An interdisciplinary debate on project perspectives
Research article
In the early part of the twentieth century, planning theory and practice always voiced strong opposition to density. The error of this insistence was persuasively argued by Jane Jacobs in the 1960s. Subsequent...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:13
Published on: 20 September 2016
Case study
Many coastal cities have recently recognized the need to adapt to climate change, given the increased frequency of disasters cause by severe weather events. Based on concepts about vulnerability and resilience...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:12
Published on: 17 September 2016
Erratum
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:11
Published on: 12 September 2016
The original article was published in City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:8
Research article
Global urban population has increased from 22.9 % in 1985 to 47 % in 2010. In Iran, population living in urban areas has consistently increased from about 31 % in 1956 to 68.4 % in 2006. Urban growth as one of...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:10
Published on: 4 August 2016
Research article
The existence of the complexity in layout and physical parameters are still under investigation in urban architecture in cognitive science. Current research seems to pay more attention to wayfinding in two-dim...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:9
Published on: 8 July 2016
Methodology
In the field of environmental assessment methods and tools, the space-based information systems have increasing importance, due to their capacity to organize knowledge according both to the representation of t...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:8
Published on: 23 June 2016
The Erratum to this article has been published in City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:11
Research article
There is no established methodology for mapping the past territory of cities from text based historic information. As a result, the past territories of cities often remain obscure due to lack of spatial repres...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:7
Published on: 13 June 2016
Research article
The contribution of front or back yards to sociability has been the subject of several studies. No such finding however is evident for side setback areas, short distances kept between adjacent buildings, which...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:6
Published on: 7 June 2016
Case study
Soil is under pressure worldwide. In Italy, in the last two decades, land consumption has reached an average rate of 8 m2, demonstrating the failure of urban planning in controlling these phenomena. Despite the r...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:5
Published on: 20 May 2016
Research article
Researchers in the field of spatial psychology and environmental preference theory have tested a range of claims about the capacity of certain spatial configurations to evoke a positive sense of wellbeing in o...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:4
Published on: 4 May 2016
Methodology
The transformation of physical spaces by means of plans and projects requires knowledge and understanding of what needs to be transformed. In this sense, project work is influenced by the way we get to know th...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:3
Published on: 25 February 2016
Research article
Historically, the tribe was a central pillar of Bedouin society. Recently, the forcibly resettled-Bedouin of Israel’s Negev Desert have experienced profound socio-economic transition and change in addition to ...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:2
Published on: 1 February 2016
Research article
As dynamic systems rivers and cities have been in interaction under changing relations over time, and the morphology of many cities has risen through a long and steady struggle between the city functions and t...
City, Territory and Architecture 2016 3:1
Published on: 21 January 2016
Research article
Almost 50 years ago Robert Dahl maintained “we can […] reasonably hope 1 day to achieve great democratic cities. As the optimum unit for democracy in the 21st century, the city has a greater claim, I think, th...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:13
Published on: 22 December 2015
Research article
Technology has become a ‘life companion’ in our cities. Thanks to its fascinating power and the huge economic interest behind it, technology has recently reached an ‘epic’ role in our expectations for exiting ...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:12
Published on: 12 June 2015
Research article
Las Vegas has often been described as offering the paradox of wasting large amounts of water for the tourism industry, whereas it is located in an arid desert area. However, a closer examination shows that it ...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:11
Published on: 30 May 2015
Research article
The paper deals with the complex relationship between tradition and modernity inspired by a fundamental essay by Cesare Brandi, Eliante or On architecture? The dialectic between tradition, supported in the Italia...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:10
Published on: 28 May 2015
Research article
Architecture and construction in Europe have felt, like few other sectors, the consequences of the financial crisis that set in during 2008. This is only a logical result of their enormous dependency on differ...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:9
Published on: 18 April 2015
Research article
Homeland security measures increasingly affect urban life and activities. Standoff distance, which prevents unscreened vehicles from approaching within a certain distance of a building, is a widely applied mea...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:8
Published on: 18 April 2015
Research article
Estonian parks are well known for their history and dendrology. Usually, city maps show no nuances of the green areas, they could be for example abandoned areas, parks, green squares, usable/non-usable areas f...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:6
Published on: 26 February 2015
Research article
The design of future cities is a challenging endeavour, to which interaction design can contribute by applying its well-established principles and methods. Interaction design methods aim at optimising interact...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:5
Published on: 26 February 2015
Research article
For a long period of time there has been a kind of mirroring between the development of decision making models in Political science and the concepts and paradigms used in Planning theory. The dialogue has bee...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:7
Published on: 26 February 2015
Research article
Population growth and the expansion of cities together with an increase in environmental pollution from human activity create non-principled changes in vegetative cover and land use in forestland built-up area...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:4
Published on: 24 February 2015
Case study
The development of Malay reserve land is a nationwide issue which can be overcome through better understanding of the existing barriers. While many barriers have been examined, the challenges relating to land ...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:3
Published on: 10 February 2015
Case study
Emerging regions worldwide increasingly involve cross-border relations. The Pearl River Delta (PRD) in south China in particular has been the focus of investigation in the recent literature on multiple jurisdi...
City, Territory and Architecture 2015 2:2
Published on: 23 January 2015
