sustainable urban regeneration, an ongoing discourse (western) europe, germany

SUSTAINABLE URBAN REGENERATION, AN ONGOING DISCOURSE (WESTERN) EUROPE, GERMANY

Sustainable regeneration of an urban wasteland

The increasing importance of sustainability in town planning and architectural design is strongly questioning the actual logic of built environment dispersion. The peripheral extension of cities is indeed leading to irrational uses of ground, growing environmental impacts and important infrastructural costs. Looked at from that point of view, the goal of the Ecoparc project is the regeneration ...

Brownfield regeneration – imperative for sustainable urban development

The possibility of revitalization of abandoned or insufficiently used industrial and commercial facilities and areas in towns, known as brownfield incentives, is analyzed in the paper. These facilities and areas are most often situated in central parts of towns, and their revitalisation results in creation of new facilities which often become symbols or landmarks of such towns. The meaning of b...

Sustainable Urban Regeneration Based on Energy Balance

In this paper, results are reported of a technology assessment of the use and integration of decentralized energy systems and storage devices in an urban renewal area. First the general context of a different approach based on 'rethinking' and the incorporation of ongoing integration of coming economical and environmental interests on infrastructure, in relation to the sustainable urban develop...

Entitlement in medical education: an ongoing discourse

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. How does medicine both identify and preserve its traditional values in a world in which the practice of medicine, societal values, and the aspirations of each new generation entering the medical profession are changing? Dr. Lester Liao, in his letter to the Editor of the C...

Western Europe.

W hat would motivate british neo-nazi skinheads to invade a public library and beat up a reading group of retired pakistani immigrants? and what would motivate half a million british citizens to vote for extreme right-wing parties whose rhetoric fuels such behavior? trilling traces the rise of the radical right in the united kingdom and condemns establishment figures for not taking it more seri...