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Public Space as Landscape Experience of Happiness: A Surprise Public Garden amidst Water and Large Blocks of WoodlandSpecial Issue UI 261 “Happiness and public space” Materiali Call internazionale - 3° Biennale dello Spazio Pubblico
(INU Editioni, 2015)
Urban public space is not a phenomenon of the twenty first century. It originated with
the public parks of the mid-nineteenth century which were a considerable part of
the urban fabric (Chadwick, 1966). Urban parks and ...
The contribution of urban green spaces to the improvement of environment in cities: Case study of Chania, Greece
(Elsevier, 2010)
This paper investigates how vegetation, mainly through evapotranspiration, affects the improvement of
microclimatic conditions in urban areas and, more specifically, it examines the case for the city of Chania
in Crete. ...
Urban waterfront areas: Environmental planning of small-scale harbour zones and consecutive urban waterfront areas
(2013)
The subject of the study concerns the regeneration of the urban waterfront, within the framework
of a new approach for the quality living of the coastal human communities, not only under the terms
of developmental ...
The Greenways in Athens
(2010-06)
Greenways are corridors of undevoped land in a city setting. They include vegeration belts, creeks, rivers,floodplains and other natural features along public infrastructures. Public infrastructures consist of utility ...
Top-down and bottom-up urban and regional planning: towards a framework for the use of planning standards
(European spatial research and policy, 2014)
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the ways that the top-down and the bottom-up approaches to planning can be combined in the practice of planning standards. In the first part, the paper examines the utilization of ...
Whither the planning theory-practice gap? A case study on the relationship between urban indicators and planning theories
(2013-05)
This article comments on the urban planning theory-practice gap, focusing on the relationship between the planning theory and the use of urban indicators. The reason for the selection of this case study is twofold. On the ...
A historical overview and critical analysis of town centre delimitation methodologies
(Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, 2014-02-14)
The article aims at exploring the literature on town centre delimitation methods over the last sixty years. Specifically, the first section explores the content of the term town centre, while the second one proposes an ...
Developing new educational facilities in cities or large municipalities using GIS: a case study in Thessaloniki, Greece
(International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 2011)
This study presents the modeling of the system of educational facilities included in a large city or a municipality, to facilitate a decision regarding the optimum location of a new educational facility. As will be shown, ...
An interdisciplinary study on indicators: A comparative review ofquality-of-life, macroeconomic, environmental, welfare andsustainability indicators
(Elsevier, 2013-06-10)
It is generally recognised that indicator-based research forms a substantial part both of the everyday practice and of the current theoretical pursuits in an extensive set of different scientific fields that relate to the ...
Critical analysis of the official Greek urban planning indicatorsof private uses
(2015-01)
The aim of the article is to review the official Greek target indicators, i.e. those standards that are included in the current planning legislation ( Official Government Gazette 285/D/5.3, 2004), and are used for the ...