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Tag Archives: Place Development
An Implementation Critique of Jan Gehl’s “Cities for People”
By Renard Teipelke In 2010, Danish architect and urban design thinker Jan Gehl compiled his profession’s key urban design principles and convictions in the well-received book “Cities for People”. I like the way he describes how the planning and development … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, building design, car, Cities for People, city government, eye level, human, interest group, Jan Gehl, land markets, local government, local politics, modernism, modernist planning, perspective, Place Development, Place Management, scale, soft edges, sustainability, urban design, urban development
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The intangible value of Piraeus
Why COSCO wants all of Piraeus, not only the containers By Costis Hadjimichalis[1] What exactly did the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF)[2] and the Greek government sell to COSCO at the shockingly low amount of 280.5 million Euro at once … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, research, Uncategorized
Tagged COSCO, Costis Hadjimichalis, economic development, Greece, Pireaeus, Place Development, ports, privatisation, urban planning
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Urban Foresight in Times of Meteorites
by Renard Teipelke On the 15th February 2013, Chelyabinsk Obast in Russia was hit by the glowing remainders of a meteorite which entered the earth and caused approximately 1’500 people being injured and 3’000 buildings in the region being damaged. … Continue reading
Posted in research
Tagged designing new futures, forecast, foresight, future of cities, imagining, innovation, Place Development, Place Management, SWOT, vision
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Regionalization and Place Identity (Or: what is really the Niederlausitz?)
by Markus Kather Döbern. Döbern? Optionally this is a small town in (Southern) Brandenburg // near Cottbus // in the Lausitz region // between Dresden and Berlin // near Forst // south of the Spreewald // nearly in Poland // … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandenburg, culture, European Regions, Image, Place Development, Place Identity, Regional Development
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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
Global City Indicators Facility
By Renard Teipelke “The Global City Indicators Facility provides an established set of city indicators with a globally standardized methodology that allows for global comparability of city performance and knowledge sharing.” This web-based relational database website, Global City Indicators Facility … Continue reading
Coffee, Hamburgers and Downtown Areas in a Globalizing World
By Renard Teipelke In the past years, we could witness the increasingly strong presence of international corporations in downtown areas. Ranging from telecommunication and fashion to fast food and electronics, major brands have successfully invaded the centers of our cities. … Continue reading
Cultural Flagship Projects – Part III
By Renard Teipelke In my last article of this series on cultural flagship projects, I will present my conclusions of the research I conducted during a field trip in February in Cairo and Alexandria*. I will specifically focus on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandria, AlexMed, BA, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, branding, Cairo, city tourism, cultural flagship, cultural institutions, Dina Youssef, Egypt, Image, library, MENA, Place Branding, Place Development, planning, revolution, Serageldin, urban space, Zahran
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