Changing the urban design of cities for health: The superblock model by Natalie Mueller, David Rojas-Rueda, Haneen Khreis, Marta Cirach, David Andrés, Joan Ballester, Xavier Bartoll, Carolyn Daher, Anna Deluca, Cynthia Echave, Carles Milà, Sandra Márquez, Joan Palou, Katherine Pérez, Cathryn Tonne, Mark Stevenson, Salvador Rueda, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen

“…Keywords: Active transport, Health impact assessment, Public space, Sustainability, Transport planning, Urban planning…”
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The Role of Technology in Building a Resilient City: Managing Natural Disasters by Mohammed Ali Berawi

“…Therefore, there must be well-established approaches to planning an adaptation to climate change. Well-prepared urban plans, (re)development, operations, and maintenance after a natural disaster are necessary to build a resilient city. …”
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Pisos, calles y precios by Agustín Hernández Aja

“…These are partial development plans of the General Urban Plan for Madrid 1985 (Plan General de Madrid-PG). …”
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Remote sensing of natural phenomena by Miodrag D. Regodić, Željana Ž. Benić

“…Satellite images are nowadays used in geology, agriculture, forestry, geodesy, meteorology, spatial and urbanism planning, designing of infrastructure and other objects, protection from natural and technological catastrophes, etc. …”
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The Ethnography of the Process of Bathroom Changes in Tehran by Nima Bardiafar, Vahid Ghasemi, Jabbar Rahmani, Abbas Kazemi

“…During the recent decades and following the economic development of the country and technological development of water-related industries, several urban plans were executed in different regions of the country, particularly in Tehran as the capital of Iran. …”
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Cities are a product of time by Stefano Della Torre

“…In this perspective, on the basis of this understanding of the idea of city, the famous and often cited aphorism by Kark Kraus, saying that the great historic Vienna was once new, reveals all its brilliant vacuity: the process through which Vindobona’s urban plan became real took some time, and before the streets and parcels scheme could perform as a “mould”, the power of time already changed the plan into an experienced and alive reality; time’s shaping action in Munford’s sense had already been exercised, maybe even time’s sculpting action in Yourcenar’s sense already happened. …”
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