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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"urban agglomeration"”.
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Urban acupuncture as a strategy for São Paulo
… interventions can be catalytic to major urban transformations. The largest urban agglomeration in the southern hemisphere is now approaching twenty-million inhabitants with a major incongruence: while São Paulo sprawls informally onto non-structured lands, the infrastructured downtown has …
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Spatial Recombination - The Geography of Architects’ Work and Workspaces in Guangzhou, China
… reconciled with the fundamental ideas of urban agglomeration theory. Existing data on flexible working does not provide a clear picture on how each line of professional work has evolved, and among which work stages and staff groups the changes in flexible working have become prominent. …
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Planning a sectarian topography : revisiting Michel Ecochard's master plans for Beirut between 1941-1964
… around the work of French architect and urban planner Michel Ecochard in the early days of the Lebanese nation state frames his master plans for the capital Beirut as modernist tools for an ailing urban agglomeration, without considering the possible ramifications these plans could have …
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Athens 1833-1979 : the dynamics of urban growth
His thesis deals with the urban development of the city of Athens since its foundation as the capital of the newborn Greek State (1833) , until our days. The study focuses on two particular characteristics that dominate the form of the city: laissez-faire development and adhocist shaping, as they …
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Location, location, location choice models
… and production. The growing demand for limited urban space is increasing urban complexity and magnifying both positive and negative externalities of urban agglomeration: increasing productivity, innovation, and social interaction, but also exacerbating living costs, pollution, inequality, …