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Further Densification – Are They Ready for This?

By Renard Teipelke Eight out of the 30 most densely populated cities of the world are located within Metro Manila, Philippines (here). Number 30 is Makati City with about 19,000 people per square kilometer. Number 1 is Manila City with … Continue reading

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21st Century Waterfront Redevelopment in Washington, D.C.

by Renard Teipelke Ideal public transit connection, walkability, mixed-use, brownfield redevelopment, green infrastructure, efficient resource systems, inclusion of the historic urban fabric…what sounds like a planner’s wish list for urban redevelopment is actually the description used for two major projects … Continue reading

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Ruhr ruins invite tourists for highwire hijinks – The Local

“From my lofty vantage point, the panoramic view over the Ruhr Valley to Duisburg and beyond is breathtaking. Derelict factories – rusting, soot-stained hulks – pepper the surprisingly verdant landscape. Chimneys rise like cathedrals; proud relics of the region’s industrial … Continue reading

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Berlin: Bottom-Up Urban Regeneration – With a Little Help from the Top

By Ares Kalandides and Caspar Lundsgaard-Hansen In terms of urban regeneration, Berlin truly is a special city: to this day, the city still boasts comparatively many undeveloped or temporally used areas. Unsurprisingly, the emergence of a large part of these … Continue reading

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Île de Nantes: awareness of the past – big steps into a sustainable future

by Renard Teipelke Only a quarter of a page in a 400-page guide for France – that is all that experts thought needs to be said about Nantes a couple of years ago. With its roughly 290.000 citizens, Nantes is … Continue reading

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