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Waterfront Edinburgh Limited Waterfront Edinburgh Limited: A partnership between The City of Edinburgh Council and Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian working to regenerate 140 hectares of brownfield land in north Edinburgh on the shores of the Firth of Forth. (Projects) http://www.waterfront-ed.com/ Arcosanti Arcosanti: An experimental town in the desert of Arizona, built to embody Paolo Soleri's concept of arcology - the fusion of architecture with ecology. Theory, worksops, events, images, visitor information. (Projects) http://www.arcosanti.org/ Redfern Waterloo Partnership Project Redfern Waterloo Partnership Project: A plan focusing on issues in the Redfern Waterloo areas of New South Wales, including redevelopment opportunities, community safety, and social programs. (Projects) http://www.redfernwaterloo.nsw.gov.au/ Proyecto Cities Proyecto Cities: Collective effort, focusing on some 20 cities located in five continents, to identify the competitive advantages of each, and to present the principal urban innovations that they are developing, especially those that impact on the physical form of the cit (Projects) http://www.fundacion-metropoli.org Charlestown at Buildout - Modeling Development and Conservation Charlestown at Buildout - Modeling Development and Conservation: Reports and maps from university thesis project to study growth in an area undergoing rapid residential development, and help formulate policies for growth management. Focus is the town of Charlestown in southern Rhode Island, USA. (Projects) http://envstudies.brown.edu/thesis/2001/amengual/ Levittown: Documents of an Ideal American Suburb Levittown: Documents of an Ideal American Suburb: Information, analysis, and photographs of this archetypal postwar American suburb. (Projects) http://tigger.uic.edu/~pbhales/Levittown.html Baycity Revival Redevelopment Plan Baycity Revival Redevelopment Plan: A redevelopment proposal for the waterfront of the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (Projects) http://www.hamiltonwaterfront.8m.com/ Chandigarh Chandigarh: Information about the planned city in India designed by Le Corbusier. (Projects) http://chandigarh.nic.in/ Harmony Harmony: A residential and retirement urban design community situated between Charleston and Myrtle Beach SC near historic Georgetown, South Carolina. (Projects) http://www.harmonysc.com Letchworth Garden City Letchworth Garden City: Guided tour, history, news, and links for the town founded by Ebenezer Howard. (Projects) http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/ Urban Ways Urban Ways: Includes a brief description of a method of providing more vegetation in high-density city centers. (Projects) http://www.urban-ways.co.uk/ Dos Lagos Dos Lagos: An introduction to the mixed use planned community in the City of Corona, California. Gives visitors background and up to date information about the progress of the project. (Projects) http://www.doslagos.net/ Interactionfield - Public Space in the Digital Age Interactionfield - Public Space in the Digital Age: Analysis and categorization of interactive media and public art projects that contribute to the rediscovery and revitalization of urban public spaces. (Projects) http://culturebase.org/home/struppek/Homepage/ Virtual Greenbelt Virtual Greenbelt: Images, interviews and other materials relating to Greenbelt, Maryland, a New Deal-era planned community in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. (Projects) http://www.otal.umd.edu/~vg/ Radburn Radburn: New town in Fairlawn, New Jersey designed in 1929. (Projects) http://www.radburn.org/ Limiting Urban Futures Limiting Urban Futures: An attack on the future-scenario style of urban planning. In urban futures scenarios, the range of "acceptable" future cities is made visible. The Amsterdam (Netherlands) study TVA is used as an example of how such studies limit urban futures. (Projects) http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/few.futures.html Phalen Corridor Initiative Phalen Corridor Initiative: A public-private partnership redeveloping a rail corridor in Saint Paul, Minnesota's East Side. (Projects) http://www.phalencorridor.org/ Auroville Center for Urban Research Auroville Center for Urban Research: Presents workshops, studies, and investigations with practical implementations at the emerging city of Auroville, India. (Projects) http://www.auroville.info/ACUR/ Urban Revitalization Concept Urban Revitalization Concept: Overview of the Jackson Place Redevelopment Plan in Richmond, Virginia. (Projects) http://www.urbandesignconcepts.com/ Kakigawa - Pools of Meaning Kakigawa - Pools of Meaning: A project by Mirjam Struppek and Arika Adachi based on an entry in the competition "Semiotic Fields and Attractors: the rediscovery of the Kaki River in Nagaoka, Japan." (Projects) http://culturebase.org/home/struppek/Kaki_Home.html Urban Development of Wolfsburg Urban Development of Wolfsburg: The City of Wolfsburg in Germany is a typical example of planned urban development. Four different development stages are illustrated. (Projects) http://www.wolfsburg-staedtebau.de/index_e.htm Architekturgestalten.info Architekturgestalten.info: Designs by Tim Ahrens and Anne Brecker. (Projects) http://www.architekturgestalten.info/ Orenco Station Orenco Station: Promotional information about planned community in the Portland, Oregon, area. Named "America's Community of the Year" in 1998 by the National Association of Home Builders, and considered a good example of "new urbanism." (Projects) http://www.orencostation.com/home.htm The Seaside Institute The Seaside Institute: Organization researching and advocating for use of traditional community qualities in new developments. (Projects) http://www.theseasideinstitute.org/ Disney's Celebration Disney's Celebration: Essays, links, and photos about the Florida planned community developed by the Walt Disney Corporation. (Projects) http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/celebration.html Victory City Victory City: A modernist utopian design for a city of the future. (Projects) http://www.victorycities.com/ Vermillion, North Carolina Vermillion, North Carolina: New urbanist community outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. Includes a tour, design principles, news, and sales information. (Projects) http://www.vermillion-tnd.com/