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Urban Transformations, Past and Present
Abstract Changes to the built environment are a result of myriad decisions over the decades (and sometimes centuries) by policy-makers, architects, planners, and landscape designers. Our cities reflect historic decisions that have crafted the built environment and our capacities to transform landscapes to address emerging and acceptable threats to our health and safety. This chapter traces the history of cities, identifies examples of current movements, and begins to define a twenty-first-century concept of livability. While we focus on the interaction of the built environment with governance systems, we highlight Doha’s transformation, over time, to argue that the study of this city is important, not only because it represents the trajectory and ambitions for thousands of others but also because contains many of the characteristics that make it ideal to study urban adaptation. Results from climate models suggest that Doha will be uninhabitable, further making it a poster child for taking urban measures for safeguarding its rapidly growing population.
Urban Transformations, Past and Present
Abstract Changes to the built environment are a result of myriad decisions over the decades (and sometimes centuries) by policy-makers, architects, planners, and landscape designers. Our cities reflect historic decisions that have crafted the built environment and our capacities to transform landscapes to address emerging and acceptable threats to our health and safety. This chapter traces the history of cities, identifies examples of current movements, and begins to define a twenty-first-century concept of livability. While we focus on the interaction of the built environment with governance systems, we highlight Doha’s transformation, over time, to argue that the study of this city is important, not only because it represents the trajectory and ambitions for thousands of others but also because contains many of the characteristics that make it ideal to study urban adaptation. Results from climate models suggest that Doha will be uninhabitable, further making it a poster child for taking urban measures for safeguarding its rapidly growing population.
Urban Transformations, Past and Present
Shandas, Vivek (author) / Skelhorn, Cynthia (author) / Ferwati, Salim (author)
2019-08-28
7 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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