Metropolitan food systems in developing countries: the perspective of urban metabolism
Cities of hunger. Urban food systems in developing countries
Food ; Food consumption ; Food security ; Social reproduction ; Third World ; Town ; Urbansupply
The paper focuses on urban food metabolism, by using the concept of the food system which includes the sub-systems of production, supply, distribution and consumption of food.
Trend in office supply and the growth of business districts in the Tokyo metropolitan area
Enterprise ; Honshu ; Japan ; Large city ; Location ; Offices ; Tertiary sector ; Tokyo ; Urban function
This paper aims to analyze the role of office supply in attracting office functions and promoting the growth of business districts in the Tokyo metropolitan area, by considering the trends in office development, office markets and the location
Africa ; Collective facilities ; Drainage;Sanitation improvement ; Drinking water ; Housing ; Public service ; Urban administration ; Urban planning ; Urban policy ; Urban transport ; Urbanization
Over the past two decades, commentators and policy-makers have been enjoined to change their approach, but there are still many who have yet to adopt new attitudes. It is argued that concepts related to urban sanitation, water supply, urban
agriculture, urban transport and aspects of housing supply need to be redefined to reflect local circumstances.
Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing market ; Land ; Land use ; Land value ; Spatial allocation ; United Kingdom ; Urban planning
An investigation is conducted of the extent to which land supply, the operation of the planning system, affects house prices in Britain during the 1980s, and how far planning places a constraint on land supply or simply reorganises that supply
. A planning area is then looked to examine the extent to which increased land allocations in one area can compensate for constraints on land supply in another. The planning system imposes significant costs and it restricts the choice available for consumers.
Some environmental issues related to sub-urbanization process in Bucharest Metropolitan Area
Bucharest ; Landscape ; Metropolitan area ; Romania ; Suburbanization ; Urban dynamics ; Urban landscape ; Urban sprawl ; Years 1990-99 ; Years 2000-2009
The paper analyzes the effect of urban sprawl within Bucharest Metropolitan Area as well as the most important environmental issues related to sub-urbanization process (land fragmentation, land market dynamics, uncontrolled waste deposits, water
supply system, sewage system, gas supply system) with negative impact on metropolitan landscape. - (BJ).
Jordan ; Poverty ; Regulation ; Service ; Town ; Urban administration ; Urban infrastructure ; Vulnerability ; Water supply
A private management contractor was introduced to Amman, along with a form of economic regulation. The paper investigates the status of water supply service and regulatory arrangements with respect to poor and vulnerable consumers. It identifies
specific regulatory challenges. In its extremes of connection coverage, water scarcity and population, the management of water supply presages the pro-poor water service challenge of many economies irrespective of the extent to which they may achieve
Housing price, land supply, and revenue from land sales
Government intervention ; Hong Kong ; Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing market ; Land ; Land market ; Real estate development ; Urban planning
The A. shows that there is no causal relationship between land supply and housing prices. Estimations based on the annual data of Hong Kong's public land sales find that the government acts to maximise land revenue. Maximisation of revenue from land
Great Britain ; Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing market ; Housing policy ; Land use ; Model ; Supply ; United Kingdom ; Urban planning
The impact of the British style of land-use planning upon the outcomes of private housing development and the housing market is examined. A unique cross-sectional database is constructed, and the medium-term elasticity of new housebuilding supply
is estimated as a locally variable function of prices, costs, and land supply, with an explicit planning function.
Accessibility ; Aggregation ; Demand ; Infrastructure;Facilities ; Location ; Location-allocation model ; Public sector ; Spatial analysis ; Spatial behaviour ; Urban area
The purpose of the paper is to explore the consequences of weight variations in a given set of demand joints on the average and maximum distance between demand and supply, the geographical pattern of supply points, and the amount allocated to every
supply site. The case study is the intraurban location of public libraries in the city of Liège, Belgium.
Supply structure of condominiums in Osaka metropolitan area
Block of flats ; Honshu ; Housing ; Japan ; Osaka ; Price ; Urban settlement
This paper aims to analyze the supply structure of condominiums in Osaka metropolitan area by examining the relationship between floor space index and unit price per m2. The A. used the method of cluster analysis. First, he focused attention
Concept ; Drought ; Perception ; United States of America ; Urban climate ; Vulnerability ; Water management ; Water needs
This paper describes key aspects derived from extensive investigations of several urban droughts that serve as the basis for establishing definitions of urban droughts and their physical causes. Additional sections analyze management approaches used
, including plans and activities to manage water supply and demand.
to explain the characteristics mentioned. These three explanations analysed for the features of the urban land market seem inconsistent with a static theory.
Infrastructure ; Neo liberalism ; Network ; Sanitation improvement ; Service ; Urban administration ; Urban development ; Urban fragmentation ; Urban geography ; Urbanism ; Viability ; Water supply
This collection of case studies is in reference to the thesis developed by Graham and Marvin. Taken together, the articles seriously challenge the “splintering urbanism” thesis theoretically, empirically and methodologically. They question
Spatial patterns of ecological carrying capacity supply-demand balance in China at county level
Applied ecology ; Carrying capacity ; China ; Ecological footprint ; Geographical information system ; Index ; Spatial analysis ; Supply-demand balance
Firstly, the ecological supply and demand balance was calculated and evaluated, and secondly, the ecological carrying capacity index (ECCI) was derived for each county of China in 2007, and finally this paper systematically evaluated the ecological
carrying capacity supply-demand balance of China. The results showed that ecological deficit appeared to be the main characteristic of ecological carrying capacity supply-demand balance in 2007 of China at county scale. The spatial distribution
of the ecological carrying capacity demand-supply was unbalanced ranging from significant overloading to affluence from southeastern to northwestern part of China. It appeared to be more dominant in regions located at coastal areas which had a generally higher
population density. Along with the rapid development and urbanization trends in China, ecological deficits in these regions will become more severe.
Financing Urban Development : what is the role of European Investment Bank ?
Bank ; Europe ; Finland ; Germany ; Hungary ; Investment ; Italy ; United Kingdom ; Urban area ; Urban development
, 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)
The article assesses the role of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in European capital markets for urban development. Following the introduction of a basic concept for the functioning of capital markets, and based on rsearch in Germany, Finland