The question of "city authorship" often arises in the context of masterplan design. Can architects and urban planners determine the extent to which a city will evolve through its initial design? The answer is no. User authorship then acknowledges that city planning should not be approached like ...
In this book authors contribute to broader debates about the provision and the administration of urban services. They argue that, despite the claims of the emergence of new urban governance, based on decentred and dispersed forms of service provision, the evidence for this is equivocal. The edito...
The Governmentality of Master Planning: Housing Consumption, Aesthetics and Community on a New Estate The emergence of advanced liberalism as a political rationality has been accompanied by a trend towards more privatized forms of governing, in which market... LA Cheshire,T Rosenblatt,G Lawrence,.....
For application forms and to find out more about the Development Process,click here. For more information or questions, contact a planner atplanningdept@cityofslidell.orgor985-646-4320. planningdept@cityofslidell.orgduring weekday business hours. Planning& Zoning Richard Reardon, Chair Landon Wash...
As the spotlight now shifts to Los Angeles, the 2028 Summer Olympics present a different approach from a built environment and urban planning perspective. During the 2024 Olympics, Paris used its rich cultural heritage as a backdrop for competition, reimagining sports within the city's built ...
In contrast, dramatic urbanization is taking place in developing countries, so that insights about how the urban form affects UHI intensities could provide guidance for the large scale planning of cities, where there is a great demand of new infrastructure. Thus, we search for traceable signatures...
In my 8 February 2025 blog post It Was The “Rushed And Incoherent” Jibe That Got Me I referred to the impact which the December 2024 NPPF has made by way of the introduction of the “grey belt” test, particularly in relation to decision making on planning applications and appeals. The...
1. The geo-economic argument refers to new forms of city- suburban cooperation, regional coordination, region-wide spatial planning and metropolitan institutional organisation promoted in Western European city-regions (Brenner, 2003; Harrison, 2017). Growing tensions between nation-states and "their" ...
Not Just a Train Stop: The Evolution of Transit-Oriented Developments in East Asia February 24, 2025 Tokyo Station, Tokyo Japan. Image © 江戸村のとくぞう via Wikipedia under license CC BY-SA 4.0 Transit-Oriented Development(TOD) is a comprehensive urban planning strategy aimed at creating ...
My most recent conversation withHelmut Jahnat hisChicagooffice is a case in point. “Architecture is all about going with your gut. I prefer when form follows force rather than function,” he told me. His distinguished career has been one of twists and turns, and he is not planning to gi...