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Detroit in Decline: An investigation into the dynamics of two urban neighbourhoods
Urban decline is often understood as the opposite of urban growth, yet this conceptualization is oversimplified, obscuring a genuine understanding of the social and spatial realities of the city today. Through the study ... -
The production of marginality. Paradoxes of urban planning and housing policies in Cali, Colombia
(2020-03-21)Despite massive investments and the deployment of a wide gamut of policies during the last 70 years, urban marginality persists in most Latin American cities. Although this condition has been strongly associated with ... -
Socio-material constructs of domestic energy demand: Household and housing practices in Pakistan
(2020-07-18)Domestic energy demand in the Global South is predicted to grow to nearly three times that of the developed nations by 2040, under rapid urbanisation, economic development and the emergence of a new, high-consuming ... -
A new simplified vector-based model to support solar energy planning at urban scale
(2020-02-22)Evaluation of solar potential is a necessary step for integrating solar technologies in buildings in order to properly assess the benefits of harvesting solar energy and draw well-informed decisions in various design phases. ...
