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Why planning? Since the very first days of mankind, the unpredictable, the unforeseeable, and the unknown has been something bewildering, uncomfortable and even dangerous for human beings. However, the abilities of rational thinking and reasoning, of resolving conflicts and problems, and of perceiving space and time has enabled man to devise proposals for the future and design ‘plans.’ Planning, the...
Venice is the perfect prototype of the threefold reality of the European city: the authentic European city, the fake European city, and the virtual European city. In fall 2002, the mayor of Venice went to Japan to promote his city. Venice, like most European cities, suffers from an eroding tax base, so obviously, he addressed Japanese tourist organizations to encourage them to bring more Japanese...
Today the most significant factor underlying the potential for sustainable development is urbanization. Urbanization is dominated by three factors: population growth, rural-urban migration, and subsequent urban expansion. Whereas today, nearly half of the world’s population is living in urban settlements, this ratio will increase to more than 70% by 2025. The number of so-called million cities and...
With the integration of the principle of sustainable development into the new Federal Constitution in 1999, sustainability gained a strong foothold on the federal level in Switzerland. In 1996, the Interdepartmental Committee Rio (IDCRio) published an inventory entitled Sustainable Development for Switzerland (BUWAL 1996), which assessed the implementation of sustainable development in different policy...
Since 1978 the Chinese economy has undergone a fundamental transformation. The decision to ‘open the door,’ i.e., introduce foreign investment, privatize state-owned enterprises, and develop Town and Village Enterprises (TVEs), has profoundly transformed the state socialist system established during the Mao era. Currently, China’s economy is ‘in transition to capitalism.’ However, economic development...
Cities are extraordinary complex and dynamic socio-technical systems that are in a state of permanent flux. Physical urban space is formed and transformed by a ceaseless interplay of production, reproduction, modification, and renewal of buildings and technical infrastructures. The process of urban change is driven by volatile social, economic, and cultural forces on different scales — from local...
Globalization “hits the ground” in Glattal-Stadt1 in the form of a growing population, new construction triggered by the demands of international corporations, activities of real estate developers, and the overwhelming influence of the international airport on the quality of future urban development and environmental conditions. The challenges that accompany economic growth and social change in metropolitan...
Political consulting is of prime importance to planning activities, and particularly so to the field of spatial planning It complements the necessary knowledge needed for the fulfillment of tasks and provides a political perspective. Without it, the responsible planning authorities would be unable to acquire the full extent of the information needed to carry out their tasks. At the same time, planning...
Land use planning nowadays is a commonly used instrument to address the needed optimization of our land resources for the future. In the past, the instrument was primarily used as a means of improving and/or enlarging farmland and farming conditions. More recently, it has become important for other land uses, such as recreation, nature, infrastructure, as well as urban planning. With the world facing...
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