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The Research on Formation Mechanism of the Rural Red Culture Tourism Industry Cluster and Application - Reflections from the Comparative Analysis of the “Revolutionary Resort” Xibaipo Town and “Green Dot” Dashi Town
No full textRed culture tourism has emerged as a new theme tour in China. Developing red culture tourism industry is a special way to activate economic and revitalize cultural for the villages in old revolutionary area. In fact, when red tourism intervenes in rural development, some villages can form red culture tourism industry cluster. In addition to the villages' own resources, social network condition and market demand, the policy regulation and planning guidance behind are also important. By taking “Revolutionary Resort” Xibaipo town as an example, whose red tourism have developed into a rather mature stage, we firstly studied the overall distribution of the red tourism industry cluster, and analyzed the formation mechanism. Then, we used Xibaipo town as a comparison case. With the help of the National "Green Dot" Rural Revitalization Competition platform, we analyzed the practical problems in the development of red tourism resources in the Guangan village, Dashi Town, Sichuan Province, and put forward the industrial cluster model of "Cultural Innovation" and "Scientific and Technological Innovation" to promote the benign development of rural agriculture, society and ecology. Hope to provide a new idea about the red resources’ development for the villages in the old revolutionary area in the future.publishedVersio
Management plans of Natura 2000 Sites and coastal land use plans: A study concerning an integrated approach to management of coastal zones in the Sulcis Area (Sardinia, Italy)
No full textPlanning for Transition – book of proceedings 31; 2The Protocol of the Barcelona Convention on integrated coastal zone management defines integrated coastal zone management as “…a dynamic process for the sustainable management and use of coastal zones, taking into account at the same time the fragility of coastal ecosystems and landscapes, the diversity of activities and uses, their interactions, the maritime orientation of certain activities and uses and their impact on both the marine and land parts.” Although integrated approach to coastal zone management has increasingly acquired importance within the international debate, with particular reference to the European Union context, its implementation puts in evidence relevant issues as regards the conflict between conservation measures related to environment and natural resources, and local development-related strategies. From this perspective, Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) processes are particularly important since they are based on the implementation of a methodological and technical framework which aims at integrating environmental sustainability-related objectives, defined in national and regional strategies, into the local development strategies whose goals reflect needs and expectations identified by the local governments and communities. In a SEA-based conceptual framework, this study proposes a methodological approach to the integration of strategies and related measures expressed by the management plans of Natura 2000 Sites into coastal land use plans, which generates a system of consistent objectives and related planning actions. The fundamental assumption is that SEA of management plans and coastal land use plans is very effective to build consistency in terms of sustainability-oriented strategies and local development measures. The proposed methodology is implemented in order to integrate costal planning strategies and conservation measures related to management plans of Natura 2000 Sites with reference to three case studies concerning three municipalities, Calasetta and Carloforte, located in South-Western Sardinia, Italy.publishedVersio
Report from the 2019th Association of European schools of planning annual conference: 9–13 July 2019, Venice, Italy
No full textPlanning Perspectives, 35(2)The 2019th AESOP conference took place in Venice, on 9–13 of July. This year’s conference consisted of five intensive days that included more than 100 different panels, which consisted of thematic and special sessions, roundtables, discussions and poster presentations. Overall, more than 1000 scholars attended the 2019 AESOP, representing almost 100 different institutions word wide. The 2019th conference was overall a stimulating and intriguing event, which was further enhanced by the city of Venice, the chosen venues and the evident organization. One could only hope that future conferences will continue to embrace the same level, depth and diversity of topics, while encouraging a wider and more critical approach to the question of planning history.publishedVersio
Street-Level Democracy? Urban professionals as participatory innovators in neighbourhood planning processes
No full textIn 2017 the municipality of Amsterdam launched a programme to combat a housing shortage and realise ambitious societal goals for 32 of its most deprived neighbourhoods. After decades of urban renewal projects, these areas still scored poorly on most socio-economic indicators. The programme aims to develop more affordable housing for low- and middleincome households, to revitalise the existing public spaces of these neighbourhoods and to improve the residents’ socio-economic position. In addition, , the progressive municipal council installed in 2018 intends to democratise urban renewal processes with the aim of increasing community involvement. The first phases of the urban renewal programme have now been completed and the ‘streetlevel bureaucrats’ involved adopted the democratization agenda. The focus has shifted to the challenges these bureaucrats face. To identify the key challenges confronting them during the participation process, 30 qualitative interviews were conducted. In partnership with the municipality, the AUAS also developed a community of learning with street-level bureaucrats who work in the designated neighbourhoods by organising monthly learning sessions. These street-level bureaucrats work at the nexus of new participatory ambitions and ossified municipal bureaucracies. They are constantly searching for shortcuts within planning procedures to ensure that citizens’ needs and ideas are incorporated in the plans they develop. Their disruptive interventions potentially reveal effective pathways for democratic community-based development
Bachelor Programme in Territorial, Urban, Environmental and Landscape Planning (School of Planning and Design Politecnico di Torino)
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https://ror.org/00bgk9508The Bachelor Programme in Territorial, Urban, Environmental and Landscape Planning delivered at Politecnico di Torino brings together the following aspects of quality in planning education:
— Academic curriculum:
• A broad range of appropriate disciplines that introduces and integrates disciplinary perspectives to prepare the student for an effective planning career.
• A strong grounding in the spatial sciences encouraging the development of spatial skills and spatial sensibilities.
— Teaching pedagogy:
• The use of an appropriate range of pedagogic techniques in teaching units (Unità Didattiche) to target disciplinary learning needs.
• The use of the ‘cross -‐curricular studios’ with a workshop to encourage problem-‐based and inquiry-‐based learning.
— Elements of distinctiveness:
• A distinctive focus on the operational character of its curriculum that comprises a compulsory internship undertaken in the context of public and private working environments.
• A distinctive focus on teaching activities addressing planning tools and practices at different scales of spatial intervention
Inclusive experiential learning at graduate level planning studio: A collaborative governance case
Get PDFThis study conveys the two-semester studio experience of the Urban Planning Master’s Program at Istanbul Technical University in the 2018-19 academic year. The aim is to build on the conducting of this studio considering its teaching strategies, methods, and curriculum, which were designed for an experiential learning and collaboration experience in line with its topic of collaborative planning and governance. Planning studios in Turkey are largely characterized by an ends-driven comprehensive planning paradigm. However, this study argues that in order to address contemporary planning practices and increasingly complex planning problems such as those in Istanbul, today’s planning studios must explicitly focus on the means of the planning issue at hand and invite students to take on the role of the actual practitioners and empathize with local stakeholders. Based on these premises, the first-semester studio allowed the students to choose a case neighborhood in Istanbul in line with their academic interests. Supported with relevant theoretical readings and case-driven literature research, they were involved in a field trip, a formal briefing at the local municipality, thematic data gathering and analysis (including an advanced stakeholder analysis), assessments, and collaborative planning proposals with spatial, financial and participatory aspects. In the following semester, they were expected to fit their refined plans into a collaborative governance model. They discussed various approaches in both a structured studio debate and an on-site focus group study with local actors to test and revise their models. Through instructor observations, jury assessments, and informal student feedback, the preliminary findings have revealed that an interactive and inclusive studio design which actively involves both students and local actors has greater benefits for graduate students’ motivation, comprehension, and solution generation to real-life planning issues. These findings will be further tested towards a refined studio framework by the end of the academic yea
Climate Justice and integrated flooding risk assessment and management: A framework and case studies in USA and Taiwan
Get PDFClimate justice reveals inequitable coping capacity to climate change impacts among socially vulnerable groups. As extreme events have become more frequent and intense under climate change, increased flooding risks have threatened communities around the world, and the hardest hits are the socially vulnerable populations. How can planners assess climate justice and manage integrated risks? What is the role of planners for addressing climate justice and enhancing resilience of vulnerable communities? Climate justice and risk assessment are aligned to integrate exposure to climate change associated hazards (ecological vulnerability), sensitivity (social vulnerability) and adaptability (technological vulnerability) assessment. The framework was applied to case studies in Michigan, USA, and Tainan, Taiwan. Employing Geographical Information Systems, climate justice hotspot in three cities were identified in the Huron River watershed, Michigan, USA. Interviews with planners gauging their institutional capacity towards climate change adaptation revealed that Ypsilanti is the most climate unjust because of a lack of resources to act on climate change. In the case for Rende District, Tainan, Taiwan, the community is identified as one of the most flood-prone districts in in addition to a growing aging population of 65 years old and older, which is considered a climate justice hotspot. A series of technical interventions were conducted with district leaders and residents and demonstrated a range of adaptive capacity among the seniors with various arrangement of dwelling unit. Additionally, the leadership to mobilize community-based risk management integrating smart technology and residents’ participation in risk management has enhanced their coping capacity to climate change-induced flooding. The two case studies implied that planners can bridge the gaps between calculated and perceived risks by applying both quantitative and qualitative assessment in order to identify and address climate justice in local communities. Finally, the community-engaged climate change adaptation with the strength of local leadership and stewardship can ensure the long-term sustainability and resilience of the community.publishedVersio
Research of an Indicators System for the Compact Urban Form based on the Healthy City Criteria
Get PDFThe compact city theory develops different connotations in different eras. In the information age, the way people live has changed, which leads to the reconstruction of urban functions and forms, and therefore it is necessary to develop the compact city theory accordingly. This thesis firstly reviews the development history of compact city theory in different eras, and then explores the impact of information age on urban functions and forms, and considers that living space of people has changed from real physical space to physical space integrated with virtual network space in the information age. Finally, it is concluded that function division in the future city will be more blurred, land use will be more compatible and mixed, and the city’s structure develops from single center to multi-center or homogeneous center network, based on which new measurement index for compact city is proposed to measure compactness of city in the information age.This study was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51878428) , Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province, China (16KJB560014), and Science and Technology Project of Jiangsu Construction Systems(2016ZD45).publishedVersio
Identifying the Impacts of Union Stations on Housing Price in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Get PDFThe aim of this study is to investigate the impacts of proximity to different mass rapid transit (MRT) stations on housing price in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, in terms of the number of their transit lines. Kaohsiung is the only city in Taiwan where more than four different transit services were developed and built jointly in/around MRT stations as union stations, i.e. High-speed Rail (HSR), Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Commuter Rail Transit (CRT). Constructing such union stations is a way of implementing Transit-oriented Development (TOD) to synergize land use and transportation for promoting accessibility and sustainability in cities. This could lead to an increase in land value and housing price around the TOD project due to the increased proximity to the transit station. The uplift for housing price has been well studied by analyzing single stations or comparing stations across cities; however, little attention was paid to different types of transit union stations, where multiple transit rail lines converge. This study proposes that a union station project, in particular, could lead to a greater increase in the housing price due to its greater connectivity. This study hypothesized that if more types of transit lines are jointly constructed in a union station, it will bring about a larger effect on lifting housing price. The study collected housing transaction data from a real estate information system published by the Department of Land Administration, Taiwan, and built four regression models to test the hypotheses. The results show that union stations generally have larger impacts on lifting housing price, but rejected the hypothesis that three-modal union stations can exert a larger impact on housing price than two-modal union stations. The discussions and limitations are noted in the conclusion for further study.publishedVersio
Training Young Planners as Experts in Participatory Processes: Thoughts and Experiences from Palermo, Italy
Get PDFThe following reflections are based on an innovative planning education model inspired by the cooperation of the Department of Architecture with public and private stakeholders. The model is based on two topics that are widely debated in urban studies, but apparently unconnected: the dissemination of participatory practices and cooperation between public and private actors, and the scientific and professional training to provide for new generations of urban planners. We argue that preparing students engaged in urban studies to the management of participatory practices is an inescapable need in today’s Italian and international context. To address the issue of public-private cooperation in Italy, as a new approach to contemporary governance, we must consider that participation is increasingly becoming a subject of discussion. In the educational path we propose, qualitative techniques have been used mainly, but not exclusively. Thanks to the comparison of the points of view of the social actors involved in these processes, planning students have acquired professional skills that are producing significant professionalizing effects, including the birth of some associations of young graduates engaged in cooperation processes with the municipal administration. We therefore believe the experience of Palermo can be significant beyond the unique local context