• "Your observation about limitations on horizontal supply of land is correct, and I think that, in such cities with so many critical limitations of land, is very laudable to even detect optimum levels..."

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  • "I sincerely believe that none of the extremes cases of density percentages are good. We would not want to acquire such a low density city like Phoenix, Arizona; neither the extreme high density of..."

    9 augustus 2012 on Greening the City - or re-imaging a city without its green spaces?

  • "I completely agree with the importance of your comment. I recently read a very interesting article entitled: “How Urban Parks Enhance Your Brain” by Eric Jaffe, and I think that green inter urban spa..."

    8 augustus 2012 on Greening the City - or re-imaging a city without its green spaces?

  • "I personally think that we are confronting an urban-urban migration rather than a rural-urban migration process. The fact of having people from the rural areas having to migrate to the cities is an..."

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  • "Hello Priscila. Regarding of any housing law in Mexico, it is a reality that Mexican housing strategies have been very successful to what construction of single-family houses concerns. Thus, here we..."

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  • "I think your comment is very appropriate and suits in many cities all around the world. The necessary mixture and dialogue between new and old is not only imminent but also an actual case-study for..."

    25 juni 2012 on EFFECT OF URBAN PLANNING WITHOUT HERITAGE CONSERVATION

  • "I think there should be a “marriage” between rural and urban settlements. Rural-urban should work as a perfect symbiosis between two ways of life which should be complementary to each other. We sho..."

    31 mei 2012 on Can rural-urban migration really be stopped?

  • "First of all I fully agree with Sally Roever when she says that “it is important to recognize street vending as one of many interconnected components of an urban economy.” Public vendors, and maybe mo..."

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    11 mei 2012 on Planning in the developing country.

  • "First of all (at least in Mexico) the municipalities have got to own its land in order to be able to manage with urban planning. Secondly, there are some changes that need to be done on the Mexican..."

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