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Economic policy and spatial planning. The case study of the special economic zone
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Regional policy, which basically lies in the balancing of spatial disparities, combined with the optimization of the efficiency of placements, make up the spatial development policy, which is implemented through planning. This proposal is about incorporating, coordinating, and attempting to balance economic policies and spatial planning in the European Union and Greece. The most widespread tool is the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), which is based on economic policy and spatial agglomeration theories. SEZ involves issues of urban development, such as location, size, the distance from the existence of resources and raw materials, connection to networks and infrastructure, etc. The effectiveness resulted from a study of three examples; Ireland, China and the most active in Europe, the Polish Zone. In Greece, there is no institutionalised SEZ, even though the issue is not unprecedented and returns to the debate at regular intervals. In conclusion, three (3) pillars are recognised for the achievement of the SEZ in a country: (i) the correlation of the strategic approach of the SEZ and the development policy; (ii) the strategic dynamism, regarding the risk of such a venture both for business investors and for the state; and (iii) implementation. To the above, a fourth pillar the integrated approach to spatial planning outside the zone could be added.
Keywords: Special economic zone, spatial planning, spatial agglomeration, economic policy, free taxespublished versio
A comparative product analysis of online and face-to-face basic design education
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023The first year of education in the city and regional planning discipline focuses on one on one and face to face basic design education, primarily conducted through planning studios I II. Assignments are given to freshmen to enhance their urban planning and design knowledge, perspectives, design thinking, creative thinking, and design judgments. The COVID 19 Pandemic and the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes occurred successively, resulting in a significant shift towards online university education. Course instructors and administrations had to amend education methodologies, materials, and course contents accordingly. The aims and objectives of design courses were fulfilled through various digitalized learning systems and programs. However, the quality of the design products declined during this period. Therefore, this study aims to compare the basic design outputs of students in the online courses of 2020 2021 and the face-to-face courses of 2022 2023 fall term planning studios at Süleyman Demirel University in Isparta, Turkey. The purpose is to determine the effectiveness of different education methodologies in basic design education and assess the outcomes in terms of quality and performance. Assignments from both online and face to face courses will be compared to evaluate the impacts of online education on students' learning and creativity. This research is exploratory in nature and employs a comparative analysis of two fall term final assignments (The Shell Project), assessing their level of meeting 16 design requirements. The evaluation of the study was conducted based on the grades of the submission, final grades, and course success grades and averages. The research presented shows an increase in the design quality of assignments in face-to-face education. This improvement is attributed to enhancements in meeting course requirements, the interactive nature of the courses, and changes in implementation processes. Additionally, there was a higher level of interaction with students, and their processes. Additionally, there was a higher level of interaction with students, and their efforts to learn and actively participate in the course were accelerated. The outcomes of efforts to learn and actively participate in the course were accelerated. The outcomes of this research are expected to provide valuable insights for lecturers and academic staff this research are expected to provide valuable insights for lecturers and academic staff involved in first involved in first--year planning studios. It will assist them in the development of course year planning studios. It will assist them in the development of course curricula, methodologies, and the preparation and delivery of design education for curricula, methodologies, and the preparation and delivery of design education for teaching the visual language teaching the visual language.
Keywords: City planning, Basic Design education, Online education, Face-City planning, Basic Design education, Online education, Face-to-face education, Covid education, Covid-19.published versio
The national village and the nationalities in village: the identity of hui nationality and evolution of residential space in Xuzhou ancient town, Yunnan province
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023This paper attempts to use the methods of oral history and morphological analysis to sort out the development of residents of Hui nationality in Xizhou Ancient Town since the late of the Qing Dynasty and explore its role in the evolution of the Xiuzhou Ancient Town. Then to summarize the relationship between national identity and the spatial form of daily life through the combination of the two aspects. Taking the lives of the Bai and Hui people in Xizhou under the background of tourism as a slice, this paper also makes considerations and critique on the impact of the cognitive way based on national identity on the traditional towns and villages in Yunnan.
Keywords: national identify, public space, dwellings, traditional townpublished versio
The relationship between natural resources and children's interaction with nature in experimental primary schools: a study on environmental settings and curriculum in Taiwan’s experimental primary schools
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023The intellectual development of children has always been a crucial part of education. However, traditional education in Taiwan often leads to a limited understanding of the local community and a lack of interaction with nature and the community, thus impacting their developmental rights. In recent years, the Ministry of Education has promoted the “Outdoor Education Program” to encourage schools to lead students out of the campus and engage with nature. Unfortunately, COVID 19 has hindered the implementation of this program. Experimental schools, on the other hand, have integrated natural resources into their spaces early on. Therefore, through researching how these schools utilize natural resources to support the curriculum, we hope to evaluate the assistance and limitations provided by different natural environmental experiences while considering the rights of children’s development. This study aims to provide a framework for adjusting campus and surrounding environmental planning within the context of traditional education in Taiwan.
Keywords: children, natural resources, interaction with nature, experimental primary school, COVID 19 epidemicpublished versio
Research on the worker community governance transformation and residents’ self-organization: a case study of Pingdingshan city, China
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023In China, state owned enterprises used to responsible for building workers' houses and providing public services such as education and medical treatment for their employees. However, in recent years, the governance of worker community has been transformed from “unitary management” (managed by the enterprise), to "multi governance” (managed by the government, property company and residents’ organizations). State owned enterprises are not responsible for community management anymore. Instead, residents’ self-organization is seen as an important governance force. This research takes a traditional coal resource-based city as an example, through methods of data review, field survey and semi structured interview, analyzing the main types of residents' self-organization and the challenges during the autonomy process. Furthermore, this paper indicates that social capital and official supervision should be strengthen in autonomic practice.
Key words: state owned enterprise; worker community; governance transformation; residents’ self-organizationpublished versio
Zoning changes in recent Italian urban plans for sustainable regenerations: the cases of Milan and Bologna
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023The spatial planning of the twentieth century shows different consequences of rigid uses of zoning as technical tool that determined too homogeneous urban areas. However, in the last twenty years the renovation of that zoning has been increasingly present in the Italian urban planning. The main question is: how has zoning changed in recent decades? Starting from this query, the paper proposes some reflections studying specific sources: Italian urban Plans, in particular the recent Plans of Bologna and Milan. Here it is argued that the indispensable overcoming of traditional zoning in recent urban Plans, although it has introduced important innovations on the necessary flexibility of the instruments themselves, at the same time has weakened the rules on the physical and social dimension of urban transformations.
Keywords: Italian urban planning; regulatory plans; zoning innovations; urban fabricpublished versio
Comparing methods for neighbourhood mapping with children in the context o Türkiye
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023This study focuses on gathering data about children's experiences outside home. The aim is to compare survey methods with writing and drawing activity, and proposed screen-based mapping methods with auxiliary visuals. The study includes 154 children aged nine to twelve from Aliağa and Menemen districts of İzmir metropolitan area in Türkiye. The face-to-face surveys at schools asked children about their neighbourhood attributes, places of likes, dislikes, and where they spend time outside home and school, focusing on their activities, and daily environments. One method requires all children to write or draw. The second method involves GIS based mapping with researcher guidance. Results compare the two methods. The discussions aim to find ways to encourage young children to talk more about their daily surroundings and how this relates to their spatial orientation and perception of their neighbourhood. The results have the potential to contribute to planning practices for including children in plan making processes.
Keywords: Children, neighbourhoods, mapping, methods for child studies, geographic information systemspublished versio
Post-epidemic era community micro-regeneration of active health intervention: a case study of tongda community in Wuhan, China
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023As the world enters the post epidemic era, how to create a community environment that meets the physical and health needs of residents has gradually become the focus of micro regeneration of old communities in China. Based on the analysis of the promoting effect of community physical spatial environment on residents' health, this paper constructs a community active health intervention system framework that includes two levels of "path and place" and six aspects of "connectivity, safety, pleasantness, complexity, balance, and quality". Taking the micro regeneration of Tongda Community as an example, by optimizing the design of community spatial environment, active health intervention is carried out on residents' activities and behaviors, providing experience for the future development of the community from the perspective of health.
Keywords: China; Residents' health; Community public space; Micro regeneration; Active health interventionpublished versio
Comparing community engagement in planning education and co-creation in higher education: a literature review
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Higher education has recently started to adopt co creation design methods to foster active learning. However, long before this trend, planning education had already been using teaching methods such as studios that incorporate community participation to reap the benefits of teacher student co creation. This study explored the similarities and differences between teacher student co creation in higher education and community-based planning education in several aspects: research purpose, theoretical concept, methodology, and pedagogy. A literature map was produced according to the findings. Compared with higher education, community-based planning education focuses more on interdisciplinary collaboration and deals with more uncertainty in the face of complex issues. There is a need for further research on teacher student interaction from the perspective of students.
Keywords: Community Engagement, Literature Review, Planning Education, Higher Education, Co creation of Learningpublished versio
Overtourism and spatial planning in Greece : Challenges
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023The recovery of tourism following the pandemic resurfaced the challenges of the tourism sector. There is a worldwide dispute about whether overtourism exists or is the result of inadequate tourism planning and management. The most common consequences are the exhaustion of resources, (over)crowding of tourists, popular discontent, displacement of residents, the transformation of the neighborhoods’ character, changing land uses to satisfy tourism demand, land, and public space exploitation, sharing economies, overloaded infrastructure, etc. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the issue of overtourism via a spatial planning approach. Specifically, the spatial planning tools and policies applied in Greece if any as a response to tourism over-crowding will be presented and analyzed. The upper aim is to finally answer if the symptoms are due to overtourism or tourism mismanagement.
Keywords: planning, tourism, overtourism, policies, managementpublished versio