It is a great pleasure for me to attend the Fourth Annual Forum on City Informatization in the Asian-Pacific Region while having this opportunity to exchange views with the distinguished guests. IT Promotes Development, the theme of the annual forum which fully reveals the significance of sustainable development of informatization and its role in the development. This is a theme which attracts ...

Data from the urban renewal experience in Syracuse, New York are used to examine the impact of race on patterns of intra-urban migration. The results show that, overall, the migration patterns exhibited an exponential decay in frequency with increasing distance. Both blacks and whites display this pattern, but blacks tend to cluster more closely around the point of origin. Indirect evidence is ...

Urban wetlands can provide valuable ecological services through filtration and moderation of non-point source pollutants. They provide habitat for wildlife, green space, and recreational opportunities for nearby human populations. We investigated an isolated section of an urban wetland in the Cleveland metropolitan area to determine the overall quality of the vegetation and to evaluate the site...

Yaşadığımız kentler; değişen ve dönüşen çağın gereksinimleri, kullanıcı istekleri, ekonomik etkenler, erişilebilir kaynakların artması, malzeme yapım tekniklerinin çoğalması küreselleşme gibi unsurlarla birlikte sürekli yenilenen güncel bir mimari görünüm ortaya koymaktadırlar. Günümüz kentlerinde bu faktörler altında tasarlanan yapılar; üretime, sosyal yaşama dahil olma, fiziki estetik yeterli...