scholarly journals Creating Community: Industrial Paternalism and Town Planning in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, 1923–1955

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil White
Keyword(s):  
Town Planning ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Company Towns ◽  
Community Construction ◽  
Single Industry ◽  
Company Directors ◽  
Planned Towns ◽  
Industry Community

In the early twentieth century numerous primary extractive industries constructed company towns on the resource frontiers of North America. Company directors hoped that massive capital infusion in remote areas in the form of planned towns would secure a much-needed skilled workforce and generally increase returns. The pulp and paper town of Corner Brook in western Newfoundland is a significant, but largely neglected case in point. This paper details the paternalist and utilitarian motivations of companies for single-industry community construction at this time. More importantly, however, it offers a new and critical approach to the issue of single-industry community development. Early multinational companies sought to secure a place "on the ground" through comprehensive planning and community administration. At the same time, residents of Corner Brook, though constrained by dependence on the sole industry, negotiated their own physically and socially distinct community in a variety of ways. The global-local nexus of company planning, resident response, and change introduces a complexity into the study of company towns that are generally portrayed in terms of rigid top-down company exploitation of a "captive" workforce.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF COMPANY TOWNS

2014 ◽  
pp. 88-93
Author(s):  
E. V. Reznikova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
State Support ◽  
Company Towns ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Single Industry ◽  
Medium Businesses ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Made In

The development of small and medium enterprises (SME) plays an important role in the comprehensive modernization of the economy of single-industry towns, acting as a factor of its growth and diversification. The analysis of the dynamics of the development of SME of non-diversified municipal formations and directions of its state support was made, suggestions on the monitoring organization of statistical factors of SME in single-industry towns and on the development of comprehensive investment plans on modernization of single-industry towns were made in a part of the development and support of small and medium businesses in single-industry towns.

scholarly journals The Phenomenon of Company Towns: Specific Features of Their Genesis and Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-123
Author(s):  
Maxim A. Ulyanychev
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Company Towns ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Social ◽  
Single Industry ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article analyzes the social phenomenon of single-industry towns (company towns), their role in the modern market economy, their genesis in Russia and other countries. The author observes historical stages of development of single-industry towns in Russia, as well as the features of their occurrence in the Soviet Union in connection with city-forming enterprises, which in addition to economic activities performed social functions. The characteristics of the development of single-industry towns in Europe, North America and are being compared. Distinctive features of the industrial enterprises of the cities formed in the Soviet Union are allocated. The article analyzes the problems of functioning and development of single-industry towns, examines foreign and domestic strategies for the rehabilitation of single-industry municipalities, including current measures to support such towns in the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals El derecho urbanístico español. Introducción a una visión crítica desde la perspectiva de la Escuela Austriaca de Economía

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-109
Author(s):  
Joaquín Azpitarte
Keyword(s):  
Jel Classification ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Spontaneous Order ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
City Development ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Key Words Spontaneous

This paper provides an introductory analysis of the principles that inform urban planning in Spain, and shows how far removed it is from the principles of entrepreneurship, which promote freedom and the development of the potentialities of the individual. The massive body of legislation regulating city development in Spain has proven fatal to the economic prosperity of its citizens. Today, cities in Spain are the product of the most comprehensive planning imaginable (an «abuse of reason», to quote F.A. Hayek). From town planning to zoning and building volumes, every aspect is laid out in the Planes Generales de Ordenación (Comprehensive Urban Development Plans) drafted jointly by politicians and developers. Key words: Spontaneous order, planification, limitation of resources, urban legislation, dynamic efficiency, economic calculus, property. JEL Classification: B53, D43, D61, D73, H54, H76, H82, H83, K11, L38, O21, O38, P14, P25, P26, P35, R14, R21, R31, R38. Resumen: El presente artículo pretende mostrar de una forma introductoria como el derecho urbanístico español se fundamenta en principios muy alejados de la función empresarial, que permite que el ciudadano desarrolle sus facultades vitales plenamente y en libertad. Estructurado en un extenso cuerpo legal, el articulado que regula el crecimiento de la ciudad, afecta de forma inexorable a su desarrollo económico y al de sus habitantes. La ciudad moderna española es una ciudad íntegramente planificada. Se trata de un caso evidente del «abuso de la razón» que denunciaba Hayek. Todos los viales, zonas edificatorias, volúmenes y usos permitidos están ya contemplados y planificados por la administración pública a través de los llamados Planes Generales de Ordenación y sus redactores. Palabras clave: Orden espontáneo, planificación, limitación de los recursos, legislación urbanística, eficiencia dinámica, cálculo económico, propiedad. Clasificación JEL: B53, D43, D61, D73, H54, H76, H82, H83, K11, L38, O21, O38, P14, P25, P26, P35, R14, R21, R31, R38.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLEX INVESTMENT PLAN FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF MONOGIANCES ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE CITY OF TOGLIATTI

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
Анна Пермякова ◽  
Anna Permyakova ◽  
Ирина Авилова ◽  
Irina Avilova ◽  
Елена Даниленко ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Town Planning ◽  
Investment Plan ◽  
Territorial Unit ◽  
Single Industry ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Previous State ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Main Instrument ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

The study is due to the severity and magnitude of the problems of single-industry municipalities. Single-industry towns are the “weak spot” of Russia. In such municipalities, the dependence of the settlement on the city-forming enterprise is clearly expressed, which causes well-founded concerns in the conditions of the economic crisis in which the Russian Federation has been staying for a long time. The population of single-industry towns may be left without jobs and wages, the city budget will lose the monetary component of the taxes of the city-forming enterprise. In such situation population outflows may begin, the city will lose its social attractiveness and may eventually cease to exist as a municipality. The comprehensive investment plan is the main instrument of state financial support for the integrated development of single-industry towns, which is aimed at eliminating the dependence of a single-industry entity on the city-forming enterprise, improving the socio-economic condition of the city, improving and finding the investment attractiveness of the municipality. The article deals with the problems of the spatial development of the territory of the single-industry city of Tolyatti, taking into account the socio-economic orientation. A search is being made for a solution to the town-planning use of the city’s territory on the basis of a comprehensive investment modernization plan. The assessment of the previous state of the territorial unit, the process of implementing a comprehensive investment modernization plan and the forecast of the post-sales condition of the city are given.

scholarly journals A History of Commissions

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Hillis
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Planning Commission ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
Remarkable Similarity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Planning Strategies ◽  
Post War ◽  
The City ◽  
Mackenzie King

Early planning in Ottawa takes the form of a piece-meal architectural admixture. On paper there remains a series of largely unrealized proposals designed to promote an image symbolic of national identity. Successive federal and municipal agencies worked to various degrees of success to augment Ottawa's appearance and amenity. British planner Thomas Adams' departure from, and the subsequent demise of the Federal Commission of Conservation in the early 1920's marked a low point in efforts to evolve comprehensive planning strategies. The career of Noulan Cauchon, first head of the Ottawa Town Planning Commission, aimed to keep the notion of planning alive in the city. Certain of his little-acknowledged proposals bear remarkable similarity to the pre-W.W. II planning efforts of MacKenzie King and Jacques Greber. Cauchon's legacy endures in proposals which appear to have been incorporated into federal planning activities during the post-war era.

Gary, Indiana: Steeltown Extraordinary

1975 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Brook
Keyword(s):  
Progressive Era ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
American Industry ◽  
Iron And Steel ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Company Towns ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Gary Indiana

Gary, Indiana, was the great symbol of urban-industrial America in the Progressive Era, the largest attempt at urban genesis and town planning ever undertaken by American industry. It was an enormous undertaking – nothing less than the creation of the largest integrated iron and steel complex in the U.S.A., complete with its supporting city. Unfortunately, the greatest of America's company towns never lived up to the hopes of its founders, U.S. Steel. Hailed as the New Industrial Utopia, it rapidly degenerated into a dreary industrial conurbation; Gary represented the failure of large-scale industrial city planning.

The Effectiveness of State Regulation of Employment in Single-Industry Towns

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Андрей Гарнов ◽  
Andrey Garnov ◽  
Юрий Одегов ◽  
YUriy Odyegov
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Company Towns ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Single Industry

The article examines the characteristics of employment and unemployment in the labor markets of single-industry towns. The authors consider the forms of employment and unemployment, give their detailed description. The analysis of the legislative base, strategic and program documents in the field of employment of the company towns has been carried out. An assessment was made of the effectiveness of government measures aimed at creating the necessary conditions for reducing various types of unemployment in single-industry towns. It is concluded that, despite the decrease in registered unemployment, the problem of employment of the population of single-industry towns has not yet been resolved. The number of people employed in mono-cities is decreasing, of which the outflow of the able-bodied population continues. Working conditions in single-industry towns are worsening, and a significant proportion of the labor force is informally employed or informally unemployed. The authors propose to develop a policy of employment management in single-industry towns, taking into account the existence of hidden unemployment, and include in it a set of measures aimed at solving the problems of self-employment of the population.

Dall'urbanistica al governo del territorio: i nuovi orientamenti della pianificazione e delle politiche urbane

ARGOMENTI ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 131-163
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Ranzato
Keyword(s):  
Regional Planning ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
The Third ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
The Relationship

- This article aims to explain the implicit complexity of planning, a notion which has been recently defined in Italy by the expression "governo del territorio". It is divided into three parts. The first describes the evolution of planning in Europe throughout a century of history: from the modernist urbanism to the comprehensive planning, from the decision making evolution up to the recent forms of governance. The second sums up the latest fifty years of planning in Italy, which is undergoing today a complex and innovatory change. The third examines some keywords relating to cities and metropolitan areas. They refer to the recent notion of "governo del territorio", which calls for a redefinition of the relationship between the technical-instrumental dimension of urbanism (design oriented and based on new structural and operational plans) and the socio-political dimension of planning, responsible for the coordination of new urban policies and governance processes.Keywords: Urbanism, Town planning, Urban and regional planning, Urban governance Parole chiave: Urbanistica, Pianificazione territoriale, Governo del territorio.

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