Planning and designing urban places in response to climate and local culture: A case study of Mussafah District in Abu Dhabi
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This paper deals with how climate and local culture specifics contribute to urban diversity, and how they affect the way urban
spaces are being conceived, planned and designed. The authors argue that regardless of the globally accepted principles of
sustainability which emphasize smart responses, diversity and culture as the prime drives in urban development of, cities
around the world are continually experiencing the all-alike solutions, which often compromise their identity and character.
Having taken the genuine stands of the philosophy as a starting point for examining the subject, the authors explore and
present how the climate specifics, along with the uniqueness of local culture, lead toward the solutions which make a
difference to their cities. The discussion is illustrated by the case study the authors were engaged in, the Mussafah District
project in Abu Dhabi, a redevelopment proposal recently initiated and developed by International Society of Urban and
Regional Pla...nners -ISOCARP and Urban Planning Council of Abu Dhabi.
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Urban places / Sustainability / Climate / Culture / Mussafah DistrictSource:
Spatium, 2011, 25, 14-22Publisher:
- Institute of Architecture, Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia
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- Spatial, environmental, energy and social aspects of developing settlements and climate change - mutual impacts (RS-MESTD-Technological Development (TD or TR)-36035)
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Arhitektonski fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Bajić-Brković, Milica AU - Milaković, Mira PY - 2011 UR - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1088 AB - This paper deals with how climate and local culture specifics contribute to urban diversity, and how they affect the way urban spaces are being conceived, planned and designed. The authors argue that regardless of the globally accepted principles of sustainability which emphasize smart responses, diversity and culture as the prime drives in urban development of, cities around the world are continually experiencing the all-alike solutions, which often compromise their identity and character. Having taken the genuine stands of the philosophy as a starting point for examining the subject, the authors explore and present how the climate specifics, along with the uniqueness of local culture, lead toward the solutions which make a difference to their cities. The discussion is illustrated by the case study the authors were engaged in, the Mussafah District project in Abu Dhabi, a redevelopment proposal recently initiated and developed by International Society of Urban and Regional Planners -ISOCARP and Urban Planning Council of Abu Dhabi. PB - Institute of Architecture, Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia T2 - Spatium T1 - Planning and designing urban places in response to climate and local culture: A case study of Mussafah District in Abu Dhabi IS - 25 SP - 14 EP - 22 DO - 10.2298/SPAT1125014B ER -
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Bajić-Brković, M.,& Milaković, M.. (2011). Planning and designing urban places in response to climate and local culture: A case study of Mussafah District in Abu Dhabi. in Spatium Institute of Architecture, Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia.(25), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.2298/SPAT1125014B
Bajić-Brković M, Milaković M. Planning and designing urban places in response to climate and local culture: A case study of Mussafah District in Abu Dhabi. in Spatium. 2011;(25):14-22. doi:10.2298/SPAT1125014B .
Bajić-Brković, Milica, Milaković, Mira, "Planning and designing urban places in response to climate and local culture: A case study of Mussafah District in Abu Dhabi" in Spatium, no. 25 (2011):14-22, https://doi.org/10.2298/SPAT1125014B . .