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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…
Tülay Öcal, Huriye Altuner
Today, the researchers have started to be interested in the cultural dimension of geography in the studies in the field of geography and historical cultural heritage has become an important subject. The natural environment has undergone cultural changes and i…
Lisa Wood, May Carter, Karen Martin
Issue Addressed: Skate parks not only provide a venue for leisure and physical activity, but can also act as an important social space for young people (Jones, 2011) . However, skate parks are often subjected to negative community stereotyping (Goldenberg & S…
Debashis Biswas, Baishakhi Biswas, Bithika Mandal, Atanu Banerjee
An Aedes aegypti (larval) survey was conducted by the vector control department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), following an outbreak of dengue in Kolkata City in July 2012. Results obtained are startling. Small discarded items were the major breeding…
Ana Lucía Cervio, Victoria D’hers
Considering the acceleration of social time encouraged by the ever increasing speed in the circulation of goods and products in the current phase of capitalist development, it becomes essential to reflect on the configuration of social sensibilities. Particul…
Alberto I. J. Vich, Mariela López Rodríguez, Carolina Lauro, Emilce Vaccarino
The watersheds located in west of Greater Mendoza (Argentina) are typical examples of areas directly or indirectly affected by flashfloods. Greater Mendoza is encroaching upon areas with a pronounced relief (eastern slope of the Precordillera, the piedmont an…
Alhussein A. Basheer, Abdelnasser M. Abdelmotaal, Hany S. Mesbah, Khamis K. Mansour
Due to a rapid increase in the population during the last few decades, the banks of the Nile River and its delta have reached maximum capacity. As a consequence of this increase, the Egyptian Government has constructed a number of new urban areas and industri…
Armin Mehdipour, Hoda Rashidi Nia
At the present time brownfield sites do not have a common definition yet. Each nation has already defined the term Brownfield based on their prioritized targets due to their diverse organizational, geographical, social and economic statuses. In Iranian contex…
Hesam Kamalipour, Zahra Mansouri Kermani, Elaheh Houshmandipanah
Addressing interactive and communicative aspects of design process, architectural pedagogy, and practices of urban education, collaborative design studio (CDS) has become a considerable area of interdisciplinary research in the past years. However, a growing…
Deepika Andavarapu, David J. Edelman
Slums have been part of the urban landscape since the Victorian Era, and, over the years, policies such as public housing, slum upgrading, tenure security, city wide slum removal and other measures were adopted to improve the quality of life of the slum dwell…
Gang Wang, Qipeng Liao
For a long period of time, space has only been regarded as an adjunct or background of other things. As Henri Lefebvre believes that space is not a pure physical space, but is the production of social change, social transition and social experience. It is als…
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