Defeating Automobile Dependency | Designing Cities for People
Introduction Human’s resource-intensive lifestyle has significantly contributed to air pollution and climate change since the industrial revolution by heat-trapping gases and adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere (IPCC, 1996;
Top Green, Innovative and Colorful Cities
Introduction A sustainable city addresses social, economic and environmental concerns. Their creation is led through the inclusion of eco-friendly programs and initiatives that create environmentally conscious, physical alternatives to city
Creation of Dead Edges and its Reversing Strategies
Introduction The evolution of cities today has led to the development of dead edges. This is causing a reduction in the activity levels of the built environment. As a response,
Philosophy and Sustainable Urbanism
Introduction Humans are urban and social beings that structure spaces. Accordingly, space and urbanisation have fundamental relations with human thoughts that lead to philosophy (Qorbani, 2015). The first part of
Urban Gardening and Reducing Carbon Footprint
Introduction The growing population globally is one of the leading causes of the increasing demand for resources. The rise in the population of cities indicates that by 2050, 70 per
10 Ways to Design Eco Cities | Innovative Solutions for a Sustainable Future
Sustainable Cities The development of the term Urban design took place in 1953 from the earlier known term ‘Civic Design’, which originated in the 1900s. The term emerges from the