Χωροταξία

30.06.2014
Dead ends: How zoning embalmed cities
Since the last years of the nineteenth century, covenants had been widely used to exclude undesirable people, buildings, and activities from new subdivisions. But these private contracts worked only imperfectly and incompletely. Older neighborhoods still lacked their protection. In principle, landowners could establish restrictions at any time, but in practice covenants had to be imposed in advan......
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ΠΟΛΕΟΔΟΜΙΚΟΣ ΣΧΕΔΙΑΣΜΟΣ, ZONING
26.06.2014
State Supreme Court to rule in Delta pro...
The California Supreme Court has agreed to decide an epic battle over whether the state must condemn and acquire parcels on tens of thousands of acres of private property to conduct preliminary testing for Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to construct two large water-conveyance tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The two tunnels – nearly 40 feet in diameter – would divert river water around t......
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PROPERTY RIGHTS, SUPREME COURT
24.06.2014
From Garden City to new towns: why Brita...
Contrary to popular myth, the UK has a rich and internationally influential history of urban planning, say the curators of this year’s British pavilion exhibition at the Venice Biennale George Osborne dons a hi-viz waistcoat and wanders around Ebbsfleet. Ed Milliband proposes rent control. Bank of England governor Mark Carney warns house prices might damage the economic recovery. All ......
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GARDEN CITIES, PLANNING
27.05.2014
The Bidding For The 2022 Olympics Is A D...
Researchers have known for years that hosting large sporting events like the Olympics always costs more than expected and always yields less revenue and useful long-term infrastructure than estimated. Now voters and politicians in democratically elected countries are starting to realize the same thing. Potential host cities are dropping out of the bidding process for the 2022 Winter Olympics......
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OLYMPIC GAMES
05.05.2014
Racing to Get Ready: Rio 2016 Olympics
It is envisioned as one of the grandest parties in the Western Hemisphere—the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro will be the first South American city to host the quadrennial showpiece, and the events in “Cidade Maravilhosa” (Marvelous City) are expected to constitute one of the most expansive Games ever. For more than two weeks, beginning August 5, 2016, the activities will be staged i......
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OLYMPIC GAMES
05.05.2014
Tokyo Olympics: A City Examines Itself i...
Japan’s sprawling capital city elected a new governor, Yoichi Masuzoe, in February. One of his most important tasks: preparations for a successful 2020 Olympics that stays within its budget, boosts the economy, and leaves a legacy for Tokyo. Tokyo once before hosted a Summer Olympics—in 1964, when massive infrastructure investment helped underpin Japan’s “economic miracle.” The first bullet train......
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OLYMPIC GAMES
05.05.2014
Making Public Spaces Work Overtime
As people increasingly embrace the idea of trading sprawl and traffic congestion for life in high-density communities, demand is growing for well-planned public spaces, including community gardens, pocket parks, rooftop gardens, and reclaimed industrial land. A panel of planning and development experts at the 2014 ULI Spring Meeting in Vancouver last week discussed ways to find room for more urban......
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OPEN SPACES
25.03.2014
Public Trust Doctrine Not Violated By Re...
The New York Court of Appeals held that a license to operate a restaurant in New York's Union Square Park does not constitute an improper alienation of parkland in violation of the public trust doctrine. In Union Sq. Park Community Coalition, Inc.v. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the Court noted that the challenge to the operation of a private restaurant in the park was based up......
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NEW YORK
25.03.2014
A $6.8 Trillion Price Tag for China's Ur...
China has finally put a price tag on its massive plan for urbanization, and it’s a big one. The cost of bringing an additional couple of hundred million people to cities over the next seven years? Some 42 trillion yuan ($6.8 trillion), announced an official from China’s Ministry of Finance last week. “The flaws in the previous model, in which urban construction mostly relied on land sales and fis......
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ΚΙΝΑ, ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ, ΑΣΤΙΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ
14.03.2014
Το Μάντσεστερ δίνει το παράδειγμα
«Δεν υπάρχει περίπτωση να αποπειραθείς να χτίσεις ένα εργοστάσιο διαχείρισης απορριμμάτων κάπου και να μη συναντήσεις διαμαρτυρίες. Γι’ αυτό έχει εξαιρετική σημασία να ενημερώσεις σωστά τους τοπικούς άρχοντες και τις κοινωνίες και να έχεις με το μέρος σου τους πολιτικούς. Στην ανάγκη πρέπει να απευθυνθείς σε κάθε πολίτη ξεχωριστά». Μπορεί όλα αυτά να ακούγονται κάπως... εξωτικά για την Ελλάδα των......
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