scholarly journals Development Controls in Toronto in the Nineteenth Century

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphaël Fischler
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Land Use Regulation ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
Incremental Development ◽  
Contemporary Development ◽  
The City

Histories of contemporary development control tend to situate its beginning in the first or second decade of the twentieth century, when modern zoning bylaws were adopted. Yet, as some researchers have pointed out, building and land-use regulations took shape in the nineteenth century and even earlier. This paper focuses on controls set by the City of Toronto between 1834, when it was incorporated, and 1904, when it adopted bylaw no. 4408, which is seen by many as the first step taken by the city toward modern zoning. In technical terms, it appears that a coherent, though minimal, apparatus of land-use regulation was already in place by the 1860s. Over the course of the nineteenth century, building codes and nuisance laws display the growing intervention of public authorities in the development of the industrial city. Municipal control over material production and over human activity diversifies and finds expression in increasingly complex ordinances. In political terms, the bylaws reveal a growing concern with socio-spatial differentiation and with the protection of property values rather than with health and safety. The incremental development of land-use regulation suggests that, even though North American cities borrowed from each other and from their European counterparts, they constructed zoning locally, in accordance to local needs, resources, and constraints (economic, political, and legal) and in a piecemeal fashion, one bylaw, one amendment at a time.

scholarly journals Regulación de uso del suelo urbano: discusión sobre el caso de Curitiba

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa MOURA
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Land Use Regulation ◽  
International Capital ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
The Real Estate Market ◽  
City Model ◽  
Democratic Principles ◽  
The City

O processo de construção e aprovação do novo conjunto de leis relativas ao zoneamento de uso e ocupação do solo em Curitiba oferece elementos para uma análise dos conflitos de interesses que regem a constituição de um arcabouço legal e da luta simbólica que traduz na elaboração de um discurso que não se realiza nos termos da lei, mas que se cristaliza no imaginário dos citadinos. Tentando analisar esse processo e identificar dispositivos passíveis de serem generalizados como eficazes no controle de ocupação e uso do solo de outras cidades-modelo, na busca do protagonismo nos movimentos de inserção na reestruturação econômica internacional, este texto examina e sumariza observações quanto: ao apoio da lei no reforço à modelização urbana de Curitiba; à ausência de mecanismos e instrumentos que contemplem suas relações com o espaço metropolitano; aos efeitos socioambientais decorrentes da aplicação da lei; às questões referentes à constitucionalidade e à observação de princípios democráticos; às disposições referentes à ampliação da atratividade ao capital internacional; a sua abertura à participação da sociedade civil e à legitimidade de seus resultados. Urban land use regulation: discussion about the Curitiba’s case Abstract In 1999, a new land use law was approved in Curitiba. Its construction and approval process offers elements to discuss the meaning of a legal frame in the reinforcement of a hegemonic power around a metropolitan space, and the creation of conditions to attract the international capital, mainly from the real estate market. Trying to analyse this process, identifying elements possible to be generalised in the land use regulation of protagonists’ cities, this study examines and summarises observations on the topics: law for highlight the city-model; the lack of metropolitan instruments; conflicts between Instruments and particular interests; urban and social effects; constitutionality and observation of democratic principles. Finalising, the study intends to discuss that the dispositions included in the law and its illegitimate participation procedures have resulted in a refusing among society segments.

SIRIUS, Seismic Risk Indicator in Urban Space

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 573-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Mota de Sá ◽  
Carlos Sousa Oliveira ◽  
Mónica Amaral Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Seismic Risk ◽  
End Users ◽  
Risk Information ◽  
Risk Indicator ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Risk Variability ◽  
The City

Despite numerous research efforts in recent years, seismic risk continues to be difficult to perceive and communicate. Although researchers have access to sophisticated tools that can quantify seismic risk, such groups as public authorities, land use and urban planners, stakeholders, end-users, and citizens should also be able to access simple seismic risk information. Thus, SIRIUS was built and mapped into a scale following the Weber and Fechner perception law, with impacts described in a simple yet meaningful language while capturing the two most fundamental dimensions that explain risk variability along the urban space: the reliability deficit and human concentration. With SIRIUS, at-risk places and the reasons why seismic risk is a concern are easy to identify and communicate. To illustrate the potential of this robust indicator, an application of SIRIUS to the city of Lisbon is presented.

scholarly journals HOW DO LAND USE REGULATIONS INFLUENCE INDUSTRIAL LAND PRICES? EVIDENCE FROM CHINA

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Fan Tu ◽  
Shuangling Zou ◽  
Ran Ding
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Land Use Regulation ◽  
Land Supply ◽  
Industrial Land ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
Land Prices ◽  
The Impact

Due to low industrial land prices and inefficiently used industrial land, China’s central government has reformed land regulations in order to promote more market-oriented industrial land. Considering the differences in land management between developed and developing countries, this study aims to investigate the impact of land use regulations on industrial land prices in China and the effect of market-oriented reforms of industrial land policy. Measures that capture multiple dimensions of land use regulation tools are incorporated into OLS models based on a micro dataset from 1999 to 2016 that covers Jiaxing City in Eastern China. The results show that (1) The land policy implemented in 2006 to promote industrial land marketization has had a very limited effect; (2) The impact of land supply on industrial land prices was decreased for land transferred through listings after 2006, which implies an immature marketization; (3) Zoning instruments has obvious effects on industrial land prices; (4) The results imply that the effect of land use regulations varies with firm ownership and development zones. The findings in this paper clearly show that the industrial land market should be more open and competitive and combined with a rational land supply to promote the market-oriented price mechanism.

scholarly journals Building Facade Arrangement as City Image Optimization

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-49
Author(s):  
Risma Andarini
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Land Use Regulation ◽  
City Image ◽  
Coverage Ratio ◽  
Building Facade ◽  
Image Optimization ◽  
The City

Facade is one of building mass elements which supports street users’s perception [1]. Elements that affect the building facade, namely : harmonization, contrast, materials, textures and colors also  support the visual aesthetics perception district into an unforgettable part to recognize a place [3]. The intensity of the building mass such as the Building Coverage Ratio (BCR), Open Space Ratio (OSR), Floor Area Ratio (FAR), Building Height, Scale and Skyline are some physical factors of the street corridor to optimize the image of the city [4]. Kartini Street is one of the main streets in Gresik city center which connects the East with the West region of Gresik. Complexity of existing land use and lack of decisiveness system in Building and Land Use Regulation affected  the image of the city in variety of facade. Therefore, optimization of the facade and built environment is very important to support the image of the city [2]. Observations are made to provide data in existing facade, facade tendency and the historical background of the region. From the data analysis, it is found that there are building elements which can be a visual aesthetic element to unify and optimize harmonization of Kartini Gresik street corridor to support the image of Gresik.

scholarly journals The Characteristics of Green Belts Land-Use Regulations in Seoul Metropolitan Areas

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Eun-Sook Kang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Land Use Regulation ◽  
Economic Traits ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Green Belts

Korean Green Belts, or Restricted Development Zones (RDZs), have been well established system for three decades. This system however has been rapidly deregulated since the announcement of the RDZs Policy Reform. This article examines the characteristics of land use regulation on Green Belts in Seoul Metropolitan Areas (SMA). To achieve this goal, this article investigates criteria: theoretical foundation; objects regulated; relations to market competition; and political-economic traits to distinguish economic regulations from social ones. Second, it reviews the status of RDZs in the SMA and the contents of recent rezoning. Third, it examines the characteristics of land-use regulations on Green Belts according to the above criteria. Finally, it presents three principles to preserve environmental values of Green Belts during the implementation process.

scholarly journals Exploring Islamophobia in land use regulations: the case of the city of Mississauga

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaliya Khan
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Land Use Policies ◽  
New City ◽  
Community Spaces ◽  
The City

Building community spaces is important for immigrant communities: it helps transform the sterility of an unfamiliar new city into home. Muslims have historically sought to make cities their own by building mosques that have served spiritual, social and symbolic functions as architectural sites. This essay examines what the interplay between settlement of newcomers and new types of land use applications and what it tells readers about municipal gaps in addressing the question of “difference” in Canada using the City of Mississauga as a case study. It starts with a review of the history and context of mosque building in Canada, follows up by examining land use policies in Mississauga, and then looks at controversial mosque development issues by examining official city and provincial documents including one Human Rights Complaint. This paper wraps up by presenting recommendations for municipalities to better navigate the question of difference through policy and praxis. Keywords: Islamophobia, land‐use planning, urban planning, racism, exclusion, xenophobia, Mississauga, public policy

scholarly journals Do Administrative Incentives for the Containment of Cities Work? An Analysis of the Accelerated Procedure for Binding Land-Use Plans for Inner Urban Development in Germany

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Dillmann ◽  
Volker Beckmann
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Contaminated Sites ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
German Government ◽  
Development Section ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The City

In order to reduce land conversion for settlement and traffic purposes, the German government introduced in 2002 the 30 ha per day objective and since then established a number of policies and projects in order to achieve this goal in 2030. On 1 January 2007, an amendment of the Federal Building Code came into force, which introduced an accelerated procedure for binding land-use plans for inner urban development (section 13a). The aim of this amendment was to simplify and accelerate the planning law for projects to support inner urban development. This paper seeks to answer the question of whether or not the accelerated procedure contributes to increased inner urban development by providing incentives for the reuse of vacant developed land, which are often contaminated sites. Based on the example of the city of Stralsund in the rural region of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, we explore the quantitative land development in the inner and outer area from 1990 to 2018 and calculate costs savings for developers and public authorities. The results reveal that, although the accelerated procedure has been widely applied in the city of Stralsund since 2007, its effect on increased inner urban development has been very limited. The magnitude of the cost advantage is rather small, so that the accelerated procedure is often not regarded as decisive for the decision of inner versus outer development. The accelerated procedure has reduced the administrative burden for developers and public administration; however, in order to reach the 30 ha per day objective, more tailored policy instruments are needed.

scholarly journals The Role of Customary Land Ownership in Land-Use Conversion in the Peri-urban of Bukittinggi, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 175 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-555
Author(s):  
Ira Safitri Darwin ◽  
Haryo Winarso ◽  
Denny Zulkaidi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Formal Expansion ◽  
Administrative Area ◽  
Customary Land ◽  
The Village ◽  
The City

Abstract Taluak is located in the peri-urban area of the city of Bukittinggi, in Agam Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Bukittinggi is rapidly expanding into this peri-urban area. Due to a lack of sound land-use regulations, the growing population and increasing development are encroaching into the peri-urban area. In 1999, the administrative area of Bukittinggi was formally expanded to include some of the surrounding land that had previously been part of Agam Regency. However, although the physical development of the city has encroached into parts of Agam Regency, including Taluak, the communities of the village refused to be administratively included in Bukittinggi. One of their reasons for this refusal is a belief that such urbanization will harm the culture and traditions of the village. This article aims to explain how the communities of Taluak have resisted the formal expansion of Bukittinggi to include them in order to maintain their culture and traditions of land management and to estimate how long such resistance can survive. The article also explains how the process of land conversion in Taluak is carried out, particularly the conversion from rural use into urban use, which creates rurban (rural-urban) areas.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document