Diversity Indices as 'Magic' Tools in Landscape Planning: A Cautionary Note on their Uncritical Use
Agro-ecology ; Biodiversity ; Diversity theory ; Index ; Landscape ; Planning ; agro-ecology ; biodiversity ; disturbance ; diversity indices ; landscape planning
Diversity indices are often considered by landscape planners as easy to calculate and informative for planning procedures. The main objective of many landscape planners using such indices is 'to obtain the magic number'. The misinterpretation
. This paper highlights the need to plan reliable diversity analysis based on a good understanding of the relevant theory. The quantitative values of indices obtained should be used as the basis for planning only after a critical and qualitative interpretation
Planning delay and the responsiveness of English housing supply
Housing ; Housing market ; Local government unit ; Real estate development ; Supply ; United Kingdom ; Urban planning
The paper presents the findings of empirical research on the time taken to gain planning permission for selected recent major housing projects in southern England. The scale of delay found is far greater than is indicated by average official data
measuring the extent to which local authorities meet planning delay targets. Delays in development control may be a significant contributory factor to the low responsiveness of UK housing supply to upturns in market activity.
2011
[b1] Real Estate Development, School of Real Estate and Planning, The University of Reading, Reading, Royaume-Uni
Plan-led planning systems in development-led practices : an empirical analysis into the (lack of) institutionalisation of planning law
Institution ; Land use ; Legislation ; Municipality ; Netherlands (The) ; Town planning ; Urban development ; Urban planning ; Urban policy ; Urbanization
Les AA. analysent le rôle de la nouvelle loi d’urbanisme qui fournit un nouveau cadre légal aux demandes de permis de construire aux Pays Bas. Bien qu’il ait permis l’adoption d’un grand nombre de plan d’utilisations du sol, il ne facilite pas le
The use of maps to help diagnose the processes by which the Romans may have planned their roads and walls in northern Britain, with particular reference to the Antonine Wall in Scotland
Antonine wall ; Archaeology ; Cartography ; Public works ; Road ; Scotland ; Strategic planning ; United Kingdom
Street between the Vale of York and Newstead in Scotland, the processes of Roman road planning are interpreted and described. The possibility is then examined that these processes may have been applied to the planning of Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine
Canada ; Consumer behaviour ; Land use ; Price fixing ; Retail trade ; Suburbanization ; Town ; Urban planning
The paper explores the challenges that planners, developers and municipal councillors encounter in trying to implement retail uses as part of the mix in suburban areas of three Canadian cities. Planners employ evolutionary theories of urban
development to naturalise their normative visions of walkable and sociable communities. By contrast, developers point to consumer behaviour to explain why planners' ideas on mix do not work.
Renouvellement urbain et risque inondation : le plan-guide « Seine-Ardoines »
Flood ; Flood control ; France ; Ile-de-France ; Local government unit ; Planning project ; Scenario ; Urban planning ; Urbanism ; Val-de-Marne ; Vulnerability
le but d’y construire davantage d’immeubles de logements et de bureaux. L’article évoque le projet Seine Ardoines à Vitry-sur-Seine, dans un site clef du Grand Paris. Le plan-guide se présente comme un instrument d’aménagement original, permettant
Prospects for expanding regional planning efforts in Michigan
Community ; Economies of scale ; Land use ; Local administration ; Michigan ; Municipality ; Regional development ; Regional economy ; Regional planning ; Regional planning authority ; Tax policy ; United States of America
2011
[b2] Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Wayne State Univ., Detroit, Etats-Unis
The citizen participation of urban movements in spatial planning : a comparison between Vigo and Porto
Citizenship ; Comparative study ; Neighbourhood ; Participation ; Porto ; Portugal ; Spain ; Urban administration ; Urban planning ; Urban policy
Examen des deux derniers plans directeurs élaborés dans ces villes. Il s'agit d'évaluer ce que les mouvements urbains ont apporté à la participation des habitants dans le cadre de ces plans. Les phases de transition vers la démocratie ont fait
Planning context and urban intensification outcomes : Sydney versus Toronto
Australia ; British Columbia ; Canada ; Housing policy ; Large city ; New South Wales ; Public sector ; Public transport ; Sydney ; Urban density ; Urban development ; Urban hierarchy ; Urban planning ; Urban policy ; Vancouver
2011
[b1] School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, Australie
Greening the campus without grass : using visual methods to understand and integrate student perspectives in campus landscape development and water sustainability planning
and ranked photographs of prospective campus landscape images and how they perceived its value. It is suggested how student values can be integrated into traditional landscape development and campus planning.
Aesthetics ; Agriculture ; Biodiversity ; Cultural patrimony ; Farm ; Landscape evaluation ; Leisure ; Sweden ; agriculture ; biodiversity ; cultural heritage ; farm plan ; integration ; landscape values ; recreation
explores the synergies and conflicts that can arise between these landscape values when planning at the farm scale. The results demonstrated that it was not easy to integrate the considered landscape values in practice, though we are often asked for them
approach of landscape architects can contribute to developing multifunctional farm plans and how the design process results in farm-specific solutions.
2011
[b2] Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Collectivité locale ; Coopération intercommunale ; Développement durable ; Environnement urbain ; France ; Législation ; Niort ; Occupation du sol ; Plan d'urbanisme ; Planification urbaine ; Poitou-Charentes ; Urbanisme
France ; Inter-community cooperation ; Land utilisation ; Legislation ; Local government unit ; Poitou-Charentes ; Sustainable development ; Urban environment ; Urban planning ; Urban programme ; Urbanism
Colectividad local ; Cooperación intercomunal ; Desarrollo sostenible ; Entorno urbano ; Francia ; Legislación ; Ocupación del suelo ; Plan de urbanismo ; Planificación urbana ; Urbanismo
Le Plan Local d'Urbanisme est un outil de développement et de prospective territoriale à l'échelle communale qui permet de mieux maîtriser l'occupation du sol. Le Grenelle de l'Environnement place le développement durable au coeur de la conception
Planning policy and retail property investment in the UK
Decision ; Inner city ; Investment ; Land use ; Real estate development ; Real estate market ; Retail trade ; United Kingdom ; Urban area ; Urban economy ; Urban planning
2011
[b1] Department of Town and Regional Planning, Univ., Sheffield, Royaume-Uni
Frontier region ; Germany ; Model ; Poland ; Regional development ; Regional planning ; Rural development ; Trans-border area ; Urban hierarchy
The article presents models of rural development in the German-Polish border area. Special attention was paid to the planning instruments and the mechanisms of the influence of EU, the state of Germany and the Bundesland Brandenburg. Moreover, cross
-border cooperation of NGOs was discussed. In the framework of the joint planning of the two federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg, a model of spatial development based on a system of central cities was introduced. This model assumes that the central
city and its surroundings form the so-called nearer area of inter-linkages through the polycentric development of the country. The development of a region is polycentric, that is, it not only focuses on urban areas, but also includes the entire planning
The article represents focus groups as the method of public participation in the spatial planning process in the case of demographic analysis in the study area of four municipalities of Upper Gorenjska region. The first part of the article describes