Urban Affairs

Author : Caroline Andrew,Katherine A.H. Graham,Susan Phillips
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773570146

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Urban Affairs by Caroline Andrew,Katherine A.H. Graham,Susan Phillips Pdf

Canada's last experience with national urban policy-making was in the 1970s. The authors focus on what has happened since, exploring how both our city-regions and our ideas about the urban policy-making process have changed. The authors also examine both the past and present roles of the federal government, and what it can and should do in the future. Contributors include Caroline Andrew, Paul Born (Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, Cambridge), Kenneth Cameron (FCIP, Policy and Planning, Greater Vancouver Regional District), W. Michael Fenn, (Ontario Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing), Pierre Filion (University of Waterloo), Katherine Graham, Pierre Hamel (Université de Montréal), Christopher Leo (University of Winnipeg), Barbara Levine (World University Service of Canada), Sherilyn MacGregor (PhD, Environmental Studies, York University), Warren Magnusson (University of Victoria), Beth Moore Milroy (Toronto Metropolitan University), Merle Nicholds (former Mayor of Kanata), Evelyn Peters (University of Saskatchewan), Susan Phillips, Valerie Preston (York University), Andrew Sancton (University of Western Ontario), Lisa Shaw (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), Enid Slack (Enid Slack Consulting Inc.), Sherri Torjman (Caledon Institute of Social Policy), Carolyn Whitzman (doctoral candidate, School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University), David Wolfe (University of Toronto), and Madeleine Wong (University of Wisconsin).

Author : David George Bettison,John. K. Kenward,Larrie Taylor
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Law
ISBN : 0888640099

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Urban Affairs in Alberta by David George Bettison,John. K. Kenward,Larrie Taylor Pdf

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Author : Michel Barcelo,Henry Cummings Campbell,Dennis A. Young,Canadian Council on Urban and Regional Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : UOM:39015002611534

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Information for Urban Affairs in Canada by Michel Barcelo,Henry Cummings Campbell,Dennis A. Young,Canadian Council on Urban and Regional Research Pdf

Author : Jennifer Clark
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231545785

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Uneven Innovation by Jennifer Clark Pdf

The city of the future, we are told, is the smart city. By seamlessly integrating information and communication technologies into the provision and management of public services, such cities will enhance opportunity and bolster civic engagement. Smarter cities will bring in new revenue while saving money. They will be more of everything that a twenty-first century urban planner, citizen, and elected official wants: more efficient, more sustainable, and more inclusive. Is this true? In Uneven Innovation, Jennifer Clark considers the potential of these emerging technologies as well as their capacity to exacerbate existing inequalities and even produce new ones. She reframes the smart city concept within the trajectory of uneven development of cities and regions, as well as the long history of technocratic solutions to urban policy challenges. Clark argues that urban change driven by the technology sector is following the patterns that have previously led to imbalanced access, opportunities, and outcomes. The tech sector needs the city, yet it exploits and maintains unequal arrangements, embedding labor flexibility and precarity in the built environment. Technology development, Uneven Innovation contends, is the easy part; understanding the city and its governance, regulation, access, participation, and representation—all of which are complex and highly localized—is the real challenge. Clark’s critique leads to policy prescriptions that present a path toward an alternative future in which smart cities result in more equitable communities.

Author : Nicole Gurran
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781920899776

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Australian urban land use planning by Nicole Gurran Pdf

Urban and regional planning is increasingly central to public policy in Australia and internationally. As cities and regions adapt to profound economic, societal and technological shifts, new urban and environmental problems are emerging - from inadequate systems of transport and infrastructure, to declining housing affordability, biodiversity loss and human-induced climate change. Australian urban land use planning provides a practical understanding of the principles, processes and mechanisms for strategic and proactive urban governance. Substantially updated and expanded, this second edition explains and compares the legislation, policy- and plan-making, development assessment and dispute resolution processes of Australia's eight state and territorial planning jurisdictions as well as the changing role of the Commonwealth in environmental and urban policy. This new edition also extends the coverage of planning practice, with a new chapter on planning for climate change, a more detailed treatment of planning for housing diversity and affordability, and a comprehensive analysis of the New South Wales planning system and its evolution over the last 30 years. Nicole Gurran is an associate professor in the Urban and Regional Planning Program at the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on comparative planning approaches to housing, ecological sustainability and climate change. Prior to joining the University of Sydney, she practised as a planner in several state government roles, focusing on local environmental plan-making, environmental management and housing policy. She is on the Executive Board of the International Urban Planning and Environment Association.

Author : Jordan Yin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781118101674

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Urban Planning For Dummies by Jordan Yin Pdf

How to create the world's new urban future With the majority of the world's population shifting to urban centres, urban planning—the practice of land-use and transportation planning to help shape cities structurally, economically, and socially—has become an increasingly vital profession. In Urban Planning For Dummies, readers will get a practical overview of this fascinating field, including studying community demographics, determining the best uses for land, planning economic and transportation development, and implementing plans. Following an introductory course on urban planning, this book is key reading for any urban planning student or anyone involved in urban development. With new studies conclusively demonstrating the dramatic impact of urban design on public psychological and physical health, the impact of the urban planner on a community is immense. And with a wide range of positions for urban planners in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors—including law firms, utility companies, and real estate development firms—having a fundamental understanding of urban planning is key to anyone even considering entry into this field. This book provides a useful introduction and lays the groundwork for serious study. Helps readers understand the essentials of this complex profession Written by a certified practicing urban planner, with extensive practical and community-outreach experience For anyone interested in being in the vanguard of building, designing, and shaping tomorrow's sustainable city, Urban Planning For Dummies offers an informative, entirely accessible introduction on learning how.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : LOC:00098595557

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Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 2003: Department of Housing and Urban Development by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:31951D02106177Z

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Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 2002 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Pdf

Author : M. Nolan Gray
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781642832549

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Arbitrary Lines by M. Nolan Gray Pdf

It's time for America to move beyond zoning, argues city planner M. Nolan Gray in Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. With lively explanations, Gray shows why zoning abolition is a necessary--if not sufficient--condition for building more affordable, vibrant, equitable, and sustainable cities. Gray lays the groundwork for this ambitious cause by clearing up common misconceptions about how American cities regulate growth and examining four contemporary critiques of zoning (its role in increasing housing costs, restricting growth in our most productive cities, institutionalizing racial and economic segregation, and mandating sprawl). He sets out some of the efforts currently underway to reform zoning and charts how land-use regulation might work in the post-zoning American city. Arbitrary Lines is an invitation to rethink the rules that will continue to shape American life--where we may live or work, who we may encounter, how we may travel. If the task seems daunting, the good news is that we have nowhere to go but up

Author : Couch, Chris
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788976916

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Planned Urban Development by Couch, Chris Pdf

Using case studies from the UK and Europe, Chris Couch examines the nature and achievements of the expanded towns programmes that emerged in the mid-20th century to accommodate population growth and overspill from densely populated urban areas. Thought-provoking insights into lessons to be learnt are provided, alongside arguments for further planned expansion of smaller towns today.

Author : H. Peter Oberlander,Arthur Laurence Fallick,University of British Columbia. Centre for Human Settlements
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Urban policy
ISBN : UOM:39015014888567

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The Ministry of State for Urban Affairs by H. Peter Oberlander,Arthur Laurence Fallick,University of British Columbia. Centre for Human Settlements Pdf

This document presents papers which cover the following topics: a legislative chronology; how to create a Ministry while operating it; the origins of the Ministry of State; the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs and the regionalization of federal urban programs; recollections from a provincial perspective; the golden hour of municipal politics; urban impact assessment and the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs; a review of the priorities and planning division of the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs; research based urban policy; and the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs: the future of its past.

Author : André Sorensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134736577

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The Making of Urban Japan by André Sorensen Pdf

During the twentieth century, Japan was transformed from a poor, primarily rural country into one of the world's largest industrial powers and most highly urbanised countries. Interestingly, while Japanese governments and planners borrowed carefully from the planning ideas and methods of many other countries, Japanese urban planning, urban governance and cities developed very differently from those of other developed countries. Japan's distinctive patterns of urbanisation are partly a product of the highly developed urban system, urban traditions and material culture of the pre-modern period, which remained influential until well after the Pacific War. A second key influence has been the dominance of central government in urban affairs, and its consistent prioritisation of economic growth over the public welfare or urban quality of life. André Sorensen examines Japan's urban trajectory from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, paying particular attention to the weak development of Japanese civil society, local governments, and land development and planning regulations.

Author : Robert J. Chaskin,Mark L. Joseph
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226164397

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Integrating the Inner City by Robert J. Chaskin,Mark L. Joseph Pdf

The Chicago Housing Authority s Plan for Transformation repudiated the city s large-scale housing projects and the paradigm that produced them. The Plan seeks to normalize public housing and its tenants, eliminating physical, social, and economic barriers among populations that have long been segregated from one another. But is the Plan an ambitious example of urban regeneration or a not-so-veiled effort at gentrification? Is it resulting in integration or displacement? What kinds of communities are emerging from it? Chaskin and Joseph s book is the most thorough examination of the Plan to date. Drawing on five years of field research, in-depth interviews, and data, Chaskin and Joseph examine the actors, strategies, and processes involved in the Plan. Most important, they illuminate the Plan s limitations which has implications for urban regeneration strategies nationwide."

Author : Richard K. Rein
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781642831702

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American Urbanist by Richard K. Rein Pdf

"William H. Whyte's curiosity compelled him to question the status quo--whether helping to make Fortune Magazine essential reading for business leaders, warning of "groupthink" in his bestseller The Organization Man, or standing up for Jane Jacobs as she advocated for the vitality of city life and public space. This compelling biography sheds light on Whyte's bold way of thinking, ripe for rediscovery at a time when we are reshaping our communities into places of opportunity and empowerment for all citizens" -- Backcover.

Author : Jean-Claude Bolay
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030284190

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Urban Planning Against Poverty by Jean-Claude Bolay Pdf

This open access book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the context of Southern countries by examining several case studies from different regions of the world. For instance, the case of Koudougou, a medium-sized city in one of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso, with a population of 115.000 inhabitants, allows us to understand concretely which and how these deficiencies are translated in an African urban context. In contrast, the case of Nueve de Julio, intermediate city of 50.000 dwellers in the pampa Argentina, addresses the new forms of spatial fragmentation and social exclusion linked with agro export and crisis of the international markets. Case studies are also included for cities in Asia and Latin America. Differences and similarities between cases allow us to foresee alternative models of urban planning better adapted to tackle poverty and find efficient ways for more inclusive cities in developing and emerging countries, interacting several dimensions linked with high rates of urbanization: territorial fragmentation; environmental contamination; social disparities and exclusion, informal economy and habitat, urban governance and democracy.