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Japanese architectural trends reflect unique realities, scholar says
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When Japan was hit with a major economic downturn in the 1990s, it affected architectural and construction practices in Japan. Those seeking lessons applicable to related industry practices ...
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'Pristine' Amazonian region hosted large, urban civilization, study finds
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Aug 28, 2008 |
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They aren't the lost cities early explorers sought fruitlessly to discover. But ancient settlements in the Amazon, now almost entirely obscured by tropical forest, were once large and complex enough to be considered "urban" ...
Study finds walking more likely in neighborhoods with more 4-way intersections
Feb 27, 2007 |
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People are more likely to walk when they live in neighborhoods where there are more four-way intersections and a diverse mixture of businesses, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today.
New research challenges previous knowledge about the origins of urbanization
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Aug 30, 2007 |
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Ancient cities arose not by decree from a centralized political power, as was previously widely believed, but as the outgrowth of decisions made by smaller groups or individuals, according to a new study from ...
New details of first major urban battle emerge along with clues about civilization’s origins
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Jan 16, 2007 |
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New details in the tragic end of one of the world’s earliest cities as well as clues about how urban life may have begun there were revealed in a recent excavation in northeastern Syria that was conducted by ...
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