What is Ivy League ranking? Many people in the United States and around the world consider Ivy League colleges to be the pinnacle of American higher education. Ivy League schools are known for their quality, but which are the best? Discover which Ivy League colleges for Urban Planning are the best
1. The Death and Life of Great American Cities The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs (1961) A classic since its publication in 1961, this book is the definitive statement on American cities: what makes them safe, how they function, and why all too many official
At CultureHouse, we create spaces that defy norms. We often describe our community pop-ups as indoor public parks, communal living rooms, and third spaces. We do this because there is no clear parallel to existing infrastructure that exactly matches what our pop-ups encompass. In essence, our spaces are living examples
Introduction The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) aims at providing a pucca house, with basic amenities, to all houseless households and those households living in kutcha and dilapidated house, by 2022. The immediate objective is to cover 1.00 crore households living in kutcha house/dilapidated houses in three years from 2016-17
What is a City Government? City government, commonly known as Urban Local Body, Municipality or Nagar Nigam is composed of various actors who occupy various roles in the government and undertake different functions. These actors can be broadly divided into two groups – administrative and elected. The role of
Cities and urban areas are the most represented types of heritage on the World Heritage List. World Heritage Cities are also among the World Heritage Properties that appear most often in state of conservation reports. Economic, social and political changes in recent years – globalization, multiplication of key players, decentralization,
This year would be Jane Jacob’s 100th birthday, and what better to celebrate the memory of this incredible woman than walking along the very streets she helped fight to protect in New York City. This champion of everyday social life in public space and her de facto anthropological observations of
On an approximately 200-hectare planning area south of Inninger Straße, an innovative urban quarter with space for at least 10,000 residents, about 5,000 jobs and extensive green and open spaces is to be created. In a participation process set up together with experts and experts from the administration, citizens are
On an approximately 200-hectare planning area south of Inninger Straße, an innovative urban quarter with space for at least 10,000 residents, about 5,000 jobs and extensive green and open spaces is to be created. In a participation process set up together with experts and experts from the administration, citizens are
The Fontanar del Río Zonal Park located in the town of Suba, promotes balance and territorial equity by increasing the offer of active and passive recreation of the city, avoids environmental degradation, supporting equipment provisioning programs and comprehensive improvement, and favours the identity, appropriation and participation of the population in
