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Knowledge and human capital are gaining importance as determinants of urban and regional development on a global scale. We can observe a simultaneous increase in the mobility of human capital, the availability of knowledge, and an increase in the importance of location. This phenomenon is sometimes referred to as glocalisation. Mobile and highly valuable human capital are being territorialised. From the city’s point of view, is this an opportunity or a threat? The question can be asked whether the territorialisation of human capital has an impact on the durability of urban development. It is not obvious whether it helps to develop competitive potential and competitive advantages of an area only temporarily or in the long term. An analysis using elements of the path dependency theory can provide answers to these questions. It considers both the complexity of the research subject and the evolutionary nature of development processes. Therefore, the fundamental question of this article is whether the territorialisation of human capital affects the durability of urban development. The main findings of the study show that both the size of a city and the rate of demographic growth affect the choice of the type of development path. Cities with high demographic growth rates and complex development strategies enter reactive paths. This type of path guarantees the durability of development processes.

Creating healthy street environments to encourage physical activity is an effective strategy against non-communicable diseases exacerbated by rapid urbanization globally. Developing countries face more significant health challenges than developed ones. However, existing research predominantly focuses on the perspective of developed countries. To address the health challenges in developing nations, studies should not only draw on the findings from developed countries but also clearly define unique research processes and pathways. Consequently, this study conducts a comparative analysis between China, representing developing countries, and developed nations, using databases like China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Web of Science (WOS) and tools such as Citespace, Bicomb, and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to explore research hotspots, developmental trajectories, thematic categories, and trends. The findings reveal a shift in developed countries from macro-material to micro-environmental elements under multidisciplinary scrutiny, while future topics may include street space evaluations and psychological healing. In China, research has been dominated by different disciplines at various stages, starting with medical attention to chronic disease prevention, which then shifted to traffic engineering's focus on constructing green travel environments, and finally expanded to disciplines like landscape architecture examining the impact of street environment elements on pedestrian behavioural perceptions. Future themes will focus on promoting elderly health and urban health transport systems. Generally, research in developed countries exhibits a "bottom-up" approach, with practical issues at a "post-evaluation" stage, primarily based on the "socio-ecological model" and emphasizing multidisciplinary collaboration. Chinese research shows a "top-down" characteristic, driven by national policies and at a "pre-planning" stage, integrating theories such as Maslow's hierarchy of needs and attention restoration theory, with relatively loose disciplinary cooperation. Overall, research is shifting from macro to human-centric scales and is progressively utilizing multi-source and multi-scale big data analysis methods. Based on this, future research and development recommendations are proposed for developing countries, with China as a representative example. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study presents a methodology which can be employed by a wide array of stakeholders in the urban real estate market: policymakers, developers, investors as well as individuals. The methodology is widely applicable globally, and various economic variables can be appropriately linked to its results in order to make the economic implications of the length of permitting processes more transparent and promote affordable housing development and sustainable urban development. Across a unique primary dataset of 189 development projects in Prague, we find significant differences in the time required to obtain permits and to undertake construction work for buildings of different functional types. We attribute these differences primarily to public resistance to certain types of development. Our research also quantifies the percentage increase in construction prices that results from delays in the pre-construction process. We find that residential and mixed-use developments face significantly longer permitting processes than industrial development. This is a surprising finding, as these functions generally don't give rise to as many externalities, necessitating stricter regulation. In addition, we also find that central locations face longer delays and greater price increases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many researchers have studied public trust to assess a government policy. Trust is the key to synergizing or connecting the state, government, and society. It is an essential foundation for the state in implementing a policy. That prompted this study to research current policies on developing new capital cities (IKN) by relating them to the level of public trust. This study used a qualitative approach with descriptive content analysis. The research object was seen from Twitter users in discussing policies regarding the development of a new capital city. Sources of data obtained from the overall results of discussions about IKN. The analysis tool relied on Nvivo 12 Plus. The findings indicated that the public trusted government policies to develop IKN. Positive trust was influenced by the idea of developing IKN, which was predicted to become an example of a world city; IKN could influence economic equality, promote well-being or prosperity, and other influential factors, such as Joko Widodo's leadership as President of Indonesia. Some factors influenced the decline in public trust, concerns about environmental damage and budget problems. It is considered that the urgency of public trust in policy issues related to IKN will affect the sustainability of the IKN development plan in the future.

Rural development is not separate from urban issues because many rural and agricultural services are located in urban centers. The purpose of this article is to review and present strategies for the development of the Songhor as a city supporting agricultural service. This research is placed in the group of qualitative and quantitative research in terms of practical purpose and in terms of framework. Data collection tools include document analysis, observation and questionnaire. The research is descriptive-survey from the point of view of the nature and method of data collection and is applied from the point of view of the goal. Sampling was done in a non-probability and intentional way, which is compatible with the purpose of the study. The validity of the content of the questionnaire was examined and confirmed by obtaining the opinions of specialists and experts; The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha) was obtained and confirmed as 0.983 using SPSS software. After determining the members of the list consisting of 26 experts, 3 Delphi steps were carried out. The method of data analysis in this research is the use of strategic factors analysis matrix. In this way, at the beginning, strategic factors were determined in the form of SWOT matrix, and finally, with the formation of QSPM matrix, the strategies of "Using branding capacity for economic development" with a total attractiveness score of 6.71, "Development of suburban communication network to get out of geographical isolation" and "Completing the production chain in the agriculture and animal husbandry sector" with a total attractiveness score of 6.39 and "Increasing incentives and creating attractions and investment platforms to attract investors and creating jobs in the private sector" with a total attractiveness score of 6.33 are introduced as the most important development strategies of the city of Songhor became

Krakow is a city that has undergone an immense transformation in recent years. At the end of the 1980s, the period of communism ended and Polish local governments began to operate based on the principles of subsidiarity, decentralisation and independence. In 2004, Poland joined the European Union, which opened up new prospects for development, including in regional and local terms. The world has become a networked and digitized entity susceptible to the influence of innovation. Due to metropolitisation processes, cities, especially those offering above-average earnings, a diversification of economic resources and a relatively high quality of life, began to develop even more dynamically, which had and still has negative consequences. In Poland, there are five cities in which development dynamics have a highly specific dimension. Apart from the capital city of Warsaw, these are Krakow, Wrocław, Poznań and the agglomeration of the so-called Tri-city (Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia). The aim of this study is to show how Krakow, the second-largest city in Poland, has evolved over the last three decades at the level of demographics, urban development and economy; how it changed in the historical “milestones” indicated above. Therefore, depending on the availability of statistical data, several time periods were selected and compared with each other in the most important areas of Krakow’s functioning. The research hypothesis is as follows: Krakow’s development policy in key areas optimally uses the opportunities resulting from contextual conditions (social, economic and cultural changes that have taken place in recent decades). The study focuses on the three main problems of the city’s development (the abovementioned key areas of the city’s functioning and development): socio-demographic, spatial and economic changes. The analysis assessed data from the literature, city reports and other available sources, as well as public quantitative data (assessment of data from the National Census for the years 1988, 2002, 2011, 2022; Local Data Bank of Statistics Poland and other repositories and reports).

Krakow is a city that has undergone an immense transformation in recent years. At the end of the 1980s, the period of communism ended and Polish local governments began to operate based on the principles of subsidiarity, decentralisation and independence. In 2004, Poland joined the European Union, which opened up new prospects for development, including in regional and local terms. The world has become a networked and digitized entity susceptible to the influence of innovation. Due to metropolitisation processes, cities, especially those offering above-average earnings, a diversification of economic resources and a relatively high quality of life, began to develop even more dynamically, which had and still has negative consequences. In Poland, there are five cities in which development dynamics have a highly specific dimension. Apart from the capital city of Warsaw, these are Krakow, Wrocław, Poznań and the agglomeration of the so-called Tri-city (Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia). The aim of this study is to show how Krakow, the second-largest city in Poland, has evolved over the last three decades at the level of demographics, urban development and economy; how it changed in the historical "milestones" indicated above. Therefore, depending on the availability of statistical data, several time periods were selected and compared with each other in the most important areas of Krakow's functioning. The research hypothesis is as follows: Krakow's development policy in key areas optimally uses the opportunities resulting from contextual conditions (social, economic and cultural changes that have taken place in recent decades). The study focuses on the three main problems of the city's development (the abovementioned key areas of the city's functioning and development): socio-demographic, spatial and economic changes. The analysis assessed data from the literature, city reports and other available sources, as well as public quantitative data (assessment of data from the National Census for the years 1988, 2002, 2011, 2022; Local Data Bank of Statistics Poland and other repositories and reports). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Creating healthy street environments to encourage physical activity is an effective strategy against non-communicable diseases exacerbated by rapid urbanization globally. Developing countries face more significant health challenges than developed ones. However, existing research predominantly focuses on the perspective of developed countries. To address the health challenges in developing nations, studies should not only draw on the findings from developed countries but also clearly define unique research processes and pathways. Consequently, this study conducts a comparative analysis between China, representing developing countries, and developed nations, using databases like China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Web of Science (WOS) and tools such as Citespace, Bicomb, and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to explore research hotspots, developmental trajectories, thematic categories, and trends. The findings reveal a shift in developed countries from macro-material to micro-environmental elements under multidisciplinary scrutiny, while future topics may include street space evaluations and psychological healing. In China, research has been dominated by different disciplines at various stages, starting with medical attention to chronic disease prevention, which then shifted to traffic engineering’s focus on constructing green travel environments, and finally expanded to disciplines like landscape architecture examining the impact of street environment elements on pedestrian behavioural perceptions. Future themes will focus on promoting elderly health and urban health transport systems. Generally, research in developed countries exhibits a “bottom-up” approach, with practical issues at a “post-evaluation” stage, primarily based on the “socio-ecological model” and emphasizing multidisciplinary collaboration. Chinese research shows a “top-down” characteristic, driven by national policies and at a “pre-planning” stage, integrating theories such as Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and attention restoration theory, with relatively loose disciplinary cooperation. Overall, research is shifting from macro to human-centric scales and is progressively utilizing multi-source and multi-scale big data analysis methods. Based on this, future research and development recommendations are proposed for developing countries, with China as a representative example.

The international architecture competition Solar Decathlon Europe was held in Wuppertal in 2022 and focused on sustainable building and living in the city. The student teams participating in the competition developed buildings that would enable climate-friendly living and be tailored to the “Mirke” district in Wuppertal and the individual needs of the residents in this neighborhood. Not only the neighborhood was the focus of the competition, but also the residents of the Mirke district were involved in the project through a neighborhood panel. As part of the Mirke neighborhood panel, three survey waves were conducted between May 2021 and August 2022. The results and insights gained from the neighborhood panel were incorporated into the project and shared with the architectural teams participating in the competition. In addition, the results were shared and discussed with the urban development department of the city of Wuppertal, local initiatives, and other partners in the neighborhood.

Hanoi has experienced rapid urbanisation over the last few decades, putting intense pressure on its natural resources, such as groundwater, but also on the local authorities to meet demand for infrastructure, housing and public amenities. Recent studies using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) measured rates of subsidence in Hanoi documenting the evolution of the subsiding areas. These studies have primally attributed the high rates of subsidence to the increased extraction of groundwater. In this study we use Sentinel 1 InSAR data for six years between July 2015 and January 2021 to examine subsidence patterns across Hanoi and link them to the development of urban areas. We find that although groundwater extraction undoubtedly plays a significant role, there is a clear spatial and temporal link between new development and the areas of subsidence. The use of historical optical satellite imagery allows the evolution of the development to be linked to the InSAR ground motion time series. A correlation exists between subsidence and the reclamation of agricultural land, often flooded rice fields, for building via the dumping of aggregate to create dry, raised areas on which to build. We illustrate our findings with examples where newly developed areas are co-incident with areas of subsidence, we show the relationships between the stages of the ground loading and the rate of the resulting subsidence. Ultimately, we extract rates of motion for each year following ground loading. The collected rates of subsidence for over 40 locations of new development allows us to determine the rates of subsidence due to the consolidation process. This relationship enables an understanding of subsidence rate with time which has clear applications in the planning of future developments on thick superficial geological deposits.

City managers search for new concepts of city development in order to satisfy growing demands and manage risk. The research assumes that city management requires the combination of ideas of sustainable development, a smart city and resilience. These three concepts are the components of the so-called "Fundamental Power of the City". The aim of this paper is to present and test the operationalization of the new hybrid approach to city development through the index named the Fundamental Power of the City Index which includes 80 variables. The research applies six linear ordering methods to investigate the functionality of the Index. These are used to investigate each city's performance and compare it with other cities by ranking them according to a chosen measure. The research considers 18 voivodship capital cities of Poland. The research draws attention to different approaches of development assessment although analysis shows that most linear ordering methods produce similar rankings. Investigation shows that human and social capital factors contribute to high positions in the ranking which is consistent with the development strategies formulated by the leading cities. The results of the analysis also identify the most urgent problems of the municipalities. The research confirms that the Fundamental Power of the City concept, by including the requirements for sustainable, smart and resilient cities, fills the gaps between them and provides a holistic approach to city management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the impact of urban sprawl in the Meuraxa District of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Using remote sensing and GIS applications, the study analyzes the physical condition of the district from 2010 to 2020. The research reveals an increase in housing land use, improved accessibility, and increased availability of facilities in the district. Factors such as population density, distance to the central business district, and housing demand contribute to urban sprawl in the area. The article provides valuable insights into the phenomenon of urban sprawl in Meuraxa District, Banda Aceh City, and its implications for the community. [Extracted from the article]

The method of developing city centers is the responsibility of local authorities, which must reconcile the interests of investors applying for valuable land with the utility needs and expectations of residents regarding, inter alia, free squares and green enclaves. This study was conducted in Warsaw (Poland). In the study area, for 20 years there has been a discussion about how the area should be developed. So far, the area is used as lawns. During the monitoring period, 72 plant taxa were found. It is possible to state that an urban lawn is an ecosystem with relatively stable conditions, which is, however influenced by human disturbance and specific stress in the city. A city lawn is an oasis of greenery that is easy to set up and maintain, in the case of modernization, it does not generate large costs related to its restoration, unlike gardens. Maintaining an intensive lawn requires not only the selection of appropriate grass species resistant to the influences of the urban environment, but also the optimal way to us it. This research can be used to choose the optimal method for managing and maintaining greenery, considering the conditions of spatial development and environmental factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Every city keeps growing as a result of population growth and has an impact on space requirements. Same as Banda Aceh City which continues to grow, but its development has stopped due to the 2004 tsunami disaster. Residential areas tend towards the north or the coast, which is tsunami-prone zone. The purpose of this study is to describe the direction and built-up area development of Banda Aceh City after the tsunami from 2005-2011, 2011-2015, and 2015-2020. The data used in this study is spatial data such as maps and satellite images sourced from Banda Aceh planning and development agency. Data analysis uses spatial approach with the overlay method. Development of the built-up area of Banda Aceh city based on the period 2005-2011, 2011-2015, and 2015-2020 shows that the built-up area leads to the northern and southern parts of Banda Aceh City. Development of the northern part of the city, Districts of Jaya Baru, Meuraksa, Kuta Raja, Kuta Alam, and Syiah Kuala was a result of the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts such as housing, roads, and facilities after tsunami and turned the ponds and vacant land into housing and service trading areas. The northern part of Banda Aceh City was tsunami hazard-prone zone. Meanwhile, development of the southern part of the city, districts of Banda Raya, Lueng Bata, and Ulee Kareng, was influenced by Mohamad Hasan and Ali Hasyimi street which triggered the development of residential areas, office areas, service trading areas, and public facilities. Southern part of the city was not directly affected by the tsunami disaster. In addition, built-up area development has spread to the Aceh Besar regency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The global economic recovery is having trouble because of the epidemic. A key strategy for boosting China's economic vigor is to increase domestic demand. The goal of this essay is to examine the consumption habits of city dwellers from the standpoint of urban development. It also examines the barriers to consumption upgrading from both the supply and demand sides. Using the panel data of 41 prefecture-level cities in the Yangtze River Delta from 2005 to 2019, this study explores the distribution of cold and hot spots as well as the agglomeration of residents' marginal consumption tendencies using ArcGIS' Jenks method. We provide ideas and actions to raise inhabitants' consumption standards and levels in cold spot locations on the supply and demand sides. The empirical findings demonstrate that: (1) There are distinct spatial patterns in the seven categories of consumer goods consumption tendencies among urban residents in the Yangtze River Delta, (2) in contrast to hot spots, urban residents in cold spots are constrained by the supply side, and the demand for consumption upgrading has not yet been met. Hence, we can increase the capacity for consumption by raising resident income, altering their consumption patterns, and developing consumer marketplaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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There is an increasingly significant trove of observational sketches being used by illustrators as a visual research method to document and depict community and city interactions. Illustration, for me, serves as a potent, participatory tool of visual research that catalyses such transformative conversations and bolsters relationships within the community fabric. The act of drawing goes beyond rendering an image; it fosters a way to capture, record and create multifaceted interactions between people and their environments. The focus of this article is my community research project, Barter Archive (2019–22), an initiative that employs illustration as a transitional medium, moving from mere record-keeping to constructing a visual repository of collective memory. By inviting community members to participate in the process, 'Barter Archive' aims to advance understanding of the intrinsic potential that illustration holds. The project underscores its function as a metaphorical method, one that can substantively shape the collective memory. Moreover, the central argument presented here is that traditional models of archiving our collective memory require innovation, demanding greater inclusivity and accessibility. To this end, the illustration-based 'Barter Archive' presents an alternative approach to conventional archival methods. It engages the collective community in a participatory process that ultimately enhances memory-making and preservation practices, making them more accessible across the social spectrum. In conclusion, the importance of evolving and enhancing traditional archiving methods cannot be overstressed, as they play a crucial role in the preservation and inclusivity of collective memory. The 'Barter Archive' project, through its unique use of illustration, reinvents the conventional processes attached to archival practices. It provides a platform where community members can actively participate and contribute to collective memory-making, subsequently fostering a better understanding of the power and potential of illustration. Implementing this innovative and transformative approach could revolutionize the archiving landscape, making it more participatory, representative and inclusive, ultimately enriching the collective memory tapestry of communities and cityscapes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to estimate the effectiveness of the Priority Development Areas (PDA) program in Russian monotowns at the firm level. Using data from the SPARK-Interfax database on Russian companies in 2014–2018, the authors estimate the effect of the PDA residency on the firms’ revenue growth in monotowns in Russia. The authors test two hypotheses. First, the status of the PDA resident is obtained by firms that have been successful in previous periods. Second, the PDA resident status does not have a positive effect on firm growth. To measure the treatment effect, the authors use the nearest neighbor propensity score matching method, which allows drawing conclusions about causality, as opposed to the ordinary least squares (OLS) method. The regressions consider the firm size, industry, and geographic location of the city. According to the results of the study, both hypotheses are confirmed. Resident status is determined by the gains in the company’s revenue for the two previous periods (the coefficients are significant in all specifications at the 5% level). The influence of residency on the firm’s revenue growth is neglected (becomes insignificant) when comparing enterprises with the same pre-2015 trends. Thus, the authors conclude that the success of the PDA program in Russian monotowns in terms of business support is questionable. The findings of the study are valid for enterprises established before 2015.

This paper investigates the role of strategic artifacts in realizing change in two Swedish cities. Drawing from qualitative studies of city development projects we illustrate how ambiguous formulations in vision statements constitute a powerful basis for legitimizing actions. As part of establishing linkages between future-oriented vision statements and concrete actions here and now, we highlight the role of materialization. We provide three examples of how the vision statements studied materialized—into organizational structures, management control systems, and communication efforts—and discuss how such materialization implies that only some parts of broad vision statements are translated into practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this era characterized by fast development of urbanization, public transportation problem is one of the main obstacles for people to promote their life satisfaction in China. This paper aims at discussing problems on mass customization public transportation, providing suggestions and consults for its sustainable development and improvement. A mass customization model for public transportation is constructed based on client requirement and cost analysis, and case studies are made to validate route planning results. Results show that mass customization public transportation can make high profit for bus companies and relieve traffic congestion and air contamination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this Gap Analysis is to identify challenges and opportunities for agencies in San Diego to better manage stormwater with climate-smart strategies. In this report, ‘climate smart’ refers to a stormwater tactic that increases a system’s resiliency to both extreme dry and wet season flows while also enhancing local communities, businesses, and/or natural resources. This project was designed to meet three objectives. The first was to develop an understanding of how public agencies around the country and specifically in San Diego are currently designing and implementing stormwater projects capable of handling more climate variability. In particular, the report focuses on the use of green infrastructure techniques. The second objective was to identify challenges that agencies in San Diego face when implementing these types of ‘climate-smart’ stormwater management strategies. ‘Challenges’ include barriers to stormwater strategies at all levels of implementation from concept to construction to ongoing maintenance. The final goal was to address these challenges by identifying Best Practices within San Diego and other regions throughout the United States that could be leveraged to help our region advance sustainable stormwater management strategies. ‘Best Practices’ include examples where San Diego is addressing certain challenges by applying creative solutions that can be further developed and standardized. The final conclusions of this report are meant to be shared among jurisdictions throughout San Diego County and to serve as a guide for taking advantage of current low hanging opportunities for improving stormwater management.

The aim of the study is to present the concept of smart city as the direction of city development. The concept of a smart city is currently one of the many aspects of the city’s strategy implemented by local governments. Modern solutions make it possible to effectively carry out public utility tasks, which results in improvement of the lives of the inhabitants of a given local community. The author presents examples of the implementation of smart city elements in Bielsko-Biała. Conclusions: the innovative technologies implemented in Bielsko-Biała so far, as in many other medium-sized Polish cities, are not particularly comprehensive. These are individual improvements that positively affect the quality of life of residents, improve the natural environment and reduce public spending.

Cities today face many social, economic and cultural challenges represented by forms of deterioration and loss of material and non-material cultural assets. Old ways in solving the problems of cities are no longer useful. Therefore, the necessity to find new ways of development has emerged to solve urban problems based on an understanding the characteristics that ensure cities to retain their identity and Advancement of their local communities. In recent years, a growing trend has emerged of using the urban cultural resources for economic revitalization ,the idea of economic growth based on creativity has become popular among policymakers around the world, since creativity is embodied in people, the concept of creative place emphasizes the role of people as an important economic resource for cities more than past approaches, The creative places encourage to take advantage from places to suit creative needs such as demonstrating culture and knowledge or leading to creative thinking and improving the quality of life. The creative place is a multi-dimensional concept has emerged for a new generation of urban places, as a way to development of cities and societies by harnessing people's imagination and talents in order to achieve economic, social and cultural development in creative ways to create opportunities and improve the quality of life and solving the urban problems in creative ways. It has been recently proven that the creative place can be a new urban element that builds the identity of a successful city and enhances and raises the value of places by providing new ways of doing things. Creative places are encouraged to take advantage of the characteristics of urban environments and the cultural and human resources they have to improve the quality of life and welfare of societies. Creating creative places can lead to the generate three types of impacts, which are the urban impact by urban renewal and reuse of unused spaces and improving the image of the city and enhancing its identity and a sense of belonging, and the social impact that represented by encouraging the social interaction with an environment of tolerance and openness to cultural, ethnic or religious diversity ,and economic impact that represented by activating new ways for the economic development of cities and attracting investments. This paper attempts to clearly define what is the creative place? What are the forms that could be creative places? What are the features of creative places? How can it be a successful city development strategy?.

This paper is studying influence of new technologies on city development with accent on socio-spatial dimension. The primary goal of the paper is to point out the reflections of earlier ideas in the context of modern technological processes in cities. All social, technical and technological components of a community, and finally civilization, are reflected within space of the city. Although having remained the greatest consumer of many material goods, city has also become a ‘’producer’’ of many technical-technological and spiritual values of civilization. Taking into account acceleration of phenomena in the world of technology and technology featuring modernity, it reasonably brings a question on realistic chance for prediction of their further course and related social changes that are about to cause it. In many scenarios of urban future, one can sense the idea of a city as a result of high technological achievements of civilization. Special attention is paid on informational city which, connecting a lot of people into systems of interactive information technology change the way of their mutual communication, as well as their social life and culture of behaviour. Measure of organization and function of city is set by telecommunication technologies, information, and computers. If city is a ‘’print of a society in space’’, then a contemporary moment refers to ‘’digitalization’’ of human beings, digitalization of their interactions, new aesthetics, value and other criteria. The tendency of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of new technologies on 21st century cities interpreted primarily through the prism of certain theoretical and experimental ideas and concepts of the 20th century.

Negative impacts of groundwater overuse have always been one of the problems of modern cities in arid and semi-arid regions; rapid population growth and climate change have also exacerbated these problems in many areas. One of the best approaches to deal with the impacts of these phenomena (soil subsidence, decline in groundwater quality, and seawater intrusion) is to artificially recharge water into aquifers and raise the groundwater level. In this paper, an innovative solution called Groundwater Recharge Systems (GRS) is proposed with high efficiency, low cost, and fast implementation capability to address these problems. The proposed solution also has the capability of being constructed in urban environments without the need to allocate any spacious land or the need to use any sophisticated technologies. The study of implementing the proposed groundwater recharge systems in the study area showed that the performance of this system, even in worst-case scenarios, will be very significant even considering climate change impacts such as seawater level rise and decline in precipitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays, the most important challenge for Tehran is the issue of privacy and its management. Tehran metropolitan privacy faces many complexities and damages in various managerial, environmental, social, economic and physical aspects due to spatial-physical extent. The continued of these damages has produced a kind of instability that has made it as a national and local issue. Therefore, the realization of the conservation and sustainable development strategy depends on addressing the challenges, disadvantages and establishing of integrated management can be considered as a key strategy by urban managers and urban policy makers. The purpose of this article was to investigate the damages of Tehran's metropolitan privacy. The research is descriptive-analytical. The FUZZY-DEMATEL technique has been used for the analysis of these damages. The findings indicated that management and environmental components were identified as the most important damages in Tehran metropolitan privacy. The results also showed that the most important damages to Tehran's metropolitan privacy included increasing the population of cities and villages in the privacy zone, Continuation of speculative land, increasing the destruction of natural valleys, the unnecessary growth of micro-settlements around Tehran and the area of privacy and the Lack of integrated management in settlement around Tehran metropolis.

Motivation: The image of the city is its non-physical resource which, if properly used, can become a factor in its development, attracting both capital and human resources of the city (e.g. tourists, investors, residents). According to the author, the municipality should create a model of the city’s development, which will define its desired state — the image which they will aim, stimulating its growth and development. In the construction of this model, and therefore the strategy of creating image of the city, it is advisable to identify the factors that determine this development. On the basis of economics, the theories of regional development deal with the identification and assessment of development factors.Aim: Image as a non-physical and internal resource of the city, is part of the scope of endogenous theories. The aim of the article is to review and evaluate these in terms of consideration the image of the city.Results: Theories of regional development are not mutually exclusive, each theory introduces other development factors to the analysis, not excluding the most often assumptions and factors exposed in other theories. The assessment of the city’s development potential (which results from the region’s development) should not come from the adopted theory of regional development, but on the basis of known theories the factors creating cities image should be identify to improve his development.

The proper understanding and interpreting oncoming phenomena and processes seems to be a very important asset in building competitive advantage, not only in business but also in territorial units such as cities. Predicting future trends is especially important because most of the global population tend to live in cities. The aim of this paper was to present the concept of megatrends and to evaluate endogenic factors (social, economic and environmental) that can be crucial for forecasting (development process management). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Can the figure of the city of knowledge be an inspiration to commissioning of artistic research in contexts of urban change? This article argues that it represents a way beyond the seemingly dead ends that have been forged by the temporary and creative city. This article presents some initial reflections on this subject and reflects upon how artistic research expands the roles ascribed to public art. The conceptual approach to understand the relations between knowledge and the development of cities applied in this article, draws on the idea that cities are learned developed by urban geographer Colin MacFarlane (MacFarlane, 2011). The article applies MacFarlane's concept to artistic research in public space and argues that artistic research as public art can move divisions between what is extra-public and public, known and unknown. Drawing on public art projects that have relations to the urban development of Bjørvika, the article argues that artistic research of the city produces new ways to "learn the city" and conceive change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The term 'cities of the Global South' has become an increasingly popular reference in urban studies and urban development practice. Notwithstanding, the term remains underexplored and the majority of research does not address whether the Global North/Global South dichotomy is a useful theoretical framework for urban studies. This article provides a more detailed analysis of the term Global South in urban research and presents benefits and pitfalls of applying a Southern perspective. Using the research field 'cities as transnational climate change actors' as an example, I highlight both advantages and problems of categorising urban areas as 'cities of the Global South'. Structural differences between Northern and Southern cities regarding climate change action do exist, and theory building on cities as transnational actors is well advised to consider those differences in order to avoid a Global North bias. However, the categories Global North/Global South are only one possibility to analyse cities as transnational climate change actors and – depending on the research question – should be accompanied by analytical attention to additional factors such as geographical location, city size or political regimes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Agglomeration as one of the ways the spatial organization of the economy was reviewed in this article. Definition, essence and mechanism of organization of agglomeration was given. Examples of successful existence and perspectives of Russian and Chinese agglomeration was given and Republic of Tatarstan was reviewed particularly. Key factors of organization and structuring of industry was listed in conclusion.