Discussion on the Application of Urban Economics in Urban Planning

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Economics

Impacts and Adaptation of Climate Change on Urban Economic System: A Perspective from the Urban Planning

2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 2270-2277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Qiang Wei ◽  
Yi Ping Fang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Economics ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
System A ◽  
The Face ◽  
Economic Developments

Climate change has a significant impact on the environment and is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of nature disaster and create new hazards (e.g., rise in sea level). As densely populated and resource-intensive regions, cities will experience the enhanced heat island effect, flooding or water scarcity as a result of extremes in rainfall, and severe storms may devastate entire settlements. In the face of a projected rise in the frequency and severity of nature disasters due to socio-economic developments and climate change the question arises of how to adapt to and ameliorate impacts of natural disasters. This paper provides some insights into this subject from an urban planning perspective and takes a review on the aspects of climate change impacts on urban economics, based on the practices of mitigation and adaptation experiences, some strategies of adaptation are provided and discussed at last.

scholarly journals Place quality in high-speed rail station areas: Concept definition

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1165-1186
Author(s):  
Jinglun Du ◽  
Oana Druta ◽  
Pieter Van Wesemael
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Urban Economics ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Economic Dimension

High-speed railway (HSR) station areas are expected to benefit urban environments, not simply as transportation or economic hubs but also as urban places contributing to living quality. However, the relationship between HSR and place quality has not received systematic attention, despite the evolution of urban planning paradigms toward a clearer focus on quality of life. We have reviewed 44 academic articles written between 1996 and 2019 and analyzed concepts of place quality spanning the disciplines of urban design, urban planning, and urban economics. We identified three dimensions commonly associated with quality of place: a spatial dimension associated with aesthetic qualities of urban spaces; a socio-cultural dimension associated with experienced “sense of place”; and an economic dimension associated with the agglomeration of economic activities. Then we worked out these three dimensions in the context of HSR station areas and attributed features accordingly. We concluded that the economic dimension far outweighs the others in academic debates, with dominant theories being primarily concerned with land use, accessibility, and economic performance. Studies from the urban design field have tackled the spatial elements of place quality and showed a strong correlation with economic dimension. However, the literature remains insufficiently developed when it comes to addressing user experience and “sense of place.”

scholarly journals REVIEW AND RATINGS OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS OF URBAN STUDIES

2017 ◽  
pp. 229-237
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Okhrimenko
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Urban Economics ◽  
Early Period ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Policy And Planning

The review of the academic journals on urban studies shows a pattern of periodicals from their founding to the present. The development of scientific bulletins associated with growing research centres and urban studies in general. The early period of 1960’s-1980’s connected with rising of national schools of this direction of science. During this time the periodicals in nationallanguages prevalent. With the globalization of nowadays, the predominance of publication in English is observed. It is noted the current change of the form of publication – from the paper to electronic – and modifying of journals’ role as a form of communication and presentation of research results. The author reviewed the journal by the national schools and made notes on access to the publication via the Internet, publishers’ websites. The leading American journals on urban studies (such as Journal of Urban Economics, Urban Geography, Journal of Urban Planning and Development) show the diversity of direction of urban studies and the importance of interdisciplinary in researches. British bulletins (International Journal ofUrban and Regional Research, Urban Studies Journal, Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning etc.) have the highest ranking and influence. The Netherlands journals (Regional Science and Economics, Landscape and Urban Planning) gathered on the editorial boards the international teams of experts for achieving the high ranking. French publications of SAPIENS and Historie Urbaine are relatively ‘young’ and growing at nationalurban studies centres. Italian Scienze Regionali, Territorio, Città e Storia, polish Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series journals are developing at university centres and display the socio-geographical approach of urban studies. The author notes the editors of journals as the prominent research of urban studies.The review gives three rankings on urban studies journals – Web of Science, Google Scholar, SCImago Journal, and Country Rank. It shows the dominance of the Anglo-American system of academic journal publishing.As a conclusion, the author shows that successful modern academic journal on urban studies is edited in English at the science centre with the international editorial board, it has both paper and web version with quarterly at the least regularity of issuing.

An Introduction to Geographical and Urban Economics

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Brakman ◽  
Harry Garretsen ◽  
Charles van Marrewijk
Keyword(s):  
Urban Economics

Book Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-389
Author(s):  
Eduardo Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
City Image ◽  
European Capital Of Culture ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
The Olympic Games

Evinç Doğan (2016). Image of Istanbul, Impact of ECoC 2010 on The City Image. London: Transnational Press London. [222 pp, RRP: £18.75, ISBN: 978-1-910781-22-7]The idea of discovering or creating a form of uniqueness to differentiate a place from others is clearly attractive. In this regard, and in line with Ashworth (2009), three urban planning instruments are widely used throughout the world as a means of boosting a city’s image: (i) personality association - where places associate themselves with a named individual from history, literature, the arts, politics, entertainment, sport or even mythology; (ii) the visual qualities of buildings and urban design, which include flagship building, signature urban design and even signature districts and (iii) event hallmarking - where places organize events, usually cultural (e.g., European Capital of Culture, henceforth referred to as ECoC) or sporting (e.g., the Olympic Games), in order to obtain worldwide recognition. 

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