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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Pick of the day: The Vertical Garden City: Towards a New Urban Topology
The Vertical Garden City: Towards a New Urban Topology | Chris Abel | Comment is free | planetizen.com
Posted in opinions, pick of the day, research
Tagged Ebenezer Howard, Foster + Partners, garden city, High-rise Architecture, Ken Yeang, Linked Hybrid Building, Menara Mesiniaga, Norman Foster, peter hall, Project for Regents Place, public realm, sky gardens, Steven Holl, vertical city
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How’s life? Mapping Happiness
by Hans Pul Where is the happiest place in New York? The above diagram maps “happiness” in the city based on the content of geotagged tweets. The diagram is structured according Manhattan’s grid, where red blocks represent “happy tweets”, while … Continue reading
Posted in miscellaneous, research
Tagged app, cartography, crowd-sourcing, geography, happiness, happy, London, MacKerron, Manhattan, Mappiness, mapping, new york, NYC, OECD, science, TED, UK, well-being
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The British high street is dead – let’s celebrate | Wayne Hemingway | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
The British high street is dead – let’s celebrate | Wayne Hemingway | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk.
Raw material from Brazil’s favelas on its way to Europe’s nightclubs
by Valentin Schipfer This blog entry is as close to urban life as the discussed music style to their dancers. I put the focus on Baile Funk – an important part of social and cultural identity of Brazilian metropolises. Cultural … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, pick of the day
Tagged baile funk, Brazil, creative economy, culturalistic economy, daniel haaksman, dj marlboro, favelas, funk carioca, metrozones, mr.catra, rio de Janeiro
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…if we were asked today to rebrand Greece
by Ares Kalandides and Mihalis Kavaratzis Let’s face it: There are probably few countries in Europe right now with a worse image than Greece (we can’t really think of any that even come close). From what we hear, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Greece, Mihalis Kavaratzis, nation branding, rebranding Greece
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Towns in Transition and Resilient Innovations as Response
by Valentin Schipfer When my flat mate, an architect, came back from one of his field trips from Great Britain last week, he seemed kind of enlightened. Some minutes later his story has also infected me. Together with his colleagues … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, pick of the day
Tagged community-based, foodlink totnes, Naresh Giangrande, resilience, responsible fish restaurant, rob hopkins, sustainability, sustainable city, the Transition Companion, Totnes Renewable Energy Society Ltd, transition, Transition Network, Transition Streets, transition town, transtition homes trust
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Special Issue Journal of Place Management and Development Vol 5 No 1
From the Guest Editorial by Ares Kalandides, Mihalis Kavaratzis and Martin Boisen: This is a special edition of the International Place Branding Conference series and the third special issue of the Journal of Place Management and Development dedicated to the conference. The two … Continue reading
Curitiba: Latin America’s Green City
by Hans Pul In this post I will argue that good urban planning can be of great value for places and their branding efforts. Cities with good urban planning get noticed. This is important, especially for relatively unknown non-capital cities … Continue reading
Posted in miscellaneous, opinions
Tagged air quality, Brasil, Brazil, BRT, bus, cities, city, CNN, Curitiba, Eco2 city, Green City, Green City Index, Latin America, Latin American cities, public transport, report, Siemens, sustainability, sustainable city, system, urban parks, urban planning, World Bank
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Web-based tools to promote a high street
by Valentin Schipfer In my last blog entry I introduced you to our ongoing project in Potsdam. Together with local stakeholders Inpolis and dieraumplaner are developing an organizational model to continue Potsdam’s shopping street management. Discussing this task in specific … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 ways to help the high street, Association for Town Centre Management, Insitute for Place Management, L’Association du management de centre-ville, Local Government Group, Managing District Centres in Northwest Europe, Michael Lewis, Salzburg, shopjacket, shopping street management, SoTempting, town centre management, Town Centre Management Europe, virtual high street, virtual town centre
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