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CyberLondon: A Virtual City for the Posthuman? Literary Reflections on the Changing Patterns of our Relationship with the Metropolis in the Information Era.
Published 2010-08-01“…The theoretical approach used to read these short stories is indebted to the ideas of urban theorist and sociologist Manuel Castells and cyberculture theorist Donna Haraway.…”
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THE RIGHT TO NAVIGATE RISK IN MEXICO CITY: Possibilities for creating safer spaces for women experiencing fear of sexual harassment in their daily use of the city
Published 2022“…This concept, coined by urban theorist Carolyn Whitzman, criticizes the negative outcomes that can result from reducing the Right to the City to a Right to Safety or a Right to Mobility; examples include segregationist programs like women-only transport systems, and forced mobility evident in long, complex and unwanted trips. …”
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The Oblique Function Theory in search of a dynamic and fluid urban morphology
Published 2023-08-01“…The Oblique Function Theory was theorized by architect Claude Parent and philosopher and urban theorist Paul Virilio in 1963 under the Architecture Principe group as an example of these approaches. …”
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La Pensée technocritique de Gaston Bardet
Published 2023-05-01“…The architect and urban planner Gaston Bardet (1907-1989) is probably one of the most original and prolific French urban theorists of the twentieth century. After being marginalized in the 1950s and 1960s, his work has been the subject of several articles and scientific papers since the late 1970s. …”
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“It’s Karachi, Its, Where Life and Love Come to Die”: Representing Gender, Space and Identity in Karachi You are Killing Me
Published 2022-09-01“…The traditional urban theories define space as unchangeable physical reality that profoundly affects its inhabitants. Feminist urban theorists question the traditional gendered perspective on both space and corporeality. …”
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Growth dynamic of retail locations: a methodological approach using a logistic model
Published 2013-08-01“…The formation and development of multiple business centers is part of the contemporary urban landscape, creating heterogeneous spatial and temporal patterns which defy the understanding of urban theorists and planners. The study of these processes requires dynamic approaches, consistent with the scale and pace of such changes. …”
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Impact of AI-Based Tools and Urban Big Data Analytics on the Design and Planning of Cities
Published 2021-11-01“…It is directed towards urban planners interested in the emerging urban big data analytics based on AI-related tools and towards urban theorists working on new methods of describing urban change.…”
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Urban Planning, Public Health and Urban Climatology Through History
Published 2021-12-01“…The central part of the paper presents some key conclusions that deal with individual climatological starting points, which are common to the relevant urban theorists and reference projects cited.…”
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Shorter Roads Go a Long Way: The relationship between density and road length per resident within and between cities
Published 2020-10-01“…The results suggest that a shift may be necessary in how urban theorists communicate the costs of low-density growth.…”
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Introduction: Planning theories from 'southern turn' to 'deeply rooted/situated in the South/context'
Published 2021-07-01“… Over the years a growing number of planning and urban theorists located in, or writing on, planning and urban theories in the global South have argued that theories emerged on the basis of assumptions within a northern context that do not ‘fit’ or are not applicable in global South contexts (Rao 2006; Ferguson 2006; Watson 2009; Roy 2009; Myers 2011; Parnell and Robinson 2012). …”
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Reviving Ungers' Visions: Catalyst for Architectural Innovation at IBA 87 among Postmodern Architects
Published 2024-10-01“…Ungers’ influence extended beyond conventional architectural practice; this position granted him influence within a network of urban theorists who shaped the urban discourse of the late 20th century. …”
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Regeneration the cultural axis Emphasizing the enhancement of the quality of the environment (case study : Enghelab Street,Intersection of Enghelab Square and Ferdowsi Square)
Published 2022-12-01“…cultural axes as Part of public spaces in cities Play an important role in meeting human needs Many urban theorists Cultural Aspects As One of the main components of a city system is known Because along with its functional role Increase community in urban spaces so In order to further these spaces And to meet the needs of the people We must pay attention to the quality of perception of the environment And examined them in this research Such an approach is in re-creation By identifying and evaluating the dimensions and principles of recreation Promoting the quality of environmental perception in the Enghelab axis The aim of this study Recreation of the cultural axis of Enghelab Street Emphasizing the quality of environmental perception current study A field research with a descriptive-analytic approach And looking for the answer to this question,What are the socio-cultural components of social regeneration in relation to the components of the quality of environmental perception? …”
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Investigating The Relationship Between Empowerment and The Improvement of The Quality of Life of Marginalized Citizens of Hematabad District of Isfahan
Published 2022-06-01“…The main problem among marginalized people is their low quality of life; For this reason, urban theorists believe that empowering local residents in urban suburbs can improve their quality of life. …”
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