Review: Review Essay: Cities down Under—Urban Development Politics and Policies in Australia the Perils of Urban Consolidation: A Discussion of Australian Housing and Urban Development Policies: Technological Change and the City, Australian Cities: Issues, Strategies and Policies of Urban Australia in the 1990s, England under Review: Local Government Structure in the English Shires, European Spatial Development Perspective: First Official Draft, Presented at the Informal Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Spatial Planning of the Member States of the European Union

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-377
Author(s):  
D Fasenfest ◽  
M Chisholm
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Government Structure ◽  
Development Politics ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Informal Meeting ◽  
The City ◽  
Development Perspective ◽  
Urban Consolidation

Two Models of Local Development Politics

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Baglioni ◽  
S Vicari
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Relative Strength ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Development Politics ◽  
Development Policies

In this paper three case studies of urban development policies are outlined in order to advance two models of the diverse structuring of interaction between business and politicians. The three cases concern the Italian cities of Pavia, Parma, and Modena. For each city we describe the economic and political context and review the planning policy, focusing on specific decisionmaking processes. This sets the stage for an analysis of the interaction between political and economic actors and for an evaluation of the results of that analysis with respect to the effectiveness of the decisionmaking and implementation processes of urban policy. Those factors which account for the relative strength of business interests and elected officials and favor their engaging in the bargaining relationships are discussed, and two contrasting models of their interaction are presented.

scholarly journals Modern Athens: Migration Processes and Paradigms of Urban Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-101
Author(s):  
Y. D. Kvashnin
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Ethnic Segregation ◽  
The City

This article attempts to assess the role of migration processes in the urban development of Athens over an extended period of time – since 1834, when the city became the capital of an independent Greek state, up to this day. The history of modern Athens, which in less than a century has turned from a small regional center into one of the ten largest urban agglomerations in the European Union, is a peculiar case of Mediterranean-type spontaneous urbanization with all its drawbacks, such as illegal construction, excessively high population density and infrastructural problems. At the turn of the 20th century Athens faced a new challenge  – the mass inflow of immigrants from the former Yugoslavian countries and Albania, and after Greece entered the Schengen zone – from the countries of North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. During the 2015 migration crisis, Greece became the main gateway for hundreds of thousands of refugees and economic migrants to the European Union. These trends have had a direct impact on the economy and social environment of the Greek capital, reinforcing challenges such as an increase in the number of low-income residents, ethnic segregation by regions and suburbanization – relocation of indigenous people from a dilapidated center to safer and more comfortable suburbs and satellite towns.The need for a transition to more responsible urban planning became apparent in the 1980s, when the first (to be legislated) master plan was adopted, which determined the development strategy for the manufacturing sector, transport system, land use and housing market policies. A serious incentive for the implementation of infrastructure projects – partially funded by EU structural funds  – was the holding of the 2004 Olympic Games. In 2014, against the backdrop of a debt crisis and economic recession, the city administration adopted Athens Resilience Strategy for 2030, which takes into account such chronic problems as infrastructure degradation, irregular migration, as well as poor management at the regional and prefectural levels. Presently, due to the lack of necessary financial resources, a decisive role in improving the urban environment is assigned to the private sector. Thus, municipal authorities contribute to the gentrification of the central regions of Athens, which have got unfulfilled tourism and investment potential, providing significant tax benefits and incentives for doing business.

SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH URBAN CONSOLIDATION POLICY IN SHIRAZ, IRAN

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mozhgan Samzadeh ◽  
Zunaibi Abdullah ◽  
Saari Omar ◽  
Aniza Abdul Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Physical Expansion ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Consolidation

In the past few decades, cities from various parts of the world have faced with unplanned and uncontrolled physical expansion due to inappropriate policies. Among different solutions against urban sprawl, the dominant sustainable cure is the so-called 'Urban Consolidation' (UC). This paper aims to explore urban sprawl characteristics and present its cause and effect on the sustainability criteria of Shiraz city, Iran. It is confined to an exploration of population growth and physical expansion of the city. The data has been collected from governmental organizations and documents. This paper examines UC policy implementation in the inner city of Shiraz to control low-density urban sprawl. As the result, this paper discovers that the policy emphasizes on the higher density housing development in existing urban areas considering the capacity of infrastructures and facilities’ availability prior to calculate housing targets to decrease the demand for Greenfield development. It concludes with a brief discussion on the challenges to achieve sustainable urban development goals in the city through UC strategies.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH URBAN CONSOLIDATION POLICY IN SHIRAZ, IRAN

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mozhgan Samzadeh ◽  
Zunaibi Abdullah ◽  
Saari Omar ◽  
Aniza Abdul Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Physical Expansion ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Consolidation

In the past few decades, cities from various parts of the world have faced with unplanned and uncontrolled physical expansion due to inappropriate policies. Among different solutions against urban sprawl, the dominant sustainable cure is the so-called 'Urban Consolidation' (UC). This paper aims to explore urban sprawl characteristics and present its cause and effect on the sustainability criteria of Shiraz city, Iran. It is confined to an exploration of population growth and physical expansion of the city. The data has been collected from governmental organizations and documents. This paper examines UC policy implementation in the inner city of Shiraz to control low-density urban sprawl. As the result, this paper discovers that the policy emphasizes on the higher density housing development in existing urban areas considering the capacity of infrastructures and facilities’ availability prior to calculate housing targets to decrease the demand for Greenfield development. It concludes with a brief discussion on the challenges to achieve sustainable urban development goals in the city through UC strategies.

scholarly journals The Application of Discriminant Analysis to the Identification of Key Factors of the Development of Polish Cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (343) ◽  
pp. 181-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Batóg ◽  
Jacek Batóg
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
City Development ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Qualitative Variables ◽  
The City

Due to limited resources, effective urban development policies require the identification of key development areas and priorities. The existing development strategies or results of statistical analyses can be used for this purpose. In the latter case, one of methods of multidimensional analysis can be used – discriminant analysis. Although it is applied to many areas on a microeconomic scale, e.g. in predicting the bankruptcy of enterprises, it was rarely used to assess the competitive position or the dynamics of development of cities. The main aim of the paper is to identify the most important factors of development of Polish cities with powiat status and to analyse changes of these factors in time. Apart from typical areas, such as investment, income, employment, debt, or migration, the analysis uses qualitative variables which allow us to assess whether the size of the city and its location determine the dynamics of city development. The authors have found that the key factors determining the development of the largest Polish cities are related to the situation on the labour market and investments incurred by companies as well as by the cities themselves.

scholarly journals Spatial Planning and Transformations in the Spatial Structure of Zagreb

Dela ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 143-162
Author(s):  
Vedran Prelogović ◽  
Tomislav Pintarić ◽  
Dražen Njegač
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Important Impact ◽  
The City

Paper discusses the characteristics of the urban development of the City Zagreb by analysing the development of spatial planning and the changed power relations. During the last 20 years, the transformations have been mainly negative and have had important impact on changing the structure of residential, commercial and business zones, and on conversion of the industrial and military areas.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document