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Current Urban Studies (CUS) is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancement in the study of urban studies. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas…
Kiriaki M. Keramitsoglou, Efthymia M. Mylonopoulou, Vasiliki I. Georgiou, Angelos L. Protopapas, Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis
The simultaneous involvement of aesthetic variables and economic, social and environmental objectives in urban design and planning is quite rare, and difficult to be implemented and interpreted within a local context. The top-down approach has been the most c…
Ojuku Tiafack, Alex Mengue Mbon
African cities today are confronted with the problem of rapid urbanisation, poverty and land use abuse. Yaounde, the political capital of Cameroon is a victim of this situation. Faced with population growth, competition, pressure and high cost of land in the…
Hatice Ayatac, Vedia Dokmeci
Dining out plays an important role for the residents of the post-modern day Istanbul in terms of recreational purposes. The location of restaurants reflects the impacts of the transformation of the city’s cultural life on the urban structure. This paper inves…
Wanessa de Matos Firmino Silva, Denise Imbrosi, Jorge Madeira Nogueira
One of the biggest challenges facing modern society is solving excessive generation and the environmentally safe disposal of solid waste. In this context, effective management of municipal waste is required, but local authorities in many countries are constra…
Utpal Dutta
In recent years, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has generated great interest across the United States. There are more than 20 BRT systems in existence and more are in the planning stage (including Detroit). Within the next few years, BRT will be planned and implemen…
Nevra Gursoy, David J. Edelman
As a response to contemporary globalization and urbanization issues, the regional approach has become part of development policies in many countries. In addition, regional planning is seen as a supportive tool for regional development policies. While countrie…
Saleh Al-Hathloul
Riyadh had grown from a small town of less than half a million inhabitants into a large metropolis of more than 6 million during the past fifty years. The speed and scale of its transformation have had few parallels. This article traces the city urban develop…
Sari Puustinen, Raine Mäntysalo, Karoliina Jarenko
During the past decades, the concept of public interest has been severely criticized. It nevertheless remains to be a key normative reference point against which public planning may be evaluated and justified. The article claims that there are multiple concep…
Yue Liu, Jiao Li, Su Li, 1 1
From the ecological effect of urban green space system, this paper illustrates the necessity and importance of inter-disciplinary evaluation of the urban green space system from the ecological perspective and analyzes the mechanism of action of urban green sp…
Alfredo Bermudez-Contreras, Antonina Ivanova, Jose Antonio Martinez
In the City of La Paz, Mexico, there is growing concern amongst the local population due to the uncertainty about the local air quality. To address this concern, an air pollutants emissions inventory was recently carried out as a first step to better understa…
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