Mappae mundi, an imaginative form of world map created in the Middle Ages, attempted to form a visual encyclopedia of world knowledge based on varied and sometimes conflicting sources. Mapmakers used information from the Bible, Greek and Roman historians and geographers, and myth to create...
Urban Sprawl areas are big and complicated. They have been around for many years, and take up about two million acres of U.S. open space each year. Sprawl requires a car for even the smallest task and is not eco-friendly. Now there is a new...
Introduction Land Value Capture (LVC) consists of a number of different instruments which can be implemented by state to increase the land value market around a certain urban area. Some of these instruments which is associated with LVC includes strategies such as incentive zonings, development...
Adelaide has been a suburban city since its settlement in 1836. A suburb is a residential area of mixed-use, located as part of an urban area or within commuting distance of a city. The idea of the modern suburb became popular in late 18th Century...
Introduction The New Urbanism is a movement for urban design that promotes the creation of small, mixed land use and mixed-income human settlements. This shift started as an incremental change in the conventional styles of low-density car-oriented, separate use sprawl that changed the urban fabric...
Despite the best and latest technology applied in facilities and functions, the Wimbledon’s main stadium plan is still maintained its strong and grand structure succeeding from the ancient structure of the Colosseum as being mentioned, ‘for the sports world, aspects of the Colosseum are indisputably...
Abstract This paper aims to chart the adoption of the principles and practices of mixed-use within Canada, from its origins to its current implementation. Drawing on some examples where mixed-use has been established as an instrument in planning policies, the paper aims to bring to...
Introduction Public policy is a big deal when it comes to balancing development and keeping the environment safe. Cities everywhere are dealing with urbanization, and it’s not easy for policymakers to create rules that support growth and protect nature at the same time. In this...
