge for urban planners was the generation of meaningful and timely information. …”
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Maks Fabiani and urbanism in Vienna at the turn of the 19th century by Breda Mihelič

“…It represents three key persons, all architects and urban planners: Camillo Sitte, Otto Wagner and Maks Fabiani. …”
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The impact, in the city of Berlin, of the reconstruction proposals formulated after World War II by Mónica Vázquez Astorga

“…After World War II architects and urban planners were very uncertain about the city’s future development and about how to approach the city’s architectural heritage. …”
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Introduction by Leyre Echevarria Icaza

“…The objective of this research is to explore the potential of the use of remote sensing technology for urban planners to be able to analyse the thermal behaviour of cities, in order to generate action plans for thermal master planning at the scales of the region and the city. …”
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Urban planning for flood resilience under technical and financial constraints: The role of planners and competence development in building a flood-resilient city in Matola, Mozambi... by José Lourenço Neves

“…The study is based on interviews with 32 urban planners from Matola and observations in the field. …”
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Building a Workforce for Smart City Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for the Planning and Administrative Professions by Nina David, John McNutt

“…This presents a challenge for professional education to provide a supporting infrastructure that trains urban planners and public administrators for smart city governance in the 21st century. …”
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La planeación urbana en Colombia: años sesenta-ochenta. Discursos, consultores y comunidades académicas by John Fredy Ramírez

“…This descriptive study is based on the testimonies of various urban planners and publications from the period in question. …”
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Mapping Flood Risk Uncertainty Zones in Support of Urban Resilience Planning by Sven Anders Brandt, Nancy Joy Lim, Johan Colding, Stephan Barthel

“…The concept of uncertainty, which urban planners often fail to consider in the spatial planning process, changes from something very difficult into an advantage in this way. …”
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Business parks: an overlooked urban object? by Patricia Lejoux, Corentin Charieau

“…Giving greater prominence to business parks is a major issue for researchers and urban planners. It would pave the way to examining new rationales underpinning urban sprawl, to studying the development of new urban forms, and to exploring ways to manage business zones.…”
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Rooftop Urban Agriculture / by Orsini, Francesco, editor 653835, Dubbeling, Marielle, editor 589790, Zeeuw, Henk de, editor 589792, Gianquinto, Giorgio, editor 653836

“…This book guides architects, landscape designers, urban planners, agronomists and society on the implementation of sustainable rooftop farming projects. …”

Proposals for the use of graphical models in urban climatic maps by Laurent Jegou, Najla Touati, Julia Hidalgo

“…The produced models are now entering a test phase to discuss the method with urban planners.…”
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