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The policy context. Introduction ; The changing policy context of housing development ; The sustainability of new housing development ; The residential planning process -- Market, economic and political context. The speculative housebuilding industry ; The politics of planning and housing development -- Policy evaluation. Greenfield housing development ; Brownfield housing development ; The economics of planning and housing development ; Conclusions and policy implications.

Die israelische Stadtplanung begann nicht erst mit Gründung des Staates im Jahre 1948. Bereits in den Schriften des Vordenkers eines jüdischen Staatswesens, Theodor Herzl, finden sich zahlreiche städtebauliche Visionen für einen künftigen Judenstaat. Jüdische Architekten, mehrheitlich aus dem deutschen Sprachraum stammend und an deutschen Architekturhochschulen ausgebildet, entwarfen vor und nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg Stadtpläne und Architekturphantasien für ein neues Zion. Zu ihnen zählten der Wiener Baurat Wilhelm Stiassny, der Berliner Regierungsbaumeister Alex Baerwald oder der renommierte Architekt Erich Mendelsohn. Ihr gemeinsames Planungsideal war die Gartenstadt, ein soziales und städtebauliches Reformkonzept, das zeitgleich in Europa zahlreich Verbreitung fand und Ausdruck eines neuen Planungsansatzes im Städtebau war. Der reich bebilderte Band fasst erstmals die zionistischen Stadtplanungsvisionen zusammen, hinterfragt ihren ideengeschichtlichen Ansatz und konfrontiert sie mit den gebauten Realitäten: von der Gründung Tel Avivs bis zu den jüdischen Gartenvororten von Jerusalem und Haifa, die in den 1920er Jahren nach den Plänen von Richard Kauffmann errichtet wurden.

Institutional and spatial coordination in European metropolitan regions / Willem Salet, Andy Thornley and Anton Kreukels -- Metropolitan regions in the face of the European dimension : regimes, re-scaling or repositioning? / Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Beth Perry and Alan Harding -- London : institutional turbulence but enduring nation-state control / Andy Thornley -- The Birmingham case / Alan Murie, Mike Beazley and Dave Carter -- The experience of Cardiff and Wales / Jeremy Alden -- The Stockholm region : metropolitan governance and spatial policy / Björn Hårsman and Amy Rader Olsson -- Berlin / Hartmut Häussermann -- The Frankfurt Rhine-Main region / Bodo Freund -- The Hanover metropolitan region / Dietrich Fürst and Ansgar Rudolph -- Governance in the Stuttgart metropolitan region / Susanne Heeg -- Amsterdam and the north wing of the Randstad / Willem Salet -- Rotterdam and the south wing of the Randstad / Anton Kreukels -- The Prague metropolitan region / Karel Maier -- Metropolitan governance and regional planning in Vienna / Michaela Paal -- Venice / Mariolina Toniolo and Turiddo Pugliese -- The region of Milan / Enrico Gualini -- Paris-Île-de-France region / Christian Lefèvre -- Brussels : a superimposition of social, cultural and spatial layers / Evert Lagrou -- Marseilles-Aix metropolitan region (1981-2000) / Alain Motte -- The case of Barcelona / Marisol García -- Metropolitan government and development strategies in Madrid / Jesús Lela Maldonado -- Practices of metropolitan governance in Europe : experiences and lessons / Willem Salet, Andy Thornley and Anton Kreukels

Addressing one of the hottest trends in real estate-the development of town centers and urban villages with mixed uses in pedestrian-friendly settings-this book will help navigate through the unique design and development issues and reveal how to make all elements work together.

Chapter headings: The Concept: Origin, Nature, Scope. The Historic City. The Tourist City. Modelling the Tourist-Historic City. Uses and Users of the Tourist-Historic City. The Planning, Management and Marketing of the Tourist-Historic City. The Management of Monofunctional Tourist-Historic Cities. The Management of Tourist-Historic Elements in Large Multifunctional Cities. The Management of Tourist-Historic Elements in Medium Sized Multifunctional Cities. Values, Issues and Conclusions. References

What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? For over half a century, through boom times and bust, business leaders and politicians have tried to become ""the next Silicon Valley, "" but few have succeeded. This book examines why high-tech development became so economically important late in the twentieth century, and why its magic formula of people, jobs, capital, and institutions has been so difficult to replicate. Margaret O'Mara shows that high-tech regions are not simply accidental marke

This work examines the role of communities and how civil society can combine with local government and the private sector in achieving sustainable urban development.

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"The corporate downtown, with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions, is the focus of this well-illustrated volume. How are downtown projects conceived, scripted, produced, packaged, and used, and how has all this changed during the twentieth century? The authors of Urban Design Downtown explore the poetics of design and the politics and economics of development decisions, offering a critical appraisal of the emerging appearance and design of downtown urban form."--Jacket

Achieving sustainable energy and resource use is vital if cities are to thrive or even function in the long term. Focusing on cities in the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark, this book examines the mounting pressures for changes in the management style of utility services in Europe, pressures that stem from a wide range of sources such as liberalization and privatization of markets, tighter environmental standards, new economic incentives, competing technologies and changing consumption patterns. The authors show how changes in the management of utility services can contribute to achieving greater sustainability in urban regions. Whilst more efficient technology has a part to play, truly significant improvements in quality of life will be delivered only when the flow of material and energy through cities is focused on the goal of sustainability in each local context.

Local environments such as cities and neighbourhoods are becoming a focal point for those concerned with environmental justice and sustainability. The Citizens at Risk takes up this emerging agenda and analyses the key issues in a refreshingly simple yet sophisticated style. Taking a comparative look at cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the book examines: the changing nature of urban environmental risks, the rules governing the distribution of such risks and their differential impact, how the risks arise and who is responsible The authors clearly describe the most pressing urban environ.

"American metropolitan areas today are divided into neighborhoods of privilege and poverty, often along lines of ethnicity and race. As Gerald Frug shows, this divided and inhospitable urban landscape is not simply the result of individual choices about where to live or start a business. It is the product of government policies - and, in particular, the policies embedded in legal rules. Frug presents the first ever analysis of how legal rules shape modern cities and outlines a set of alternatives to bring down the walls that now keep city dwellers apart." "He describes how American law treats cities as subdivisions of states and shows how this arrangement has encouraged the separation of metropolitan residents into different, sometimes hostile groups. He explains the divisive impact of rules about zoning, redevelopment, land use, and the organization of such city services as education and policing. He pays special attention to the underlying role of anxiety about strangers, the widespread desire for good schools, and the pervasive fear of crime. Ultimately, Frug calls for replacing the current legal definition of cities with an alternative based on what he calls "community building"--An alternative that gives cities within the same metropolitan region incentives to forge closer links with each other."--Jacket