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- Edaw appointed to advise on Whitehill Bordon eco town - Property Week
East Hampshire District Council appointed planning and landscape design consultancy EDAW is to work on a proposed Eco-town in Whitehill Bordon.
SOURCE: Propertyweek.com Edaw appointed to advise on Whitehill Bordon eco town - Property Week.
- Megalopolis Karachi still goes
Karachi, with a population of more than 18 million, is termed the world’s second largest ‘city proper’ – after Mumbai, India. In terms of civic facilities especially urban public transport, however, Karachi is still like an under-developed town.
SOURCE: The News.com.pk – Megalopolis Karachi still goes.
- The Associated Press: Once wilderness amid bustle, NYC rail becomes park
The first section of the $170 million High Line park set to open by the end of the year, the city’s residents are about to get their chance to see whether the project’s designers have succeeded in maintaining the sense of wilderness that so many found so evocative.
Designers: Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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- Experts will now chart city’s roadmap-Ahmedabad-Cities-The Times of India
No red tapism, no partisan politics leading to uneven growth. For once, the city’s growth will be charted by professionals. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has recruited young professionals from leading urban planning institutes in the country to prepare a roadmap for the city in the next 10 years.
SOURCE: The Times of India – [...]
- Why Tanzania needs an urban development and management policy - DailynewsOnline
Kironde offers a column on Tanzania’s rapid urbanisation and how past development was undertaken and what the future holds.
SOURCE: Tanzania Standard Newspapers
- French firm wins design contest for new HCMC urban area
VietNamNetBridge - A French firm has won the top prize for “unique architectural ideas” to develop three landmark areas in the proposed Thu Thiem New Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City.
Deso Company was followed by Hagel Company (Switzerland) and Edaw Company (Hong Kong) in second and third places for designs to develop the center [...]
- Expansion of bike paths keeps city moving forward
In a case of “build it and they will come,” cyclists have been crowding onto Montreal’s first year-round bicycle path, along de Maisonneuve Blvd., since it was opened last November.
Last month alone, more than 25,000 cyclists a week used the $3.5 million path, which crosses downtown on an east-west axis. That’s an average of 3,600 [...]
- New Orleans To New York: Fighting Blighted Properties - Bayoubuzz.com
When critics blasted the slow rebuilding of New Orleans, Ray Nagin shocked the world when he answered that all New York had to show for its recovery was a “hole in the ground” where the Twin Towers used to be.
Outrage flowed from all corners; yet ironically, Research Fellows at the conservative think tank the [...]
- Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl and global warming - Los Angeles Times
Will Californians drive less to reduce global warming? Maybe not on our own — but state officials are ready to nudge us.
Read more @ the SOURCE: LA TIMES – Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl and global warming - Los Angeles Times.
- San Jose leaders try to reverse urban sprawl
Strip malls and low-rise office parks dominate the landscape of northern San Jose, but a long-term redevelopment plan could make over large swaths of the area along decidedly more urban lines.
Over the next three decades, the city wants to add more than 30,000 new homes and 80,000 jobs within walking distance of a Santa Clara [...]
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