With the increased concentration of populations in urban areas and the consequent occupation of marginal land, largely … by the poor, the need for effective means of understanding and managing urban risk is immense. This paper explores the …

acts of urban centers, because of new and larger settlements housing, water, general health conditions, transportation … analysis, LEED ND neighborhood scale, which is created for the advancement in urban sustainability and which is one of the …

Over the last two decades the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been actively restoring their modest urban heritage … illustrate this, conservation interventions in specific urban and architectural heritage sites, namely Al Bastakia in Dubai and … is to assist understanding of the broader conservation issues affecting urban and architectural heritage in the UAE. Then …

society. Urbanization is a crucial standard to measure the economic and social development of a country and region, and urban … well as the economy. From two specific angles (i.e., urban spatial function region planning and urban and rural planning …), this paper thoroughly studies a multiscale planning scheme of Mianyang’s urban area in recent years by researching the …

increase the supply of affordable urban housing in the country. The paper calls for a strong political will and pragmatic …

-Analyses (PRISMA) criteria. Design/methodology/approach Growing interest in the urban design concept of the “20MNs” has been greatly … available for achieving them. Findings The paper concludes that the ambition to see the 20MNs widely woven into existing urban …