The built environment,maintenance of the public sphere and connections to others and to place: an examination of 10 international cities

Using surveys collected from 10 major metropolitan cities across the world, this article examines the factors that affect the extent to which people feel connected to others who live in their neighborhood and feel proud and satisfied with life in their cities. The cities included in the analysis are: New York, London, Paris, Stockholm, Toronto, Milan, Berlin, Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo. We find that certain aspects of the built environment, the conditions of the public sphere, and the extent of positive social networks in the city are critically important for understanding residents’ connections to each other and to their cities. Our findings provide insights for policy makers and planners concerned with making cities viable and livable.     

城市居住区环境设计原则问题探讨

从居住区室外空间环境的角度,对环境设计的基本问题进行系统地分析,提出了自然、安全、健康、美观、便利、人文、适度及和谐等八大设计原则。     

日本老年人居住建筑中的浴室设计研究

在老年人居住建筑中,浴室是最容易发生意外事故的场所之一.为了提高浴室的安全性、便利性和可适应性,从老年人的心理、身体状况、洗浴行为和护理的角度出发,对日本老年人浴室设计的要点进行了详细的分析研究,希望为我国老年人的浴室设计提供一些有益的参考.     

Study on Implementation of Urban-Rural Land Linking Policy from Perspective of Urbanization

China launched the policy of linking the increase in urban development land with the decrease in rural development land① in 2003. The paper focuses on two typical paths for implementation of the policy, i.e., exchanging homestead for urban housing, and "double exchanges." Based on a study on urbanization development, the paper analyzes the institutional innovation in the case of exchanging homestead for house in Huaming Town, as well as the jeopardization of "double exchanges," before summarizing the applicability of the "urban-rural land linking" policy. At the end, the paper emphasizes that in order to address the problems emerging during various kinds of urbanization, the linking policy should be carried out in accordance with local conditions and circumstances.     

居家养老与城市居住区规划设计

作者从老龄人口的特征、居家养老的特点和要求, 提出在城市居住区规划设计中应遵循的原则、应有的老龄设施、内容、相关规定与要求, 及其与居住区内其它设施的关系等等。使居住区能基本满足老年人及老年群体的 “老有所居、老有所养、老有所医、老有所学、老有所为和老有所乐”的基本要求, 以及在居住区内如何创造老中青少和谐共处的居住环境。     

基于城市化角度的增减挂钩政策实施研究

2003年以来,我国推行了城乡建设用地增减挂钩的政策。本文重点研究了增减挂钩政策实施中两条典型的路径:宅基地换房和双置换,并基于城市化道路研究的角度指出了华明镇宅基地换房的制度创新和双置换的危害和教训,并进一步总结了增减挂钩政策的适用性。如何妥善解决千差万别的农民的城市化,需要通过因时而异、因地而异的方式来实现,当前一些地方在增减挂钩试点中一刀切的、不研究地方实际的城市化道路是断不可取的。     

The World's Biggest Sculptor: The Architecture of Massimiliano Fuksas

At the start of the new millennium, Massimiliano Fuksas was one of the most significant Italian architects working outside his home country. His reputation in Italy and abroad, however, was taken to a further level by his completion of the New Milan Trade Fair. Stefano Casciani, an ex-student of Fuksas, provides an insightful and intriguing account of his ‘old’ professor: a robust and seemingly contradictory figure who is capable of great voluminous expression and delicacy. Casciani also finds constancy in his unrelenting energy, freshness and wit. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.