As urbanization continues to grow, the relationship between residents and the city continues to change. And some focusing on small city dwellers – children. Yes children are also participants in the city. However the current urban environment has many problems for children’s participation. How to create a child friendly city is a question we need Read the full article…

My learning experience in urban design During my undergraduate study, I majored in urban planning. In China, urban design is a branch of urban planning discipline. After government departments and planning practitioners planning the national land space, urban designers continue to carry out further land management, spatial design and image beautification of urban space. Actually, Read the full article…

As a female urban designer I am passionate about fostering intersectionality and ensuring universal accessibility within urban design, I aim to shed light on a crucial topic that resonates deeply with my convictions. One area I am particularly keen to discuss is inclusive urban design for women… Shaping Inclusive Cities: Women’s Safety and Empowerment in Read the full article…

Completely new field When we were informed at the start of the first semester that we would be required to blog, I was perplexed because this was something completely new to me that I had never experienced before. I realised I’d have to write lengthy texts not only for the teacher to review but also Read the full article…

INTRODUCTION: Moving to a different country was a difficult, yet courageous decision I chose for myself. I left my comfort zone to learn, and experience other cultures. During the first week of September, I relocated to this wonderful city. The long-distance journey was exhausting. But the moment I saw Newcastle’s nightlife, it makes up for Read the full article…

For my final contribution to this column, I feel compelled to adopt a slightly different approach. At this stage in my journey, I believe it is important to consider Urban Design and what it means to me. To be clear, I do not claim to have a complete understanding of the industry. Nor do I Read the full article…

“Gender equality is the goal that will help abolish poverty, that will create more equal economies, fairer societies, and happier men, women, and children.” Graça Machel (2015) As a former freedom fighter, prominent educator, and philanthropist, Machel was the only woman in modern times to serve as the first lady of two nations – Mozambique Read the full article…

The High Street is Dead, Long Live the High Street. Lockdown – March 2020. This mandate single-handedly halved footfall across UK High Streets (Enoch et al, 2021). However, the decline of our High Streets was a reality that predated the pandemic. The ‘death of the high street’ is a notion being used by many experts Read the full article…

Fig.1.0. photo by Huangyunzhou My changes First of all, I am grateful to the teachers and students who helped me during my time in the UK, I really feel that I have gained a lot. I would also like to thank all those who have read my blogs and I hope they have been of value Read the full article…

In a time of increasing material abundance, more and more people are beginning to realise that mental health also plays an important part in everyday life and has a significant impact on the quality of life. In response to this phenomenon, as an urban designer I think we can think about the following questions： What Read the full article…

While the percentage of people residing in cities and towns is continually rising, with an estimated 80 percent of the world’s population living in urban areas in the years to come, the dilemma of urban waste persists and is not being addressed (Rynska, et al., 2016, pp.199). Concurrently, increased standards of living imply increased rates Read the full article…

Nowadays, more and more people own their own cars, which at first we may think is convenient, but is it really? What does it do for us? Do we really need so many cars? A sustainable community is a place where people want to live and work now and in the future, it meets the Read the full article…