Town and village in European Russia : a book review essay
European part of Russia ; Handbook ; Town ; Village
Compte rendu d'un livre de 560 p. avec 560 fig. essentiellement des cartes, 90 tabl. et 5 appendices géostatistiques intitulé, Town and Village in European Russia : 100 years of change.
Three interesting articles concerning the concept growth town (Governmental Report on Urbanization) as illustrated in the case of Breda. These articles report on issues as town conservation and renovation, extension planning and problems concerning
The changing competitive relationship between small town centres and out-of-town retailing : town revival in South Wales
The article seeks to examine whether the reinvestment process has improved the commercial situation of a small town in the context of strong local competition and continued retail decentralisation. It is possible to reverse the commercial fortunes
Newcastle : the development of a model apartheid town and beyond
Apartheid ; KwaZulu-Natal ; Segregation ; South Africa ; Town ; Urban development ; Urban planning
The paper explores the history of state planning in the apartheid era in Newcastle, and the way it has shaped the long-term development trajectory of the town. It suggests that while the long-term effects of planning are very evident in the town
The article presents a contemporary profile of the socio-economic characteristics of 20 Jamaican shanty towns in Montego Bay, Spanish Town, and rural St. Andrew, utilizing data from surveys conducted between 1978 and 1982. The processes
of development and the internal dynamics of these settlements over a 20 year period are discussed. Includes glossary of Jamaican terms related to shanty town life. (MPM).
The new town movement, originated in Britain in the ideas of Howard, was active in successfully implementing two new towns on a cooperative basis, Letchworth and Welwyn. These ideas became important on the Continent when the new town movement
Small town growth and development policy in Pakistan
Agricultural economics ; Location ; Pakistan ; Regional disparities ; Rural centre ; Rural development ; Small town ; Urbanization ; Urbanization of the countryside
This study examines the process of small town development and growth in Pakistan. The towns located in the agriculturally developed areas have better opportunities for development than the others. Although government economic development policies
have influenced the location and development of small towns, local leadership plays an important role in their socio-economic development.
Afrique du Sud ; Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Identité culturelle ; Langue ; Quartier ; Religion ; Société urbaine ; Ségrégation
Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Cultural identity ; Language ; Religion ; Segregation ; South Africa ; Urban district ; Urban society
Cape Town is a suitable experimental ground to focus the methodological and conceptual shift from a national to an urban resolution level in language mapping. Although Cape Town is linguistically one of the least diverse cities in South Africa
Volkshuisvesting in groeikernen| een beleidsevaluatie. (Living in new towns: on appraisal of new town housing policy)
Final report of a study commissioned by the Central Housing Authority, Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning. The main objective was an appraisal of the housing policy for new towns and recommendations for desirable modifications. A second goal
was an investigation of the practical problems and data limitations encountered in monitoring the housing policy. Four new towns were selected for this study Spijkenisse, Zoetermeer, Nieuwegein and Hoorn. (AGD).
Images and attitudes towards towns built in people's Poland. The case of Nowa Huta
Attitude ; Behaviour ; Cracow ; New town ; Outer conurbation area ; Perception ; Perception of the urban environment ; Poland ; Urban area
Research concerning attitudes towards new Polish towns was undertaken in 1988. The investigations were carried out in a group of people that have a particular attitude towards space because of their profession, i.e. group of taxi-drivers
. Their special image of the town is due to both to the perfect knowledge of the town resulting from their mobility and to the greatnumber of human contacts―not found in other professions―the main subject of which is the town and its spatial organization. Nowa
Huta, which is now officially a district of Cracow, is treated by numerous inhabitants as a separate town.