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Tag Archives: Place Management
Have You Ever Heard of Lucius Burckhardt?
By Renard Teipelke Usually the length of a person’s English Wikipedia article indicates how far their global reach has been. In the case of the Swiss urban planning critic Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003) I have to assume that his reach beyond … Continue reading
Posted in pick of the day, research
Tagged architecture, automobile, book review, building, construction, critic, design, environment, housing, local politics, Lucius Burckhardt, Place Management, public space, role, stakeholder, strollology, Switzerland, symbol, theory, transport, urban planning, welfare
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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
Posted in opinions
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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Quick Review: WEF’s Top Ten Urban Innovations
By Renard Teipelke The Global Agenda Council on the Future of Cities (World Economic Forum) published a short overview report on the “Top Ten Urban Innovations” last month (October 2015). Let’s see what these innovations are and let’s pose one … Continue reading
Posted in journals, research
Tagged circular economy, co-location, data, design thinking, innovation, intelligent infrastructure, key performance indicators, LED, life-cycle costs, local community, mobility, monitoring, Place Management, safety, sensoring, sharing, smart city, urban development, urban farming, WEF, World Economic Forum
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The Liberal First-Mover Advantage
By Renard Teipelke In a previous article (here), I have discussed the bombastic growth plans of the airports in Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi. With regard to their proximity and location within desserts, I have hinted at the lack of … Continue reading
Posted in opinions
Tagged Abu Dhabi, Cairo, cityness, diversity, Doha, Dubai, freedom, human righs, liberal, Middle East, Place Management, Qatar, Richard Florida, Singapore, tolerance, United Arab Emirates
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Drastic shifts in local retail districts – is tourism the driver?
By Markus Kather and Paul Köper Are you looking for a small boutique or an antique shop in the north of Berlin’s Schöneberg district? Whereas a few years ago you would stumble into one of them at almost any corner, … Continue reading
Posted in projects, research
Tagged gentrification, Place Management, real estate, retail, urban development, urban planning, urban space
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Disasters, Statistical Data, and Human Lives
By Renard Teipelke More than 6,000 people dead, more than 4 million people displaced, more than 12 million people affected: In the early days of November 2013, the central parts of the Philippines were hit by a tropical cyclone, which … Continue reading
Posted in opinions
Tagged climate change, data, disaster, emergency, Haiyan, housing, livelihood, Philippines, Place Management, reconstruction, recovery, resilience, shelter, spatial planning, statistics, typhoon, Yolanda
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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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Are our town centres really dying?
by Ares Kalandides I recently blogged two newspaper articles that dealt with retail (here and here) and promised to explain my choice soon. The first discussed the losses of the retail sector in Britain since the beginning of the recession … Continue reading
Pick of the day: UK Retailers Have Lost £23bn Since The Start Of The Recession
No wonder town centres built round retail are in trouble: “The cost of the recession to Britain’s retailers has been calculated as a whopping £23 billion since the start of the recession. The figures, compiled by research specialists Conlumino for ecommerce … Continue reading
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