February 11, 2014
by Anni Zhu
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By Boram Lee During the 20th century, many planners attempted to modify city policies as well as community development with new ideas and techniques. Numerous factors, including the rapid population and urban growth, have shaped contemporary planning to accommodate people … Continue reading →
February 11, 2014
by Anni Zhu
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By Doris Byeon Part I: Songdo I: Why is the ideal city failing? The development of Songdo became more than just a decentralization of housing; instead, the project reflected the government’s aim for a highly modern, green, and sustainable city. In … Continue reading →
February 11, 2014
by Anni Zhu
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By Doris Byeon Songdo International City The South Korean government envisioned South Korea as a Northeast Asia business hub of knowledge and service-oriented economy with high technology. The Korean Ministry of Finance and Economy, in 2002, published a document to … Continue reading →
February 11, 2014
by Anni Zhu
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By Younghoon Lee Pangyo, one of the districts of the satellite city of Seoul is a home of 8 million populations in South Korea. The district is planned and constructed by the Korean government and the department of construction and … Continue reading →
February 11, 2014
by Anni Zhu
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By Winston Chang Part I: The Promises of Transportation and its Impact on the Growth of the City The population of Seoul grew tremendously in 1975, peaking at 6.8 million. With the population growing at such a large rate, the … Continue reading →
February 5, 2014
by Anni Zhu
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By Eileen Cuevas Chandigarh’s history as a city had always set it apart from other cities in the country thanks to its status as the country’s first planned city. Because it was planned, it was susceptible to the differing influential … Continue reading →
February 5, 2014
by Anni Zhu
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By Patrick Braga (For a historical background on this historiographical and theoretical analysis of the story of Moroccan urbanism discussed in this post, please read The History and Legacies of Urbanism in Casablanca first.) Modernism, modernity, and modernization as intertwining … Continue reading →
February 5, 2014
by Anni Zhu
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By Patrick Braga Morocco has long been described as a laboratory for modernist urban planning. Under French colonialism, Moroccan cities became experiments for ideas and visions of how cities in France could come to evolve within a perspective of modernist … Continue reading →
February 5, 2014
by Anni Zhu
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By Da Eun Lee Home to one of the largest slums in Asia, Karachi has had several issues with housing, stemming from the rapid population growth that characterizes the city. The city had around 0.5 million residents in 1947, before … Continue reading →