The course will review the theoretical underpinnings of current urban policy, planning and management practices and
provide course participants with a broad range of international case studies and practices that reflect the current state of the
discipline. The course's geographical relevance will be broader than Central and Eastern Europe and will help young
faculty and practitioners to better understand challenges faced by public policymakers and managers, NGOs and the
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Governance is a term that has been used in development literature only in recent years. The Oxford English Dictionary defines governance as the 'action or manner of governing'. From this very narrow meaning of the term, it is now used to describe various processes of participatory development in which the governments are just one of the many actors. This broader meaning of the term largely stems from the fact that the governments, by themselves, have not been able to fulfill the goals of human d more...
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Article by David Westendorff, UNRISD - Urbanicity. When the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Habitat I, was held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1976, the design and implementation of programmes and policies to address the problems of housing and human settlements were seen to be the almost exclusive responsibility of governments. At that time, it was still generally believed that rapid urbanization could be slowed and its negative effects mitigated. Contrary to these optimistic pr more...
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The urban layout of Safranbolu evokes pre-industrial Turkey. The narrow, sinuous paved streets, which adapt to its topography, are arranged to ensure better perspective views. More generally, the plan of the city as a whole illustrates the growth that accompanied its economic expansion. Three distinct quarters reflect various aspects of the Turkish tradition: the market quarter with its houses and artisans' shops, the old non-Muslim quarter with its buildings that combine working and living spac more...
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Year of inscription on the World Heritage List. 1994. Safranbolu is a town of the province of Karabük in the western Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is just 8 km. far from city centrum of Karabük. Located 65 km far from the Black Sea.
History: * During the 1st century B.C., Mithridates the Great reigned over Paphlagonia. Shortly afterwards, in 63 B.C., the region was annexed by the Romans. A temple was erected near the site of the present-day urban area of Safranbolu; * Following the Turkish more...
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Year of inscription on the World Heritage List. 2000. History: Assisi, a medieval city built on a hill, is the birthplace of Saint Francis, closely associated with the work of the Franciscan Order. Its medieval art masterpieces, such as the Basilica of San Francesco and paintings by Cimabue, Pietro Lorenzetti, Simone Martini and Giotto, have made Assisi a fundamental reference point for the development of Italian and European art and architecture.
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Year of inscription on the World Heritage List - 2001. History: The historic townscape of the walled port city of Acre is characteristic of Islamic perceptions of urban design, with narrow winding streets and fine public buildings and houses. Beneath the Ottoman Acre, from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, lie almost intact the remains of its predecessor, the Crusader city, dating from 1104–1291. Crusader Acre is today mostly subterranean and has only recently begun to be revealed.
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