14 articles in this issue
Oto Hudec
Purpose: to classify the definitions and approaches towards the concept of the city of resilience, to understand the reciprocal influences of academic research, resilience assessments and planning results as well as to identify the inconsistencies and for... see more
Henk Scholten
Purpose: In this paper we present Geocraft, a Geo-ICT framework meant to provide the information needed to support the development of smart cities in an accessible and user-friendly way. We explored whether Geocraft could be an effective way to get the pe... see more
Karima Kourtit
Modern cities operate in a force field of great challenges. The introduction of digital technology may facilitate the necessary transition management of cities but calls also for a new and intelligent use of a wealth of information for coping with great m... see more
Jitendra Parajuli,Kingsley Haynes
Purpose: This paper examines the spatial heterogeneity associated with broadband Internet and new firm formation in a number of U.S. states.Methodology/Approach: Both ordinary least-squares regression and Geographically Weighted Regression are used for th... see more
Luigi Fusco Girard,Oto Hudec,Karima Kourt,Peter Nijkamp
Cities have in the course of history become the dominant geographic settlement pattern all over the world; we live in the ‘urban century’. Cities integrate all dimensions of modern life, ranging from socio-economic to technological aspects. The organisati... see more
Antonia Gravagnuolo,Luigi Fusco Girard
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview and critical outlook of current evaluation tools for the implementation of the UNESCO Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach, focusing on the need of multidimensional / multistakeholder evaluation ... see more
Paola Carone,Pasquale De Toro,Alfredo Franciosa
Purpose: Experimentally apply the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach according to the socio-ecological model of the World Health Organisation (WHO), where health is defined as “a state of complete physical, menta... see more
Luigi Fusco Girard,Maria Cerreta,Pasquale De Toro
Purpose: Identify homogeneous areas for metropolitan cities in order to activate a new governance based on territorial synergistic and symbiotic conditions, thus increasing multidimensional territorial productive processes through spatial planning.Methodo... see more
Roberto Camagni
Purpose: The main purpose of the paper is to highlight some limits of the traditional theoretical interpretation of the relationships between the city and economic activities. This interpretation usually makes reference to two elements: agglomeration econ... see more
João Romão
Purpose: This paper discusses the social conditions for cultural production in contemporary cities, in the context of a globalized economy, with rising importance of the integration of cognitive, symbolic and emotional elements into tradable products and ... see more
Juan Carlos Martin,Christian Stalin Viñán
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to propose a methodological framework that calculates a synthetic indicator of satisfaction of citizens of the nine geographical areas of planning and development of Ecuador (zones).Methodology/Approach: The methodology i... see more
Peter Nijkamp,Karima Kourtit
The bottom line of welfare on our planet and its people is not only dependent on traditional economic measures, but also on knowledge and education and – last but not least – on human health. Human health is a critical factor for the welfare and prosperit... see more
Dani Broitman,Danny Czamanski,Marina Toger
Purpose: Proximity to nature is highly valued by urbanites. They demonstrate higher willingness to pay for housing at locations near open and green spaces. But, nature in cities can generate negative externalities as well. The aim of this paper is to pres... see more
Allen J. Scott
Purpose: I initiate the discussion with a statement about cognitive-cultural capitalism and its concentration in large global cities. This is followed by an argument to the effect that the specificity of the city resides in the manner in which the diverse... see more