Shot by Jiang Xiaowei. Edited by Jiang Xiaowei. Subtitles by Yang Jian. Shanghai’s iconic urban planning exhibition hall reopened to the public for free on Tuesday after a nearly two-year renovation. The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center on People’s Avenue in Huangpu District has integrated new technologies, such as virtual reality, augmented reality, 8K high-definition…
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Photo: Radio Waatea Image Database. Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira Diane Turner: Kaumatua needs a role in city planning The Office for Elders wants city planners to make their spaces suitable for everyone, including kuia and kaumātua. According to director Diane Turner, New Zealand is reaching the point where one in five people will be over 65. She…
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As cities grow rapidly, drainage systems are not developed accordingly, leading to prolonged flooding during heavy rains. The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) in New Delhi is insisting on facilitating groundwater recharge to store excess flood waters. The Assam State Action Plan 2.0, which is pending approval, focuses on mainstreaming climate action into infrastructure,…
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Beginning at the End: As groundbreaking urban planner Peter Marcuse took his last breaths on March 4, 2022, he returned to the language of his childhood to offer his last words to his loved ones. Ich habe etwas zu sagen. (“I have something to say.”). I guess life hasn’t allowed him to finish his thought,…
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Open doctoral position in (urban) history of town planning and history of construction (4 years) job with UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
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Research project: This vacancy is part of the EOS Construction History, Above and Beyond research project. What History Can Do for Construction History, led by Professors Michiel Dehaene (UGent), Dave De ruysscher (VUB, University of Tilburg), Rika Devos (ULB), Johan Lagae (UGent), Stephanie Van de Voorde (VUB) and Ine Wouters (VUB). A total of 3…
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The students unanimously voted in general assembly to strike from October 3 to 7 NewIn shortZachary Fortier — Posted August 16, 2022 2 minutes The Urban Planning Association is the first student association to vote for a fall strike. Courtesy of the Planning Association Urban Planning Association students voted unanimously in favor of a reading…
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia called a meeting to discuss the problematic points at 8 p.m. Earlier, the agencies responsible for the roads – PWD, MCD and NDMC – said they were ready for the rains and the drains had been desilted on schedule. The rains, however, laid bare that claim. Central and South East…
New Jersey, United States,- The latest report published by MRI Accuracy Reports indicates that the Urban planning and design software The market is expected to accelerate strongly in the coming years. Analysts have studied market drivers, restraints, risks, and opportunities in the global market. The Urban Planning and Design Software Market report shows the probable…
The perceived lameness of the suburbs is well recorded in the last 70 years of North American popular culture. Accusations of worldliness, uniformity and repression all feature strongly in anthems like Malvina Reynolds’ “Little Boxes” and Rush’s “Subdivisions” (which is about Willowdale). A 1957 writing in Esquire magazine went so far as to call the…
Both stories show the problems faced by women in the cities of Pakistan. Rising air pollution destroys the dreams of girls like Gul, while congested transport makes harassment frequent and easy, depriving women like Iqbal of jobs. It is a sad truth accepted and endured by most women in big cities like Karachi. Karachi’s glorious…
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Here we go again. Monsoon rains, floods, death and destruction. Statements from politicians and government officials responsible for proper preparedness planning to increase resilience and mitigate the impacts of these natural hazards. It’s the same story, even the scenario, every year. Recent monsoon rains have so far led to the death of 77 people, including…
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St. Louis University will no longer offer a master’s degree in urban planning | Education
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ST. LOUIS — St. Louis University will stop offering a master’s degree in urban planning and development. Sarah Coffin, associate professor at SLU and director of the urban planning and urban planning programsaid SLU was the latest university in the region to offer a master’s degree in planning. “There are no planning programs, period, in…
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Meeting the environmental challenge through effective urban planning – Prabhakar Kumar
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Climate change is no longer a debatable topic. The effects of global warming and climate change are clearly visible around the world. Reports suggest that India will be one of the countries hardest hit by climate change. Extreme heat wave in the north, excessive and untimely rains in the south, frequent incidents of cloud bursts…
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It might come as a surprise that public health plays a role in urban planning, but it shouldn’t. In November 2021, the City of Ottawa completed its official plan review process. My attention was drawn to Ottawa’s plan by a recent message from the Canadian Public Health Association, which emphasized the role of public health…
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Ukraine introduces priority urban planning measures to overcome the consequences of the war
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On June 9, 2022, Law No. 2254-IX of May 12, 2022 on Amendments to Certain Ukrainian Laws on Priority Measures for the Reform of Urban Planning Activities (the “Right“) entered into force in Ukraine, which aims to reform the rules of urban construction applicable during the period of martial law and thereafter to overcome the…
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During the roundtable with VERITAS Design Group, something popped up that doesn’t quite seem like an impossible notion – that millennials and generations to come aren’t going to worry so much about transportation, the issue that has put previous generations under the collar – sometimes literally – for decades. “The younger generation is not as…
Links to the breadcrumb City hall “I’m disappointed in the council for not believing in the strength of our official community plan.” Vanessa Mathews, associate professor of geography and environmental studies at the University of Regina, outside her home Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Regina. Photo by TROY FLEECE /Regina Chief’s Post Content of the…
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The latest research report on Global Urban Planning and Design Software Market was conducted in a variety of industries in various regions to provide a report containing data exceeding more than 100 pages. The report offers a mix of qualitative and quantifiable information focusing on aspects such as key market developments, gap analysis industry and…
During her first semester of graduate studies, Brad Biehl noticed a problem. He had studied entrepreneurship as an undergraduate, but a life-changing internship set him on a whole new path. It turned out that his true calling was town planning – a career he barely knew existed a few years earlier. “I realized that planning,…
Although well-intentioned, current planning theory and the Minneapolis 2040 plan fail in their purpose. The district court’s decision last week in Smart Growth Minnesota v. Minneapolis, which halted implementation of the 2040 plan for environmental reasons, is only the most recent evidence of the problems with using planning theory to address social justice or environmental…