Urban vitality is widely recognized as an authentic philosophy that reflects chaotic
urbanization and orthodox planning in the developed world. However, comparative studies …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Historic preservation and planning often operate
together in the United States within local planning departments, sharing some common roots …

This conceptual article analyses how both policymakers and academics often discuss the
state of buildings. Property vacancy and abandonment are generally approached statically …

The classic American main street‒walkable, well-serviced and supportive of mom and pop
stores‒has been struggling for decades. This paper attempts to quantify the degree to which …

The sustainable city of the future is typically envisioned as smart, creative and disruptive,
assuming that urban and local sustainability is achieved through new technology and …

The demography of cities in the 21st century will be shaped, to a large extent, by migration.
This paper argues that the rights-based approach to urban policy advocated in the …

This study focuses on the assessment of historic city vitality to address increasingly
fragmented urban patterns and to prevent the decline of livability in older urban areas. In …

We construct a method to evaluate the neighbourhood park vitality potential (NPV-potential),
inspired by Jane Jacobs's theory of urban and park vitality. The evaluation model produces …

The most successful urban communities are very often those that are the most diverse–in
terms of income, age, family structure and ethnicity–and yet poor urban design and planning …

Although traditional Chinese wooden residential buildings have historically adapted to their
respective regions, they face challenges in meeting modern living standards, particularly …