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

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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

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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

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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

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Renovating Kensington

By Renard Teipelke This August I visited London for the second time. I have been to the city the first time in 2011. During both visits I was staying in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (at a friend’s … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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