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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
15.06.2014
Designing a Manhattan Superstorm Barrier...
A plan to build a 10-mile barrier dubbed the “Big U” to defend New York from the next superstorm received $355 million in federal funding this week. The flood-prevention device is designed to do double duty as public gardens and parkland for city residents. The project is one of six winning proposals in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s yearlong Rebuild by Design competition.......
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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
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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ΑΠΟΡΙΜΑΤΑ, MANCHESTER
09.03.2014
Establishing Separate Ownership In A Ver...
Developers of urban mixed-use projects must answer the question of how to distribute complementary land uses throughout a project.  Residential, retail, commercial and other uses can reside on a single parcel, or they can exist on separate adjacent parcels in close proximity to each other.  Both alternatives must contend with California's subdivision and condominium laws in order to esta......
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12.01.2014
Eminent Domain Fight Has a Canadian Twis...
A Canadian company has been threatening to confiscate private land from South Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico, and is already suing many who have refused to allow the Keystone XL pipeline on their property even though the controversial project has yet to receive federal approval. Randy Thompson, a cattle buyer in Nebraska, was informed that if he did not grant pipeline access to 80 of the 400 a......
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Επιστημονικός Υπεύθυνος της προσπάθειας αυτής έχει οριστεί ο κ. Κωνσταντίνος Τσάντζαλος, Δικηγόρος Αθηνών, πτυχιούχος της Νομικής Σχολής του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, κάτοχος μεταπτυχιακού τίτλου σπουδών (MSc) στο γνωστικό αντικείμενο Χωροταξίας – Πολεοδομίας – Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης του Τμήματος Μηχανικών Χωροταξίας, Πολεοδομίας & Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης της Πολυτεχνικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας και υπ. Διδάκτωρ του Τμήματος Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης της Σχολής Οικονομικών και Πολιτικών Σπουδών του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών.

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