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  • Urban Development through PPPs “Challenges and Models– Comparison between Albania and European countries" 
    Meniku, Jonida; Maliqari, Andrea; Miri, Adriana (2014-06-02)
    Albania is lacking relatively behind concerning the adoption of public – private partnerships for sustainable urban development projects. This research states that public-private schemes have the potential of becoming an ...
  • Between City and Nature Grammars for the Urban Form 
    Montemurro, Michele (2014-06-02)
    This abstract refers to theoretical and application research on the grammars of urban form that the author is carrying on into Urban and Architecture Design courses in dICAR Department of the Polytechnic of Bari and other ...
  • Traditional Street Pattern Typology: Case of Korça 
    Zeka, Egin; Yüzer, Mehmet Ali (2014-06-02)
    The city is a very complex phenomenon that is formed under the effect of different actors and their relationships with each other. Urban design, as a discipline that tries to establish the most appropriate models (methods) ...
  • Tirana, Regeneration Policy of the Urban Periphery 
    Vokshi, Armand; Nepravishta, Florian (2014-06-02)
    This article attempts to highlight some of the issues and opportunities for the recovery of Tirana periphery. Tirana is currently in a process of constant transformation of its territory, particularly in the suburbs areas. ...
  • Perimetral Residential Blocks And Apartment Typologies in Tirana City 
    Cela, Ilgen; Di Cristina, Benedeto; Shyti, Llazar (2014-06-02)
    Perimetral residential buildings are mostly related with the rapid expansion of urban settlements that followed the ignition of the industrial era at the beginning of the 18th century. This historic event was no part of ...
  • The Kleinstadt as a Model for the Modern City. The Case Study of Saraçoğlu Residential area of P. Bonatz in Ankara 
    Panzini, Nicola (2014-06-02)
    Ankara is located in Anatolian plateau of Turkey, marked by the river of the Su il Enguri and an uninterrupted stretch of steppe. The Ottoman fabric clings on a rocky hill and the city at the beginning of the twentieth ...
  • Comparative approaches in drafting of the Municipal Development Plans 
    Jaha-Hoxha, Teuta (2014-06-02)
    Spatial Planning of Kosovo, law no. 04/L174 requires from the municipalities drafting of their strategic documents, such as: - Municipal Development Plan/MDP - Zoning Map and - Detailed Regulatory Plans (not- mandatory). ...
  • Development and Changes in the Industrial Zone in Prizren 
    Goxha, Venera (2014-06-02)
    The aim of this paper is to analyse and discuss the development and changes in the zone of special importance in economic and industrial development of Prizren, as well as the development and changes in the destination of ...
  • Intelligent Transport System Why should Building Physicists, Architects and Urban Designers Care? 
    Knoflacher, Hermann (2014-06-02)
    Urban traffic systems can be called intelligent if they react on changing circumstances with problem solving strategies. Unintelligent traffic systems create problems, enhance problems not only in transport, but also in ...
  • Medium and Message in the Monumental Epigraphy of Medieval Cairo 
    O’Kane, Bernard (2014-06-02)
    We have in Cairo an unbroken sequence of inscriptions on major and minor religious monuments from the 9th century onwards. The size of this corpus enables us to discuss a wide variety of topics, and in particular the ways ...
  • The Urban Climate 
    Mahdavi, Ardeshir (2014-06-02)
    Cities represent massive anthropogenic interventions in the planetary environment. They contribute to climate change and are affected by it. The world population increasingly lives in cities, implying the critical need for ...
  • Sustainable buildings: some inconvenient observations 
    Ardeshir Mahdavi; Vienna University of Technology (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
  • Green Walls Benefits in Contemporary City 
    Ana Virtudes; University of Beira Interior; Maria Manso; University of Beira Interior (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    There is nothing new about using vegetation in buildings and construction of cities. Greenery has always played an important role in the construction of cities. However, contemporary cities are currently dominated by ...
  • Monitoring and modeling of the urban micro-climate 
    Aida Maleki; Vienna University of Technology; Kristina Orehounig; Vienna University of Technology; Ardeshir Mahdavi; Vienna University of Technology (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Urban heat island phenomenon (UHI) is considered to be one of the major challenges encountered this century by the human kind. This phenomenon is characterized mainly by air temperatures in the city that are higher than ...
  • The Spatial Patterns and Development of the Sugar Industry Cities-Huwei and Sinying 
    Yuchen Sharon Sung; Feng Chia University; Hsu Hsin Ni; Feng Chia University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The sugar industry communities were developed extensively during Japanese colonial period (1895- 1945) in Taiwan. The planning of these communities was also based on the concepts of western industrial villages which connected ...
  • Durres Seaside Promenade: Urban Public versus Private Space 
    Valbona Koci; EPOKA University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    This paper explores the spatial transformations of Durres waterfront - focusing only on the seaside promenade - within a predefined timeframe: late socialist & post socialist era, covering mainly the period of transition ...
  • Universal Design Methodologies in Developing Countries: Case Study-Tirana 
    Vjosa Shehu; Epoka University; Sokol Dervishi; Epoka University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In developing countries, people with disabilities face a multitude of obstacles in their physical environment preventing them from participating in social, cultural and professional life. Given this tort, major concerns ...
  • From East to West: Persian, Indian and Central European Themes Forming the Architectural Scenery in Early Modern Ottoman Culture 
    Soner Sahin; Yeditepe University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    This study aims to define the changes in architectural scenery and cityscape in Ottoman cultural life in early modern era, i.e. 18th century. It is aimed to complement intercultural relations in this age through surveying ...
  • Symbolism in the Conceptualization of Contemporary Yoruba City Central Business District Urban Design 
    Tunji Adejumo; University of Lagos; Niyi Okedele; University of Lagos; Mike Adebamowo; University of Lagos (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Design failure of central business district in Nigeria cities is traceable to colonial urban planning 'dual city' concept and 'tropical architecture modernism' philosophy that ignored culture in planning process. Culture ...
  • Comments on the Influence of the Western Architectural Styles on the Ottoman Water Structures; Case study Sultan Mahmud II Dam 
    Sukru Sonmezer; Faculty of Sciences and Letters (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Western architectural styles are introduced to the Ottoman architecture gradually starting with the beginning of the 18th century. These styles were accepted by the Ottoman society rapidly after the second half of the 18th ...

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