Harbour ; River transport ; Sea transport ; Transport ; Transport system ; Transportation geography ; Urbandevelopment
Développement urbain ; Géographie des transports ; Port ; Système de transports ; Transport ; Transport fluvial ; Transport maritime
The water transport/ urbandevelopment interface is considered against the background of factors involved in urban transport systems in the context of the broad field of transport geography. A typology is introduced to distinguish between land-based
and water-based forms of transport, and between inter-and intra-urban systems.
England ; Investment ; Manchester ; Real estate development ; Real estate property ; United Kingdom ; Urbandevelopment ; Urban policy ; Urban renewal ; Urbanism
Développement urbain ; England ; Investissement ; Manchester ; Politique urbaine ; Promotion immobilière ; Propriété immobilière ; Royaume-Uni ; Rénovation urbaine ; Urbanisme
regeneration may be limited. Independent developers embrace the challenge presented by fringe locations, mixed uses and the local urban culture, and translate these characteristics into development values. The AA. choose Manchester as an example.
Attention is often focused on institutional investors' motives for holding regeneration investments and on how they might be encouraged to put more money into inner-city areas. The paper argues that the impact of such an approach upon urban
China ; Modernity ; Research technique ; Urban society ; Urbanism ; Urbanization
For many citizens, urbanism remains a serious problem in China. There is a lack of theoretic study to personal urbanism. The article proposes that the ancient research of urbanism is the research of urbanism of cities. Several research methods
are offered. Some thoughts are proposed about the promotion of personal urbanism.
Sustainable urbandevelopment in the UK : rhetoric or reality ?
Concept ; England ; London ; Sustainable development ; United Kingdom ; Urbandevelopment ; Urban environment ; Urban geography ; Urban planning ; Urban policy
Concept ; Développement durable ; Développement urbain ; England ; Environnement urbain ; Géographie urbaine ; London ; Planification urbaine ; Politique urbaine ; Royaume-Uni
Malgré la rhétorique du développement durable, le fossé entre déclarations publiques et mise en place de mesures concrètes demeure significatif dans la plupart des villes. L'A. considère les stratégies usuelles qui visent le développement durable
Cities of hunger. Urban food systems in developing countries
Urbanization and vulnerable urban groups in Gaborone/Botswana
Botswana ; Food security ; Housing ; Land ; Living conditions ; Living standard ; Poverty ; Urbanization
This article examines two factors which are of major importance for urban poverty groups in Botswana: the costs the urban poor have to pay for housing, and the role assets like cattle and land play as safety elements in the urban livelihood system.
The development process and some features of large-scale housing estates in the Morioka urban area
Honshu ; Housing ; Housing estate ; Japan ; Real estate development ; Real estate market ; Residential neighbourhood ; Town ; Urbandevelopment
Développement urbain ; Honshū ; Japon ; Logement ; Lotissement ; Marché immobilier ; Morioka ; Promotion immobilière ; Quartier résidentiel ; Ville
This study aims to explain the development process of large-scale residential areas, 20 hectares and over each, in the Morioka urban area, and to compare some features with other urban and metropolitan areas. - (KA)
Urban economic development and high technology industry
Special issue : Regional and urban restructuring in Europe. European science foundation
High-tech industry ; Israel ; Location ; Research and development ; Science park ; Technology ; Urbandevelopment ; Urban economy
Développement urbain ; Economie urbaine ; Industrie de pointe ; Israël ; Localisation ; Parc scientifique ; Recherche-développement ; Technologie
technology firms from two urban areas in Israel, linkage patterns are found to be weakly developed locally but extensively developed nationally and internationally.
Economic development opportunities are expected to be expressed in the development of local linkage patterns : employment linkages, production and service linkages and linkages to local universities. On the basis of survey evidence of high
Allemagne ; Construction urbaine ; Coopération intercommunale ; Développement urbain ; Politique régionale ; Réseau urbain ; Urbanisme
The paper explains why and in which way urban networks are examined: they are able to improve locational advantages in Germany (poly-central structures), and the instrument for developing spatial and functional networks (inter-urban co-operation
) needs to be examined in practice. This explanation is based on the regional policy objective of extending and developingurban networks. It is exemplary description of current urban interdependences and inter-urban co-operation. - (MT)
The article assesses the role of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in European capital markets for urbandevelopment. Following the introduction of a basic concept for the functioning of capital markets, and based on rsearch in Germany, Finland
, Hungary, Italy and the U.K., the article explores the investment needs in cities, the demand for urban finance, the supply of urban finance and the functioning of capital markets for urban finance. - (IfL)
Urban systems and the diversity of urbandevelopment
Polarities of structure and change in urban systems : a Canadian example
Canada ; Large city ; Urban change ; Urban function ; Urban growth ; Urban hierarchy ; Urban system
The paper examines some of the contradictory assertions in the research literature regarding the on-going reorganization of urban systems through a detailed empirical analysis of the changing properties of the Canadian urban system. The analysis
begins with a conceptual framework that recognizes alternative logics and trajectories of change in urban systems. The paper demonstrates the diversity and rapidity of change, and the indeterminant and contradictory nature of many of the relationships
Urban networks in Europe: policies, practices, outcomes
Europe ; European Union ; Network ; Territoriality ; Town ; Urbandevelopment ; Urban function ; Urban geography ; Urban network ; Urban policy
Développement urbain ; Europe ; Fonction urbaine ; Géographie urbaine ; Politique urbaine ; Réseau ; Réseau urbain ; Territorialité ; Union européenne ; Ville
Over the past twenty years urban “networking” has become a rule of behaviour in the European Union. This article concerns the development of urban networks within the European urban geography. Urban networks have an important role in disseminating
a development model for urban areas by bringing together a diverse range of cities around common problems in order to create common understandings of how to address these problems—the new ‘conventional wisdom’. These networks have also developed a range
of different methods “to be active” in order to achieve different territorial outcomes. In that sense, which are the outcomes of those cities that have shown a strong “ aptitude in urban networking ” ? - (BJ)
Economic integration ; Large city;Metropolis ; Local government ; Netherlands (The) ; Randstad ; Urbandevelopment ; Urban function ; Urban network ; Urban region
Collectivité locale ; Développement urbain ; Fonction urbaine ; Intégration économique ; Métropole ; Pays-Bas ; Randstad ; Région urbaine ; Réseau urbain
Retrospective of China's urbanization and regional development in the era of economic reforms
Urban issues and urbanization characteristics of Asia
China ; Economic policy ; Economic reform ; Regional development ; Urbanization
Chine ; Développement régional ; Politique économique ; Réforme économique ; Urbanisation
Changements en matière d'urbanisation et de développement régional depuis le début de l'ère des réformes (1978). L'A. distingue quatre phases et explicite chacune d'elles.
Rural-urban linkages : the role of small urban centers in Nigeria
Nigeria ; Regional development ; Rural development ; Rural-urban relations ; Small town
Développement rural ; Développement régional ; Nigéria ; Petite ville ; Ville-campagne
Mise en évidence des liens ville-campagne qui semblent avoir des implications sur le développement rural et régional. Les plus évidents sont ceux qui s'expriment dans les systèmes de marché.
On the modes of urban-rural networking development in China
Development ; Growth pole ; Network ; Rural development ; Rural-urban relations ; Theory ; Urbandevelopment ; Urbanization
Développement ; Développement rural ; Développement urbain ; Pôle de croissance ; Réseau ; Théorie ; Urbanisation ; Ville-campagne
La mise en réseau des relations ville-campagne est une tendance inéluctable du développement et de l'urbanisation. Elle est une conséquence de l'interaction accrue entre villes et campagnes. Il s'agit d'un objectif de développement qui reflète un
processus économique agissant à l'échelle régionale. L'analyse de deux points de vue contradictoires permet de définir le concept de mode de développement.
Urban performance and the control of urban size in China
China ; City size ; Economic efficiency ; Town ; Urban policy ; Urban population ; Urbanization
The current policy of controlling city size to deter the development of large cities, seems to be either irrelevant or misleading. Instead, against a current background of rapid urbanisation, China should take full advantage of its large cities
and pursue a large-city-led policy for its development.
Berlin ; Demographic change ; Germany ; Large city;Metropolis ; Political reform ; Reunification ; Urban construction ; Urbandevelopment ; Urban network ; Urban planning ; Urban population ; Urban system
Allemagne ; Berlin ; Construction urbaine ; Développement urbain ; Evolution démographique ; Mutation politique ; Métropole ; Planification urbaine ; Population urbaine ; Réseau urbain ; Réunification ; Système urbain
the problems of the creation of the German urban system at 1990/1991 right after unification, in the fields of planning and policy, finance, population and economy. The last part gives some sceptical spotlights on future developments in the aforementioned
In the first part of the paper the developments of the two halves of the city between 1945 and 1989 are described under the topics of political development and planning, population, housing and economic development. The second part describes
Planning ; Urbandevelopment ; Urban economy ; Urban history ; Urban planning ; Urban policy ; Urban society
Développement urbain ; Economie urbaine ; Histoire urbaine ; Planification ; Planification urbaine ; Politique urbaine ; Société urbaine
L'A. fait un rapide historique de la planification urbaine, puis il analyse plus particulièrement la planification dans les années 80, le monde des années 90 ainsi que les nouvelles tendances du développement. - (D. Rouvière).