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The major challenge for the peri-urban agriculture in the South is to maintain the food supply of cities because the food chains are often local and made up of a number of humble actors: Families seek out their living from small parcels of land, farmers sell directly to consumers, on street...
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Over the last two decades the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been actively restoring their modest urban heritage …. However, conservation actions are not streamlined within the country and there is no legislation to protect this heritage. A … illustrate this, conservation interventions in specific urban and architectural heritage sites, namely Al Bastakia in Dubai and …
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structures, master planning, and heritage listing and conservation strategies, evaluated these needs. From these evaluations …
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) built environment diversity and (3) other categories specific to the site's historical-heritage preservation. Research … method for enhancing the mixed-used urban fabric, public realm and walkability, and heritage preservation. Social …-used urban fabric, (2) public realm and walkability and (3) built heritage preservation. The quality of streetscape, corridors …
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Keeping the spirit of each place is the greatest challenge posed by interventions in heritage sites. The delicacy of … archaeological park, located in Quebrada de Humahuaca (a World Heritage Site in Argentina). Its aim is thus to expose the planning … heritage destinations will depend on the degree of suitability of sustainable design measures at each intervention scale.  …
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Scattered mainly along the coast of Cyprus, a series of modest stone built carob warehouses provide a historical legacy of the agricultural, social and economic life of the rural areas of Cyprus during the late 19th and early 20th century. They were constructed of local materials and employed...
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-city residential barrios are being re-defined by their social and urban heritage as part of the “coolest” city of South America. These …—autonomy, conviviality, connectivity and diversity—and, in form and use, the basis of urban cultural tourism, a living heritage of …
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