Planum Newsletter - December 2007

Planum Newsletter - December 2007

PLANUM
The online magazine and international network dedicated to urban planning,
territorial development and architecture
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> Planum announces the creation of a new Topics section, TRANSFORMATIONS
AROUND THE WORLD. It is devoted to collect materials that describe how the
territory is changing, the multiplication of the physical forms and
lifestyles, the presence of contrasting landscape. Changes that cross
urban agglomerations, but can also concern urban countryside, or natural
landscape, manufacturing and work landscapes...
Documents here collected can be proposed by Planum readers and can be of
different kind: photos, papers, case study defined for a research,
institutional report or travel notes.

By now 6 urban situations are introduced: Alger, Bologna, Cape Town,
Lipetsk, Dubai, Tirana. Distant in terms of distances, of economic and
social profile, of problem list to be faced.
http://www.planum.net/topics/transformations.html

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> Planum takes the opportunity to present the following new online
documents.

o a new essay in 'Topics' section about:
- the Gulf Coast of the United States, which has been battered by major
hurricanes (KATRINA, WILMA, RITA) in recent year. This paper presents the
beta version of a developmental sustainability analysis tool which should
assist decision-makers in preparing for and minimizing natural disasters
impacts (by Frederick Steiner, James Sipes, Barbara Faga, and Robert Yaro).
http://www.planum.net/topics/themesonline.html

o a BEST SITES review about SCOT document, that is "Le schéma de cohérence
territorial" which should define main guidelines of French town planning on
the scale of agglomerations ( (by Soiciz Cezilly, in 'Webcompass' section)
http://www.planum.net/webcompass/best-review.htm

o 'Bookreviews' section updating with REVIEWS of:
'Antiarchitettura e demolizione. La fine dell'architettura modernista' (by
Nikos A. Salingaros) written by Ashraf Salama and Antonio Caperna
'Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning. Volume 2' (edited by Bruce
Stiftel, Vanessa Watson, Henri Acselrad) written by Lucio Giecillo
and PRESENTATION of the books:
'Città portuali e waterfront urbani. Ricerca bibliografica' (edited by
Oriana Giovinazzi)
'Spatial development glossary' (by CEMAT)
'Cities between integration and disintegration: opportunities and
challenges'
(Isocarp Review 02).
FREELY DOWNLOADABLE the book edited by Pietro Elisei and Giovanni Pineschi
about the final
results of the Medisdec-Stratmed (Interreg IIIB-Medocc Area Project).
The book deals with development strategies for regions in the
Mediterranean areas.
http://www.planum.net/showspace/bookreviews-07.htm

o 'Journals' section updating with:
> RAUMPLANUNG n.132/3 and RAUMPLANUNG Spezial n.11
http://www.planum.net/journals/ns-rpl.html
> URBANISTICA n.131/2006, 132/2007, 133/2007
http://www.planum.net/journals/ns-uri.html

o 'Showspace' section updating with:
> the last issue of the DiAP NEWSLETTER
http://www.planum.net/diap/news.htm

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> Planum News section is catching up the goal of 1000 news about events,
conferences, meetings, competitions, exhibitions, etc., across Europe and
the rest of the world.
http://www.planum.net/news/

If you want to contribute to our timely news data base send your
announcements to staff@planum.net

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