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Urban Resilience is seen by many as a tool to mitigate harm in times of extreme social, political, financial, and environmental stress. Despite its widespread usage, however, resilience is used in different ways by policy makers, activists, academics, and practitioners. Some see it as a key to unlocking a more stable and secure urban future in time...
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... sunlight and protection from wind. Erskine argued that houses and towns in the north "should open like flowers to the sun of spring and summer but, also like flowers, turn their backs on the shadows and cold northern winds, offering sun-warmth and wind-protection to their terraces, gardens and streets" (Erskine 1968a: 167). His sketches (such as Fig. 1 below) show communities on slopes facing south surrounded by walled perimeters of the highest buildings, providing protection from wind and blizzards, whilst opening to the sun. Erskine saw perimeter walls and southern slopes as a source of heat saving during winter, and shade in the summer. He contrasted this orientation with north facing ...
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