This discussion paper seeks to contribute to the Brazilian urban development debate by analyzing the recent legislation that institutes the Casa Verde Amarela social housing program (CVA). Created in 2020, CVA arose from a provisory executive order (MP 996, of August 25) reformed on January 12,...

Renderings tragen im Kontext des spekulativen Urbanismus wesentlich zur Legitimation von Stadtentwicklungsprojekten bei. Der Beitrag erläutert, wie mithilfe dieser Form der digitalen Architekturvisualisierung umfassende Bildwelten innerhalb der jeweiligen Planungsprozesse entstehen und wie sie...

Metropolregionen sind das Ergebnis von räumlichen Reskalierungsprozessen und Regionsbildungen und gelten als "soft spaces of governance", bezugnehmend auf die internationalen Debatten um den "new regionalism". Dieser Beitrag setzt an kritischen Aussagen an, wonach die Fokussierung der...

This study seeks expert consensus to determine indicators that could be used to assess subjective well-being for strategic urban planning in the context of sustainable development. For this purpose, a Delphi study including a panel of 45 academic experts was carried out. The study consisted of...

This paper aims to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the socio-economic structure of cities, and discuss the possible responses of a place-based agenda of urban policies built around the concept of "proximity economy". With this objective, the present work provides an...

The last decades pressured the cities all over the world to become smarter and to develop smart initiatives in order to keep up with the global trends. Nevertheless, the pace to reach this objective vary considerable from one country to another. For the urban areas from the post-communist block...

Verändert sich die Erreichbarkeit einer Stadt, beispielsweise da sie erstmalig an das Schienenfernverkehrsnetz angeschlossen wird, hat dies nicht nur Auswirkungen auf die Verkehrsnachfrage, sondern kann auch katalytische Effekte auf die Stadtentwicklung haben. Die in diesem Beitrag vorgestellte...

Using data for 134 locations in New Zealand, we study the effects of crime and agglomeration on urban amenity. We find that crime has significant negative effects on the value of urban amenity, with elasticities of approximately ?0.06 for firms and ?0.09 for workers. To put this effect in...

The notion of smart and sustainable cities offers an integrated and holistic approach to urbanism by aiming to achieve the long-term goals of urban sustainability and resilience. In essence, a smart and sustainable city is an urban locality that functions as a robust system of systems with...

Virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) that can be applied in many ways. A number of innovative immersive applications have already been created online commerce and in real retail. More VR/AR applications can be found in the fields of arts, fashion, real estate, architecture, city planning and...