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Copenhagen's industrial harbour is being developed into a recreational hub

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The development will also provide space for events, introduce nature to the site and make the area cleaner and friendlier. A recent development is a floating community centre developed in the area of Nordhavn. Another recent development is a floating community centre developed in the area of Nordhavn.

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BIG and Samoo unveil design for "flood-proof" floating city Oceanix Busan

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Oceanix Busan will be a first-of-its-kind floating development in South Korea. It says Oceanix Busan – which expands urban development into the ocean with habitation built on floating platforms – is sustainable, resilient and flood-proof. Each neighbourhood will draw food from its own urban agriculture projects.

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Urban Growth Strategies: Homes & Jobs for 2045

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Beth Goodman of ECOnorthwest explains the City's role in housing development. The State of Oregon requires municipalities to provide enough buildable land within their urban growth boundaries to accommodate estimated housing needs for 20 years. I plan to attend the full series of Housing and Development Working Group meetings.

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"By focusing so much on carbon reduction we are neglecting other areas where our industry causes harm"

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Forty-four per cent of global GDP in cities is estimated to be at risk of disruption from nature loss. Higher-density urban development will free up land for agriculture and nature. It can also reduce urban sprawl, which destroys wildlife habitats and flora and fauna. It will benefit people, too.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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MFPRO+ Blog Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Apartments Designers Architects New Project Portfolios A wave of residential projects rising across the country is meeting an insatiable demand, given the estimated shortage of 7.3 million homes that are accessible to low-income renters. It’s so destabilizing,” she adds.

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Chao Phraya Sky Park, Bangkok

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” In 2015, the Bangkok250 project, led by the Department of City Planning and Urban Development, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), Chula Unisearch, and the Urban Design Development Center, Chulalongkorn University, was established to revitalize central districts of Bangkok. Completion Date: 10 June 2020.

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Liverpool Building News: Merseyside Architecture

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The dilapidated building will be transformed into a new community hub offering childcare, rentable meeting space, hotdesking, heritage activities, an events venue and a wide range of training and volunteering opportunities for local people. 12 Princes Dock, Liverpool Waters.