India-challenges for architecture and urban planning in the next century
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The successes and failure of the 20th century was reviewed. The study revealed that unrestricted human activity on the living environment have shattered the global equilibrium and it is the urban areas that needed attention for survival and the economics of housing has to be viewed as income generation creation of employment, capital formation and acquisition of skills.
Publication Name: EKISTICS: the problems and science of HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0013-2942
Year: 1999
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City and culture
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The city, which is considered as a set of scenes for city-dwellers in order to play various roles and participate in multifarious activities, is described. The findings indicate that the diversity of places and the originality they offer give city dwellers the possibility to enrich their experience since it is an incubator of cultures.
Publication Name: EKISTICS: the problems and science of HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0013-2942
Year: 2003
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City image and major international events: A new tool for urban strategy and planning
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Image is helpful to the city because it often becomes a mainspring for local development as an efficient tool for urbanism. The image of the city is becoming a target representative of culture and ideology as a whole, as was demonstrated in New York.
Publication Name: EKISTICS: the problems and science of HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0013-2942
Year: 2003
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