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Cities and ageing
Posted on: 20 January 2014
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By 2050, for the first time in human history, there will be more older people in the world than children under 14 years of age. By that same year, 70 percent of the world population will be urbanized. This report examines the implications of these two converging global demographic trends and the policy and planning challenges associated with “age friendly cities.
Design first or last? A fork in the road for Helsinki’s new City Plan
Posted on: 20 January 2014
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This blog looks at some of the newest master plans and development strategies European metropolitan cities are putting forward. The author argues that across Europe, and in North America, one of the key reasons why cities are getting ecstatic about urban form is the poor performance of the conventional modernist zoning approach to this end.
The effectiveness of port-city policies: A comparative approach
Posted on: 17 January 2014
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The relation between ports and their cities have evolved: it is no longer evident that well-functioning ports have automatically a net positive impact on the port-city. There are various trajectories and many ports and port-cities attempt to stimulate port-city development by a range of public policies. Yet, little is known about effectiveness of policies to promote performance of ports and port-cities. This paper aims at filling this gap, by assessing the effectiveness of port-city policies, within various policy areas including port development, port-city economic development, transportation, environment, research and development, spatial development and communication. This is done via a principal component analysis (PCA), based on a database constructed for the purpose of this paper with outcome variables and scores of policies for a set of 27 large world port-cities, that makes it possible to identify policies that are associated with effective policy outcomes and show patterns of related policy outcomes and policies.
Transport infrastructure investment: Capturing the wider benefits of investment in transport infrastructure
Posted on: 16 January 2014
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This report from the Royal Town Planning Institute argues that transport infrastructure, uniquely, has the ability to open up previously undevelopable land which can then be used for housing and provide new opportunities for employment activity, but because this is rarely an immediate consequence and the benefits are difficult to quantify, it is not fully accounted for in cost-benefit analyses. The result has been that too few infrastructure projects which could have acted as a catalyst to growth have been approved.
Draft Further Alterations to the London Plan
Posted on: 16 January 2014
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The Mayor has published Draft Further Alterations to the London Plan (FALP) for a twelve week period of public consultation. The FALP have been prepared primarily to address key housing and employment issues emerging from an analysis of census data released since the publication of the London Plan in July 2012, and which indicate a substantial increase in the capital’s population. Comments are requested by 10 April 2014.
National Planning Framework 3: Scottish planning policy consultation
Posted on: 16 January 2014
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The Scottish Government has published its new National Planning Framework which will provide a framework for development plans throughout the country. The new national plan proposes 14 infrastructure developments across Scotland to deliver economic growth.
Urban Land articles
Posted on: 7 January 2014
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Five of the most popular articles from the 2013 issues of Urban Land, published by the Urban Land Institute, can be read online. They include: the fading differentiation between city and suburb; Medellin voted most innovative city; new suburbanism: reinventing inner-ring suburbs; eight qualities of pedestrian- and transit-oriented design; and rail-centric construction gets back on track.
Colonial and postcolonial urban planning in Africa. Lisbon, 5-6 September 2013
Posted on: 7 January 2014
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This conference aimed to examine the history of colonial and post-colonial urban planning in Africa. Abstracts of paper presented are available online.
Retail planning decisions under the NPPF
Posted on: 3 January 2014
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A new report commissioned by the Association of Convenience Stores has concluded that the government’s town centre first policies, as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), have failed.
Planning Workshop. Birmingham, 27 November 2013
Posted on: 13 December 2013
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Presentations from this workshop are entitled “Understanding and changing places”; “Delivering better places” and “Planning for better places”.
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