by Sara Bissen I. 1947, A “Day of Reckoning”—The Central Planning Board of the City of Newark, New Jersey Addresses the Citizens of Newark[1] Newark’s 1947 Master Plan, completed after a decade of population decline (1930–1940) and a decrease in real estate value, noted a “downward trend” that “must be arrested by undertaking privately financed large […] read more
The International Journal of E-Planning Research invites abstract submissions for its first annual conference to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 31 March to 1 April 2016, at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon. The conference will explore recent developments, emerging issues and future challenges in the field of urban e-planning. […] read more
Definition prepared by the “Peer-to-peer Urbanism Task Force” consisting of Antonio Caperna, Michael Mehaffy, Geeta Mehta, Federico Mena-Quintero, Agatino Rizzo, Nikos A. Salingaros, Stefano Serafini, and Emanuele Strano. Part A. Problems with existing urban implementations 1. Centrally-planned urbanism doesn’t address anything but a big-picture view, and misses all the local details that significantly affect the […] read more
JBU Volume II (1&2/2013) Eleni Tracada, Editor in Chief On spatial structure and the 2013 International Society of Biourbanism (ISB) Summer School in Neuroergonomics and Urban Planning read more