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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52731#.VKIFhcCAM4 Author(s)    Angela Million * , Anna Juliane Heinrich Affiliation(s) Chair of Urban Design & Urban Development, Department of Urban & Regional Planning (ISR), Faculty VI Planning - Building - Environment, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany . ABSTRACT The article reflects in theory and practice on links between built environment education (BEE) and youth participation in urban planning processes. Taking into account tempirical knowledge on linkages between participation and educational processes, the findings show that BEE is an important way to qualify current practices of partici...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50199#.VDH4oFfHRK0 Author(s)   María Cecilia Marengo Affiliation(s) Habitat and Housing Research Institute, National University of Córdoba and National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Córdoba, Argentina . ABSTRACT The recent urban transformations produced in cities indicate the need to propose new theoretical and methodological approaches in physical planning. Based on the idea of complexity, it is required to integrate, in the analysis, multiplicity of interrelated factors involved in urban development, moreover, to develop planning tools that can incorporate variables not initially considered (for example when the norms were sanctioned) and ...