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Urban design as a research strategy

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For a long time, large-scale urbanexpansion has dominated the nature of the urban environment. In our times however, planners are often dealing with maintenance, modification, and redevelopment of urban situations that alreadyexist. Which are the implications of this fundamental change for theories and strategies of urban planning and design?

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  1. Department of Architecture, Housing, Urban Design and Planning, RIW, Research-institute for Housing and Urban Renewal, Delft University of Technology, Berlageweg 1, 2628 CR, Delft, The Netherlands

    Erik Pasveer

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Erik Pasveer, graduated in 1988 as an architect from Delft University of Technology. Presently he is working in the same department, preparing a doctoral dissertation on the role and means of urban design within the context of urban renewal.

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Pasveer, E. Urban design as a research strategy. Know Techn Pol 3, 56–71 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02736655

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