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The Role of Taiwan's Industrial Diversity In Regional Employment Growth - A Comparative Study on Digital Economy Industry and Cultural Innovation Industry
No full textUrban-regional and national economies are more vulnerable to external events and turbulence, such as the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, resulting in a global economic downturn. Recently, understanding the regional (un)related variety is central to create new regional industrial structure, such as digital industry sector and cultural creative industry sector. This causality has been argued and emphasized in evolutionary economic geography, but empirical analysis in the causal influence of related variety on regional employment growth remain less examined in Asian cities. This paper aims to examine the impact of related and non-related variety on employment growth of digital economy industry (DEI) and on cultural and creative industries (CCI) in Taiwan. This paper use spatial regression and spatial lag model analysis to examine this issue through comparing 350 samples of two different industries (DEI and CCI) under the level of towns and cities in Taiwan during 2001 to 2011. Main data comes from Industrial and Commercial Survey in Taiwan. The empirical result shows that related diversity will increase employment growth, while non-related diversity will reduce unemployment growth. And this result will become more significant as the degree of urbanization increases. In addition, digital economy industry are more significant than cultural and creative industries. This research contribution can provide more accurate data analysis for regional economic planning or labor market policies.publishedVersio
The slow line as an opportunity to regenerate heritage in the fragile areas: the case of VENTO project
No full textThe topic dealt with is the tangible and intangible widespread heritage located in the fragile areas of the northern Italy, crossed by the river Po. Here the idea of the line is defined through its thickness, that is the heritage that we want to discover and evaluate, and for which the line represents an opportunity to become a hinge, an anchor and a flywheel, in order to regenerate fragile territories. To undertake this investigation, we will use the VENTO cycle route as case study for applying this analytical approach. VENTO is a territorial project, designed by Politecnico di Milano and part of a network of paths on a national scale decided by the Italian Ministry, that uses a cycle route along the river Po as an opportunity to regenerate fragile areas from Venice to Turin. In this research VENTO proposes itself as an experimental laboratory which provides the possibility of reversing the work perspective on territory. This research, by identifying, mapping and trying to evaluate the heritage along VENTO, will investigate ontologically the relationship between fragility and heritage and how it can change according to this new perspective of the line
White Revolution: Planning Soft Transition to State Socialism
No full text1963 to 1979 marks a period in the history of Iran when the country went through a massive speedy development, a program that is often referred to as The White (bloodless) Revolution. This revolution was a socio-political transition that had land reforms, urban/rural developments, welfare, women rights, health and education at its core. Albeit, for scholars and involved parties, a sixteen-year program of reform was a megalomaniac endeavor that, in spite of its claims, mainly served the political agendas of the King in relation to local and international Leftist threats. In order to pilot this plan correctly, many efforts were made to question the project and pave a reasonable landing for it. The ICA 70 or International Congress of Architects in 1970 was one of such effort that invited experts to Iran to collaborate with the ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, as well as the Association of Iranian Architects, in order to tie development plans to the international context. This happened through a process of questioning the relationship between the traditional (national) architecture of Iran and architectural practices abroad. Among the participants were Paul Rudolph, B.Fuller, George Candilis, Otto Hann, Yoshinobu Ashihara, Philip Will Jr, M. Oswald Ungers and Louis Kahn. Four years after ICA70, the second International Congress of Architecture took place in an attempt to discuss the effect of urbanization in Iran and other industrializing countries at a regional level. This round, Moshe Safdie, Josep Lluis Sert, Kenzo Tange and B.K Doshi were additional members. The outcome of this symposium was the “Charter of Habitat Rights,” which was edited by the group and presented by the government of Iran to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in Vancouver in 1976. As a result of these congresses, the government of Iran hired many of the mentioned architects as active agents in urban planning reforms during The White Revolution. This paper will mainly focus on semi realized and unrealized projects that were the result of such interactions; projects that are reminiscent of a futuristic vision for a city in transition that ultimately remained on paper because of the Islamic Marxist revolution of 1979. Study of this meticulous planning, however, can reveal the current landscape of jump cut urban developments in Iran.publishedVersio
Landing The need for a renewed urban vocabulary for hospitality (and the city)
Get PDFWithin the framework of recent socio-demographic changes, migratory flows have gained a crucial role in the European context, challenging territories and cities, opening up renewed questions for urban governance. Along the migrant trajectory, the paper focuses on migrants’ first arrival in the city and on first reception dynamics, addressing a phase preceding settlement and rather regarding populations with a temporary perspective in the relation to the territory. The work considers the case of Milan, which in Italy has particularly experienced the temporary dimension of first arrival, being until 2015 a transit area and then quickly turning into an arrival city. Assuming the background of existing policies, the work draws on a qualitative observation of Milanese first reception, with specific attention to hospitality “practices”, broadly defined. The observed scenarios show an oversimplified answer to the conditions of temporary populations, often translated in “exceptional” reception spaces and emergency-based policies. The work argues the urgency of a renewed and more complex definition of arriving migrants’ condition and the relevance of existing practices as a powerful mean to challenge ordinary urban governance tools. Questioning the common understanding of arrival may be the first move to imagine the transition towards alternative urban futures and structurally receptive cities.publishedVersio
Where the streets have names
Get PDFThe subject of street names can be interesting to understand a country’s history. The choice of a street name testifies to a country’s interest towards a topic: as, for instance, naming the high street after a renowned patriot, a war hero or a scientist. Over the years various countries renamed streets or squares to make a statement in favour or against a particular historical period. This paper seeks to study the toponymy of Italian streets. By analysing the toponymy databasepublished by Istat, it aims to: rank street names from most to least frequent (by municipality); classify them according to broad categories (e.g. geographical names, politicians, scientists, saints, etc.); georeference them by municipality. This work allows the author to consider the ranking of streets and the reasons behind it. First, the ranking shows the relative importance of a street name. It highlights Italy’s young history: an emphasis on the capital cities, on the Risorgimento, on the Italian language. Secondly, the classification shows the recurrence of some themes: the most important categories are cities, politicians, WWI references, and literati. Lastly, showing the location of street names on a map also allows to make a geographical analysis of Italian toponymy: some names could be more frequent in specific regions than in others due to the influence of local traditions, to political reasons, etc.publishedVersio
Book of abstracts : Planning for Transition, Venice 9-13th July
Get PDFPlanning for Transition – book of proceedings 31; 2Contemporary cities and territories face significant challenges – natural disasters due to climate change impacts, ecological crises, growing socio-economic unrest, global migration, political rifts including a rise of right wing factions, ambitious public works and mega-projects – all of which require new capacities in dealing with such individual and multiple groupings of such challenging and profound changes. It is a matter of fact that at international level a discourse if not a condition of transition is pervading sectors and societies. This discourse points to alternative patterns and solutions to many of the challenges faced. A quickly changing scenario requires forms of planning, both locally and globally, which bear the capacity to support and manage mutable urban and environmental conditions. In fact, although cities do incessantly change, policy-makers and institutions are never fully prepared to respond to complex and risky situations, as well as relying on planning and policy tools which are often outdated; in addition, also existing theoretical frameworks, concepts, cognitive abilities and approaches become ineffective or outmoded. Each unintended or unanticipated change comes as a break to existing social, political, and administrative routines and yet is may be anticipated that mechanisms of collective reflection and action will be generated. The congress invites scholars and practitioners to present and discuss case-studies of cities and projects that have engaged in meeting challenging situations – supporting transitions in urban contexts. Specifically, it is aimed at offering an understanding of the forms of knowledge, concepts, tools, and skills needed to plan and address transition. Furthermore, it seeks to explore whether (and how) managing such changes has brought any overall reconsideration of the city design model and towards more general institutional reconfigurations. The book collects all the abstracts presented at the Aesop Venice 2019 conference. It is articulated in chapters that correspond to the tracks (16) and special sessions proposedpublishedVersio
14. Lessons from Paradise
No full textHosted by Wageningen University
07 October 2019
The 14th Lecture Series took place at Wageningen University, Netherlands and featured Prof. Barrie Needham Paradise Lost! Can it be regained.
The Lecture was introduced by Thomas Hartmann and Wim Van Der Knaap and also included a presentation from Eveline Van Leeuwen The fairphone approach dealing with spatial and temporal dynamic
Video available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMz8N_63OzM&t=5
Foreward Vol. 8 (2019)
Get PDFplaNext-Next Generation Planning Vol. 8 (2019) : Making space for hope 5-5My very first experience with AESOP happened during the second year of my PhD, when I was lucky enough to be selected for the PhD workshop in Seili Island, Finland. I remember that week of “confinement”, so to speak, in an island with a bunch of fellow students and mentors, as a turning point for my PhD. And I am referring not only to the specific inputs I received on my paper; but also to the possibility to share joys and frustrations of a starting academic life in a very horizontal environment, with students and senior researchers. That is why, when I was invited to join the 2018 PhD workshop, again in a northern island, Tjäro, Sweden, but this time as a mentor, I was both flattered and excited. I had the opportunity to contribute to the creation of a similar sense of sharing and academic exchange. Once again, the participation to the workshop was a turning point for my academic career. Indeed, I have learnt more than I can have thought – isn’t this the main lesson to be learnt
Privatization, Marginalization and Reuse of Waterfront Space in New Town——Taking Zhangjiang Science City Zhongshi Unit as an Example
Get PDFIn the past ten years, China has ushered in a new era of urban development. The urban renewal project has gradually changed the original urban pattern. In the suburbs, the construction of new cities has replaced the old towns and formed two types-an industry-led new towns and life-oriented new towns. The Zhangjiang area is one of the earliest industrial zones in Shanghai. It is currently in an important period of transition from industrial zones to the urban area. The comprehensive improvement of scientific research capabilities, living environment and urban vitality is its development goal. The long-term industrial development has led to the relatively closed industrial parks in the Zhangjiang area. The high-end communities have been built everywhere but the supporting facilities are insufficient. This has led to the emergence of city-industry separation, and separation of jobs and residential in the Zhangjiang area. These problems are particularly prominent in the Zhongshi units. In the process of building a fast new town, Zhangjiang Old Town, which was originally water-based, gradually declined, and was replaced by a new town with roads as the development axes. Planners used modern and mature design methods to design highend residential communities and spacious car roads, but also brought public space with novitality. Taking the Zhongshi unit of Zhangjiang Science City as an example, this paper first analyzes the existing characteristics of public space, and takes the waterfront space as the research focus. It is found that the waterfront space is characterized by privatization and marginalization. After that, some urban design method was used to redesign the form of waterfront space , function, and relationship with the surrounding area in order to realize the reuse of the public space