Hedayat Ullah Safi, Mohammad Mukhlis Behsoodi, Wafiullah Shi̇rzad
{"title":"Eco-Friendly Urban Design: Investigating Innovative Approaches and Sustainable Construction Practices Across Afghanistan’s Diverse Climate Zones","authors":"Hedayat Ullah Safi, Mohammad Mukhlis Behsoodi, Wafiullah Shi̇rzad","doi":"10.47785/urbana.2024.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47785/urbana.2024.2","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change serves as a pervasive catalyst globally, significantly influencing urban growth and construction dynamics. The interplay of population growth, heightened consumption, increased waste production, and rising CO2 emissions presents a substantial threat to biodiversity and plant life. Creating vibrant, environmentally conscious cities requires integrating architectural, design, and landscape components into the urban development process. This study employs a descriptive approach to examine the intricate dynamics among urbanism, urbanization, and climate-responsive design across Afghanistan's diverse climatic zones. The findings reveal a significant shift from traditional to contemporary global standards, marking a significant evolution within the construction sector. However, there remains a notable lack of climate awareness, resulting in a gap between evolving construction features and climate-responsive methodologies. The Afghanistan National Environmental Protection Agency’s strategies are often too generalized, failing to address specific climatic requirements effectively. Unplanned urban growth has led to limited access to proper housing, increased poverty, and greater vulnerability to climate impacts. Key issues include uncontrolled carbon emissions from heating, transportation, waste management, and industrial activities, severely affecting precipitation patterns and living quality. The research emphasizes the necessity for tailored climate-responsive design and sustainable construction practices, advocating for integrating green technologies and enhancing regulatory frameworks to promote energy efficiency and reduce the environmental footprint of urban developments in Afghanistan.","PeriodicalId":165566,"journal":{"name":"Urbana - Urban Affairs & Public Policy","volume":"32 36","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141645448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The importance of preserving the historical Jingu Gaien Park in the heart of Tokyo","authors":"","doi":"10.47785/urbana.2023.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47785/urbana.2023.5","url":null,"abstract":"In this commentary, we wish to briefly draw the international architectural community’s attention to an ongoing urban development struggle taking place in a highly historical and popular green zone in the heart of Tokyo, the Meiji Shrine Outer Garden, or Jingu Gaien Park. A proposed 13-year development project by Mitsui Fudosan Group, and with tacit support by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, may threaten the socio-cultural stability and perpetuity of Jingu Gaien Park. In the absence of a sound environmental impact assessment, and enough public participation, not only will an imbalance in the historical and cultural heritage occur, amplified by gentrification, so too might there be a negative impact on natural and environmental aspects of this historic site.","PeriodicalId":165566,"journal":{"name":"Urbana - Urban Affairs & Public Policy","volume":"71 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138954343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolution of Informal Trade in Old Hyderabad: Investigating Resistance to Acquired Western Urban Planning Interventions","authors":"","doi":"10.47785/urbana.2023.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47785/urbana.2023.2","url":null,"abstract":"Street vending has been a dominant occupation among migrants since the inception of urban migration in Hyderabad, India. For a long time, street vending has been considered an intrusion into the city’s urban fabric, causing stringent efforts to exclude it. Historic evidence shows the existence of public markets –called bazaars– that run alongside shops. Nevertheless, the urban transformation of Hyderabad was influenced by Western urbanization paradigms and foreign interference under British rule and sustained by volatile policies after independence, jeopardizing historical identities and pushing marginalized populations away from the city. This study examines the impact of volatile policies on urban informality and argues that peripatetic trade in Hyderabad is native to the city. Today, while street vending is considered an appropriation of public space in the Old City, results indicate it is a form of resistance to acquired Western planning models and modernization induced upon the city.","PeriodicalId":165566,"journal":{"name":"Urbana - Urban Affairs & Public Policy","volume":"87 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138957975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What works in Latin American municipalities?","authors":"","doi":"10.47785/urbana.2023.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47785/urbana.2023.4","url":null,"abstract":"Book review","PeriodicalId":165566,"journal":{"name":"Urbana - Urban Affairs & Public Policy","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138954864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obstacles to emancipation in neighborhood regeneration: The case study of Dong Gang\u0000New Town, Suzhou","authors":"Meiling Jin","doi":"10.47785/urbana.1.2022.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47785/urbana.1.2022.4","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years a neighborhood regeneration policy has been implemented at the Chinese national level to tackle deprivation in old neighborhoods. This article elucidates neighborhood regeneration based on concepts of neighborhood, social innovative urban governance, and social capital using the case study of Dong Gang New Town in Suzhou Industrial Park. The findings show that the implementation of the neighborhood regeneration policy has no significant impact on the neighborhood governance. In addition, findings indicate that the regeneration process was not emancipated, although some of residents’ needs were met by the regeneration. The results also show that this is due to weak linking social capital among resident, non-government organizations and the local government. This article concludes with policy suggestions on local organizations’ role to improve neighborhood governance for better neighborhood physical environments in Dong Gang New Town","PeriodicalId":165566,"journal":{"name":"Urbana - Urban Affairs & Public Policy","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128838944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}