Showing papers in "Cities in 1987"

TL;DR: When standards are examined in terms of their rationale and objectives, it becomes clear that they have commonly been drawn up with economic, technological and political priorities in mind, whereas the life-style, domestic economy, opinions and wellbeing of local populations have been largely undervalued or else ignored.

TL;DR: The way cities are built reflects the way they are financed because methods of financing dictate modes of construction rather than the reverse as discussed by the authors, which has had an important bearing on how countries approach the financing of housing.

TL;DR: The authors in this paper have shown that owing to the diversity of travel patterns, user preferences, ridership densities, variety of land uses, and the affordability and availability of private and public transport, a single mode of public transport cannot serve all the interand intra-settlement transport needs.

TL;DR: The International Year of Shelter for the Homeless (IYSH) as discussed by the authors has come about at a critical time in the development of human settlements world-wide, which presents a major challenge not only to governments but also to professionals and to the private sector.

TL;DR: A skywalk system is a network of elevated pedestrian walkways as discussed by the authors, which has a variety and vitality which other cities planning such a system would do well to emulate, and is the largest one in North America.

TL;DR: The Washington metropolitan area is rapidly reaching the point where if can truly be regarded as a "world city" as discussed by the authors, a seat not only of national government but also of national and international corporate headquarters, financial institutions and business services.

TL;DR: In this article, the needs of Third World planners, overseas consultants and US students preparing for planning careers with an international dimension are addressed, and new training and education programmes must be developed, to avoid widespread consumer dissatisfaction.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how their combined concerns helped them to form a unique coalition and establish the city of West Hollywood, and how they managed the city efficiently by subcontracting to private companies, showing that self-determination in local government can work.

TL;DR: The scale and accelerating rate at which urbanization is occurring, particularly in the Third World, presents a monumental problem in the need to provide an acceptable physical and mental quality of life for the inhabitants of these huge urban settlements as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The merits of substantial improvements to urban road networks are now being reassessed, especially for London.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the relationship between technological change and urban habitat in Latin America, within the framework of the TPLA project (Technological Prospective for Latin America).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline the policies for inner city rehabilitation in All Saints Parish, Nottingham, UK as a prelude to questioning future policy on a wider scale and discuss the implications for the future.