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Films to Watch: Is Sci-Fi Predicting Future Cities of the World?

Hi there, fellow futurists and movie lovers! Have you ever questioned if science fiction has purposes beyond amusement? Do the futuristic cityscapes in your favorite science fiction movies just exist in your head, or do they actually hold the secrets to our urban future or future cities? You’re going to

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Best Urban Design and Planning Software
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Best Urban Design and Planning Software | Urban Design Lab

When you see a great city with attractive aesthetics and functional systems, it implies that a lot of work has gone into its architectural design. Like a house, every component of a town, from the transport system to public parks, has to be conceptualized and then implemented to make the

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Ivy League colleges for Urban Planning
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Best Ivy League colleges for Urban Planning

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

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Urban design thesis, urbanism, Masterplan/Mobility, Architecture, Public space
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Rural Landscapes: How Food Production Shapes the Land

Food cultivation is one of the great historical milestones of our society’s development. The knowledge of agriculture was fundamental for the evolution of a nomadic society into a sedentary civilization. Centuries later, agricultural production has become one of the main contributors to the organization of the land. This phenomenon can be seen

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Urban design, smart city, housing, infrastructure, landscape, environment
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Are Tall Buildings Safer When It Floods?

After Superstorm Sandy in 2012, many people wrote about “coastal resilience”—which often meant, “let’s move people away from coasts because they might be drowned in a hurricane.” (Just google “superstorm sandy” + buyout to find a few examples of this idea.) This theory makes sense if flooding only happens in

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Urbanism, Township, Masterplanning, landscape, Sustainable planning,
Urban Planning Competition

Haunstetten Southwest | Urban Planning Competetion

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

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