Urban environmental depletion has been a critical problem among industrialized-transformed societies, especially at the local level where administrative authorities’ capacity lags behind changes. Derived from governance concept, the idea of civil society inclusion is highlighted. Focusing on an agglomerated case study, Bang Plee Community in Thailand, this research investigates on a non-state sector, 201-Community organization, as an agent for changes to improve urban environments on solid waste collection. Two ...

Die Studie über Architektinnen, die ihr Studium während der Weimarer Republik absolviert haben, dokumentiert und untersucht die Sozialisations- und die Studienbedingungen von Studentinnen unterschiedlicher Fakultäten innerhalb der Architektur: Zwischen Bauhaus-Studentinnen – in Weimar, Dessau und Berlin – einerseits sowie andererseits Studentinnen im Seminar Heinrich Tessenows an der TH Charlottenburg lassen sich qua kulturellem Kapital wie Studienmotivationen deutliche Unterschiede nachweisen. Eklatante Differenzen ...

In China, the history of the establishment of the private housing market is pretty short. Actually in less then two decades, the market has grown from almost the scratch to playing an important role in the economy. A great achievement! But many problems also exist. They need to be properly addressed and solved. Price problem---simply put, housing price is too high--- is one of them, and this paper is focused on it. Three basic questions are posed, i.e. (1) how to judge the housing affordability? (2) why the housing ...