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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"historic cities"”.
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An Urban Design Method for Rehabilitating Historic cities in Iran: The Case of Shiraz Historic Fabric
Historic cities are valuable, cultural, economic and identity assets of each nation that project a culture’s characteristics, beliefs, lifestyles and arts. They present the socio-economic, socio-cultural and socio-political identity and traditions of residents of many ethnicities in established …
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Defining and Enhancing Place-Identity in Historic Cities: Embracing heritage, conflict, and globalisation in Erbil, Iraq
… form and distinctive place-identity of unique historical landscapes. One recent example is the case of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish region of Iraq. After decades of war and ethnic repression, the area is now experiencing a period of political and economic stability, intensified post-war …
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Defining and restoring the cultural landscape and place-identity of historic cities: the case of Mérida, Yucatán, México
Many cities worldwide are currently experiencing rapid urban transformations that threaten unique cultural landscapes and place-identity. This trend towards homogenisation and fragmentation is a significant concern for societies, as it erodes the distinctive character and the personal meanings …
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Reconsidering the Western town planning approach for Historic Cities and Memories in Mediterranean Region: The Agence Prost from Paris to İstanbul (1910s-1950s)
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Innovation of Tourism Mobility Systems in Historic City Centres: The Case of Austria
… the way tourists move and behave while visiting historic cities, but also the evolution and management of tourism mobility systems in cities. Therefore, it is crucial to understand these changes and their effects on existing tourism mobility systems to benefit from digitalisation. This thesis …
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Heritage Cities and the Encroaching Seas: The Preservation of Venice with Reference to Rhodes Town, Edinburgh Castle, and Old San Juan
… examines the preservation challenges heritage cities face because of climate change, with Venice as a case study and references to Rhodes Town, Edinburgh Castle, and Old San Juan. Dominant literature and scholarship on Venice compete with one another, restricting opportunities for …
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Awakening Perast : interconnecting past and present architecture in a baroque town
… its architectural ambition to interconnect the historic architecture with the contemporary addition in an innovative way, the conservation school becomes a criticism of the overly sentimental approaches to building in protected historic cities in favor of more invigorating ones.
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Um estudo sobre a implementação do Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC) no Estado da Paraíba
… country. Further elaborated an attachment on the Historic Cities PAC, which is part of the axis Better City, due to its importance for the recovery of cultural and socioeconomic equity municipalities benefited, especially João Pessoa. For the analysis, we relied primarily on the balance sheets of …
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Global heritage cities : managing complexity of cultural world heritage sites in global cities
… doctoral research focuses on the management of historic urban areas in global cities that are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, which are referred as global heritage cities hereafter. In this rapidly globalising world that is market-driven, the binary approach of managing change in …
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Placing Color: Architectural Color & Facade Improvement Programs in Commercial Corridor Revitalization in Philadelphia
Exterior changes to existing and historic buildings in depressed historic areas signify financial investment and change, and have the potential to play a significant role in both urban preservation and revitalization. Changes to exterior architectural colors are perhaps the most visible signifier …
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Developing heritage : activist decision-makers and reproduced narratives in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria
… of an ideal past. Aleppo, like other historic cities, arguably represents some of the most powerful lieux de memoire of twenty-first century urbanity. But, while memory and culture have been well-researched as instrumental facades for profit-driven urban projects (as well as in the …
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Rajgir and Its Hinterland
… of Magadha and one of the most important Early Historic urban sites. Its principal conclusions are: 1. The "walls" are more walkways than defensive structures and it's clear they were used as such during the first millennium AD. In a number of stretches they are clearly not defensive and for …
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Low-income communities in World Heritage Cities : revitalizing neighborhoods in Tunis and Quito
… under which revitalization projects in historic cities of developing countries can benefit low-income communities. It begins by considering the evolution of international philosophy, following the shift from a central focus on monument preservation to that of urban revitalization, with a …
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Repurposing Colonialism: Postcoloniality and the Politics of World Heritage
… in Sri Lanka, and Georgetown and Malacca Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca in Malaysia, as secondary cases to add richness and inspire ways to question the primary cases by situating them in relation to others. Drawing from 10 months of fieldwork conducted over a period of two …
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Evaluating commercial signs in historic streetscapes: the effects of the control of advertising and signage on user’s sense of environmental quality
… the visual damage caused by commercial signs in historic city centres, and its effects on user perception and evaluation of these places. The research problem concerns the lack of a general approach to guide and control commercial signs in historic city centres, based on the perception and …