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Relax or Maintain? The Implications from Korean Urban Growth Management Experience with the Greenbelt Policy
No full textIs suburban sprawl declining in Canadian Metropolitan Areas? Implications of recent growth trends on density and housing affordability
No full textEffects of Relaxing the Urban Growth Management Policy: Greenbelt Policy of Seoul Metropolitan Area, South Korea
No full textThis study analyzes the effects of relaxing the greenbelt in the Seoul Metropolitan Area of South Korea. Ordinary least squares and generalized least squares regressions were employed to measure the policy's effect on four sprawl measurement criteria: physical growth containment, land and housing values, community service provision cost, and commuting cost. Relaxing the greenbelt guided new development inside the greenbelt and decreased the percentage change in property tax and land price relative to the urban core throughout the region. The relaxation decreased fiscal burden in areas beyond the greenbelt; however, commuting data analyses showed that the commuting costs remained high.
The implication of regional and local growth management policies on sprawl: A case of the Calgary Metropolitan Area
No full textThe Calgary Metropolitan Area experienced unprecedented growth between 1991 and 2011, becoming the most densifying metropolitan area in Canada. New developments during this period were concentrated in the city edge and exurban areas in parallel with the population growth and occurred contiguously to the existing urban areas. Local growth management policies were found to be effective in densifying the inner suburban areas. However, during the same 2 decades, municipalities outside the city boundary also experienced substantial growth and a considerable increase in the number of their residents relying on automobiles to commute to jobs in Calgary, showing the sign of regional sprawl. The growth challenges of the Calgary metro were felt increasingly more regionally over the years, creating a need for stronger regional growth management.
Heat vulnerability and spatial equity of cooling center: Planning implications from the Korean case
No full textOver the past decade, the number of patients with heat-related illnesses has steeply increased in South Korea. South Korea's main heat adaptation planning revolves around providing cooling shelters, mostly in the form of elderly centers, to those who cannot afford adequate cooling resources. While implementing such a policy is important, it is also important to evaluate the effectiveness of existing policies to derive useful planning implications for future heat adaptation planning. Controlling for the spatial autocorrelation of residuals using the Generalized Least Squares (GLS), we found that the cooling centers in Seoul are overall well-distributed which was attributable to the local heat response policies. However, cooling shelters have been mostly designated in senior shelters lacking mainstreamed discussion that heat vulnerability can be influenced by much diverse factors than age.
Enhancing Collaborative Planning with Social Media Data: A Case from 2017 Calgary Municipal Election
No full textTracking Planning Decision Making Process using Elected Officials’ Social Media Communication
No full textRevisiting Political Economy of Greenbelt for Sustainable Urban Growth Management - A Cross-country Case Study
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Winter Storm Uri and the Texas Energy Crisis: Implications for Climate and Energy Justice in San Antonio, TX
No full textWinter Storm Uri hit Texas in February 2021, leaving millions of people without power. This winter storm and energy crisis provide an example of failed climate planning but present an opportunity to understand response and resiliency during climate change-related events in Texas. In San Antonio, where climate resilience research is falling behind, it is important to understand resiliency during extreme climatic events. Impacts experienced by the public can be compared to communications of elected officials and utility providers to help us understand whether the responses were sufficient enough to address the needs and wants of the communities during the disaster. We performed text content analyses using Twitter data collected from San Antonio’s elected officials, utility providers, and the public during a four-week timeframe covering the pre- and post-disaster period. The results demonstrate two main outcomes: 1) elected officials' Twitter activities spiked during the storm focusing on warnings, resources, and situation updates but not so much on recovery, and 2) communications were not translated into sufficient action to prepare for future climate change-related events
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