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Multi-plan integration (MPI) is a major effort initiated by China&rsquo ; s State Council for the purpose of streamlining development plans made by various public agencies in provincial and city governments. Small cities and towns are facing challenges to achieve MPI goals due to lack of technological infrastructure and professional expertise. This article presents a system to assist small cities and towns to carry out their MPI tasks. The system, named conflict-detecting and early-warning for MPI (CDEW4MPI) is developed based on a cloud service platform. CDEW4MPI enables small cities and towns in remote locations to detect inconsistency and conflicts among multiple plans. The system includes two modules. One is conflict-detecting, which identifies spatial conflicts in boundary designation among different plans from different agencies. The other is early-warning, which analyzes and reports potential encroachment of proposed local plans to urban growth boundary, the baseline for ecological protection, and the farmland under permanent preservation. CDEW4MPI was implemented as a demo project in Shennongjia Forestry District, a municipality in the western mountainous region of Hubei Province, China. The paper presents the design of CDEW4MPI and its implementation in Shennongjia and draws lessons from the Shennongjia case for broad interests in smart management of spatial resources.

Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from 1815 to the present day. It provides a journey to cities and towns across the continent, in search of the patterns of development that have shaped the urban landscape as indelibly European. The focus is on the built environment, the social and cultural transformations that mark the patterns of continuity and change, and the transition to modern urban society. - Including over 60 images that serve to illuminate the analysis, the book examines the questions: is there a European city, and if so, what are its characteristics? Wakeman offers an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates concepts from cultural and postcolonial studies, as well as urban geography, and provides full coverage of urban culture and society not only in Western Europe, but also in Eastern and Southern Europe, using various cities and city types to inform the discussion. The book also provides hitherto neglected detailed coverage of European urbanization post-1945 which allows us to more clearly understand the modernizing arc the region has followed over the last two centuries

Mit dem deutlichen Anstieg der Zuwanderung Geflüchteter seit Mitte der 2010er-Jahre stehen die Städte und Gemeinden mit ihrer kommunalen Ausländer- und Migrationspolitik vor neuen Herausforderungen der gesellschaftlichen Integration. Die Bewältigung dieser Herausforderungen erfolgt im Zusammenspiel verschiedener, zum Teil neuer lokaler Akteure aus dem öffentlichen (z. B. kommunale Verwaltung, Wohlfahrtsorganisationen), privatwirtschaftlichen (z. B. Arbeitgeber) und zivilgesellschaftlichen Bereich (z. B. ehrenamtliche Initiativen). In diesem Beitrag werden die verschiedenen Logiken zentraler, am Integrationsprozess beteiligter Akteure beleuchtet, um aufzuzeigen, wer unter welchen Voraussetzungen die Integrationsbedingungen vor Ort in welcher Weise gestaltet und steuert. Die Untersuchung wurde in zwei unterschiedlichen lokalen Kontexten, der Stadt Köln und dem Kreis Heinsberg, mit dem Ziel durchgeführt, Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten lokaler Governance aufzuzeigen. Die Ergebnisse beruhen auf 29 Experteninterviews mit Vertretern der Stadt- und Kreisverwaltungen, der Stadtgesellschaften und der Landesebene, die im Rahmen beruflicher oder ehrenamtlicher Tätigkeit am Integrationsprozess Geflüchteter beteiligt sind. Im Ergebnis zeigen sich bei einigen Maßnahmen der Integrationspolitik verschiedene Handlungslogiken. Dies trifft erstens für das Verhältnis zwischen staatlichen Akteuren der Bundes- und Landesebene und kommunalen Akteuren zu. Dies trifft zweitens aber auch auf das Verhältnis zwischen kommunalen und zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteuren zu. Dabei spielen die räumlichen und situativen Kontexte eine differenzierende Rolle.

This distinctive anthology contains classic and first-rate contemporary writings that have had a major impact on the field of urban studies. The expert and well-known scholars who have written these essays cover central topics that have evolved over the past 25 years. Brings together 20 of the most important classic and contemporary readings on cities and society in one accessible volume Offers an international focus, as well as case studies, all by leading experts in the field Includes an analytical introduction by the editor Provides coverage of current trends, theoretical perspectives, an

(Cont'd) Suburban development by C. Aronovici. City-planning legislation, by F. Shurtleff. Financing a city plan, by N.P. Lewis. River front embankments, by L.W. Miller. Town-planning library, by J. Nolen.--Book department.--Index. ; (Cont'd)--Special papers: Fire waste, by P. Evans. Rural housing, by E.S. Forbes. Record keeping as an aid to enforcement, by Kate H. Claghorn. A housing survey, by C. Aronovici. Housing and the real estate problem, by J.C. Nichols. Copartnership for housing in America, by A.C. Comey. Relation between the small house and the town plan, by C.F. Puff, Jr. Relation between transit and housing, by J.P. Fox. The interrelation of housing and city planning, by A.W. Crawford.--Town planning: The town-planning movement in America, by F.L. Olmsted. The street layout, by B.A. Haldeman. The sociology of a street layout, by C.M. Robinson. Subterranean street planning, by G.S. Webster. City planning and the problem of recreation, by J. Collier. Planning for distribution of industries, by E.H. Bennett. The water front and the city plan, by C. Tompkins. A city plan for waste disposal, by G.A. Soper. ; "The papers in this publication were collected and edited by Carol Aronovici." ; Introductory: Housing and the housing problem, by C. Aronovici. A brief history of the housing movement in America, by R.W. De Forest.--The new house: The relation of land values and town planning, by R Unwin. Cost factors in housing reform, by C. Aronovici. Taxation of real estate values and its effect on housing, by D.F. Wilcox. The religious value of proper housing, by W.B. Patterson. The workingman's home and its architectural problems, by F.A. Bourne. Can land be overloaded? By B.C. Marsh. Congestion and rents, by B.J. Newman. Housing reforms through legislation, by L. Veiller. Wherein direct housing legislation fails, by E.T. Hartman.--The old house: The old house as a social problem, by Mildred Chadsey. The problem of the old city house, by J. Ihlder. Some effects of housing regulation, by J.J. Murphy. ; Mode of access: Internet.