- The document discusses two historical neighborhood concepts - Radburn neighborhood model by Stein and Wright, and Clarence Perry's neighborhood unit concept. Both aimed to design self-contained neighborhoods with boundaries, green spaces, and pedestrian-focused streets, though they differed in maximum walking distances and treatment as overlapping vs separate units.
- Neighborhoods are considered the basic building block of cities in planning, with the goal of improving social and physical environments. However, increased mobility has challenged the social benefits of neighborhoods.
- Contemporary developments often prioritize financial goals over unified social and physical environments, though neighborhoods remain important for decentralized, community-focused planning.
Housing is a multidisciplinary field that fulfills basic human needs. It includes concepts like houses, settlements, built environments, and communities. National housing policies aim to make housing accessible to all income groups through strategies like increasing affordable land and housing supply, improving existing slums, and mobilizing financial resources. These policies address issues related to land, infrastructure, building materials, techniques, and finance. The goals of Habitat III include creating an integrated housing framework, adopting an inclusive approach, expanding affordable housing, improving housing conditions, and upgrading informal settlements through coordinated efforts across different levels of government.
This document summarizes three case studies related to housing policy and development:
1) A slum upgrading project in Bangladesh that rebuilt 13 homes using local materials with funding from international donors.
2) A conceptual project in Singapore that combines senior housing with vertical urban farming to provide housing and employment.
3) An incremental, mixed-income housing project in India called Aranya that uses local materials and self-construction techniques.
Historically, land use patterns were shaped by factors like transportation corridors along waterways and the industrial revolution driving rural to urban migration. Over time, problems arose from unplanned growth such as loss of agricultural land, transportation issues, and lack of open space. Effective land use planning involves assessing an area's unique features, projecting needs, and developing implementation strategies to balance competing uses while protecting valuable resources and environments. National policies aim to manage public lands for multiple sustainable uses.
(1) The document discusses housing problems, types, and policy in Bangladesh. It outlines challenges like unsatisfactory housing conditions, funding shortages, and squatter settlements.
(2) It proposes strategies like prioritizing housing, encouraging self-help and cost recovery, discouraging encroachments, and applying low-cost technologies. It also discusses institutional arrangements and the government's role as a facilitator.
(3) Key elements of housing policy are outlined, including land, infrastructure, building materials, finance, and legal frameworks. Goals are to deliver better homes, support independent living, and improve communities and services.
This document provides a summary of the National Housing Policy of Bangladesh. It outlines the objectives of making adequate housing accessible to all socioeconomic groups. The key proposed strategies include prioritizing housing in development plans, promoting affordable housing solutions like self-help and personal savings, and discouraging unauthorized settlements. The essential elements of the policy cover topics like land, infrastructure, finance, building materials, legal frameworks, and addressing needs of vulnerable groups. The roles of various stakeholders like government agencies and private sector are also defined.
This document discusses housing policy and solutions to housing problems. It begins by defining housing and its purposes of shelter, safety, and comfort. It then defines housing policy as government actions to achieve housing objectives like improving housing quality and addressing homelessness. Some key housing problems identified are increasing homelessness, rapid urban population growth, slum expansion, rising costs, and land issues. The objectives of housing policy are outlined as making housing accessible to all, prioritizing disadvantaged groups, promoting local materials, and developing a property tax base. Essential elements for achieving housing goals are identified as land, infrastructure, building materials, finance, and legal frameworks. Integrated, inclusive, affordable, and adequate housing frameworks are discussed as dimensions for achieving
- The document discusses two historical neighborhood concepts - Radburn neighborhood model by Stein and Wright, and Clarence Perry's neighborhood unit concept. Both aimed to design self-contained neighborhoods with boundaries, green spaces, and pedestrian-focused streets, though they differed in maximum walking distances and treatment as overlapping vs separate units.
- Neighborhoods are considered the basic building block of cities in planning, with the goal of improving social and physical environments. However, increased mobility has challenged the social benefits of neighborhoods.
- Contemporary developments often prioritize financial goals over unified social and physical environments, though neighborhoods remain important for decentralized, community-focused planning.
Housing is a multidisciplinary field that fulfills basic human needs. It includes concepts like houses, settlements, built environments, and communities. National housing policies aim to make housing accessible to all income groups through strategies like increasing affordable land and housing supply, improving existing slums, and mobilizing financial resources. These policies address issues related to land, infrastructure, building materials, techniques, and finance. The goals of Habitat III include creating an integrated housing framework, adopting an inclusive approach, expanding affordable housing, improving housing conditions, and upgrading informal settlements through coordinated efforts across different levels of government.
This document summarizes three case studies related to housing policy and development:
1) A slum upgrading project in Bangladesh that rebuilt 13 homes using local materials with funding from international donors.
2) A conceptual project in Singapore that combines senior housing with vertical urban farming to provide housing and employment.
3) An incremental, mixed-income housing project in India called Aranya that uses local materials and self-construction techniques.
Historically, land use patterns were shaped by factors like transportation corridors along waterways and the industrial revolution driving rural to urban migration. Over time, problems arose from unplanned growth such as loss of agricultural land, transportation issues, and lack of open space. Effective land use planning involves assessing an area's unique features, projecting needs, and developing implementation strategies to balance competing uses while protecting valuable resources and environments. National policies aim to manage public lands for multiple sustainable uses.
(1) The document discusses housing problems, types, and policy in Bangladesh. It outlines challenges like unsatisfactory housing conditions, funding shortages, and squatter settlements.
(2) It proposes strategies like prioritizing housing, encouraging self-help and cost recovery, discouraging encroachments, and applying low-cost technologies. It also discusses institutional arrangements and the government's role as a facilitator.
(3) Key elements of housing policy are outlined, including land, infrastructure, building materials, finance, and legal frameworks. Goals are to deliver better homes, support independent living, and improve communities and services.
This document provides a summary of the National Housing Policy of Bangladesh. It outlines the objectives of making adequate housing accessible to all socioeconomic groups. The key proposed strategies include prioritizing housing in development plans, promoting affordable housing solutions like self-help and personal savings, and discouraging unauthorized settlements. The essential elements of the policy cover topics like land, infrastructure, finance, building materials, legal frameworks, and addressing needs of vulnerable groups. The roles of various stakeholders like government agencies and private sector are also defined.
This document discusses housing policy and solutions to housing problems. It begins by defining housing and its purposes of shelter, safety, and comfort. It then defines housing policy as government actions to achieve housing objectives like improving housing quality and addressing homelessness. Some key housing problems identified are increasing homelessness, rapid urban population growth, slum expansion, rising costs, and land issues. The objectives of housing policy are outlined as making housing accessible to all, prioritizing disadvantaged groups, promoting local materials, and developing a property tax base. Essential elements for achieving housing goals are identified as land, infrastructure, building materials, finance, and legal frameworks. Integrated, inclusive, affordable, and adequate housing frameworks are discussed as dimensions for achieving
The document summarizes Bangladesh's national housing policy and Habitat III. The national housing policy aims to increase affordable housing supply through strategies like making more government land available at low cost, ensuring affordable building materials, and promoting self-help and incremental construction. It also focuses on improving infrastructure, developing the housing finance system, and establishing a supportive legal framework. Habitat III's global agenda can be achieved through integrated housing frameworks, informal settlement upgrading, inclusive and affordable housing, and ensuring adequate housing for all.
This document discusses housing and housing policy in Bangladesh. It provides definitions of shelter, house, and housing. It outlines rural and urban housing patterns. It discusses key elements of housing policy including land, infrastructure, building materials, finance, and legal frameworks. It describes Bangladesh's national housing policy objectives and proposed strategies. These include increasing affordable land and housing for all, rehabilitation, use of local materials, and expanding financing options. The roles of government, private sector, and other stakeholders in developing and implementing housing policy are also summarized.
The document discusses several topics related to housing:
1. It defines housing and what it provides like shelter, safety, and comfort.
2. It discusses the classification of housing by type, size, amenities, location, ownership, and other features.
3. It presents the five dimensions of global housing - integrated housing framework, inclusive housing, affordable housing, adequate housing, and informal settlement upgrading.
Participation in land use planning Lecture at Aalto University Master ProgramMaija Merikanto
-The planning system for land use in Finland
-Regional Councils as an planning organizations
-Regional land use plan to be reformed (an example)
-Participation in the current proceedings
On April 26, David Rouse and Rob Kerns of WRT and Shawn McLaughlin, Union County, PA Planning Director, presented "The Sustainable Comprehensive Plan" at the American Planning Association's National Conference in Minneapolis. WRT's planners are developing an overall approach and specific techniques designed to integrate sustainability into plans and implementing regulations at scales ranging from cities and regions to downtowns and neighborhoods. The Union County Comprehensive Plan, which was featured in the presentation, represents an application of WRT's sustainable planning and zoning initiative. It includes sustainability principles and keys as an organizing framework, supported by specific actions and indicators to measure progress in achieving sustainability targets.
Union County is a rural county in central Pennsylvania that is rich in agricultural, natural, historic, and small town resources. The comprehensive plan, which is expected to be adopted by the county commissioners this summer, was prepared with extensive public participation using the "values-driven" planning process pioneered by WRT. Through this process county residents expressed a strong interest in energy conservation and other sustainability issues.
"Union County is remarkable in that it is a small community with limited fiscal and staff resources that has made a commitment to sustainability in its draft comprehensive plan," said David Rouse, WRT's principal-in-charge of the project. "We expect major cities such as Seattle, Portland, and New York City to lead the way in addressing issues such as climate change and peak oil. However, we need many more places like Union County to take on this challenge if we are to find our way to a sustainable future."
This document provides a history of social housing in the UK from the late 19th century through the 20th century. It discusses the key acts passed by UK governments to address housing issues like overcrowded slums, including the 1890 Housing for the Working Classes Act, the 1919 Addison Act after World War I, and initiatives after World War II like building prefabricated homes and using reinforced concrete construction. It also covers the rise of high-rise public housing blocks starting in the 1950s and issues that arose with some of these developments. Overall, the document outlines the major developments and policies that shaped public housing in Britain over the last century.
Town planning schemes are prepared under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act of 1966 to implement development plans covering areas under planning authorities. The schemes involve land pooling and reconstitution to provide infrastructure and redistribute plots. Objectives include pooling land, reconfiguring plots, and providing social and physical infrastructure while recovering costs. Historically, the first town planning legislation was the 1915 Bombay Town Planning Act, which was replaced in 1954 to introduce development plans as the main planning instrument. Town planning schemes are intended to implement development plan proposals through a joint process between local authorities and landowners to pool, redistribute land, and share development costs.
1. The document summarizes a presentation given by Patricia O'Donnell at the Moscow Urban Forum on the UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach.
2. HUL broadens the framework for protecting urban heritage and recognizes the diverse tangible and intangible heritage values of all stakeholders.
3. HUL integrates urban heritage assets to achieve sustainable development of economy, environment and society through four tools: civic engagement, knowledge and planning, regulatory systems, and financial tools.
Fairgrounds Roadway Widening Public Meeting (Sept. 23, 2014)City of Midland
The proposed project is needed to address increasing traffic volumes due to increased regional commercial and residential development as a result of energy sector growth.
The purpose of the project is to improve capacity of the roadway by providing additional through lanes as well as auxiliary lanes for turning movements. The additional capacity of the proposed arterial will facilitate the mixed use traffic, including those containing hazardous materials, and will be consistent with the City of Midland Master Thoroughfare Plan.
Presentation for the mayor city wide upgrading unplanned and underservice set...Fernando Murillo
Summary strategy for city-wide slum upgrading presented to Kigali Mayor. It contains detailed analysis and proposals to address systematically and scaled phisical and socio-environmental improvements. It is based on slum typologies defining a response package based on a strategy encouraging community based approaches for local development and environmental protection.
The document presents Dubbo City Council's Recreational Areas Development Strategy. It aims to identify and protect adequate land for recreational activities to meet community needs both now and in the future. The strategy defines recreational areas and establishes principles for their integration, suitability, equitable access, cost-effectiveness, and capitalization on natural features. It analyzes Dubbo's existing recreation system and identifies a hierarchy of regional, district and neighborhood recreational areas. The strategy also discusses open space corridors and their role in linking recreational areas.
TOD City Zoning, Permits, and Related Approval ProcessesJesse Souki
One of the largest public investments in the history of the City and County of Honolulu, the Honolulu Rail Transit project will fundamentally change how we live and do business. Transit-oriented development (TOD) will increase property values near transit stations by providing the opportunity to take advantage of frequent transit service. The project will allow an unprecedented opportunity to direct growth to Honolulu’s Urban Core (the most populated region of the state) away from agricultural, open space, and rural areas; stimulate urban renewal projects near the 21 proposed rail stations along the approximately 20-mile route; support cost-efficient, consolidated infrastructure; and increase housing affordability by reducing one of the highest costs in a Hawaii family’s budget: transportation.
This seminar will provide key insights and analysis from experts and thought leaders on policy, planning, law, and real estate market issues related to TOD.
Rethinking Bashundhara Residential Area as a Future CitySumaiya Islam
Urban Design project on Bashundhara Residential Area. Proposals to make the city futuristic and sustainable. So that it can be utilized in rest of the undeveloped areas of Dhaka.
Urban renewal in France by Clemence PINEL
volunteer at Merhav - the Movement for Israeli Urbanism (www.miu.org.il)
Presented as part of the Urban Empowerment Lab that seeks to develop tools for the transformation of aging and decaying Israeli public housing complexes - built in the 1950s-1970s - into places with a high quality of life.
This document outlines the campaign by the Lebanese youth organization Nahnoo to reopen Horsh Beirut, the largest urban park in Lebanon's capital city. Horsh Beirut has been closed to the public since 1992 despite being public property. Nahnoo recruited young people to lead a campaign raising awareness about the importance of public green spaces and advocating for reopening Horsh Beirut. Their campaign involved research, advocacy, awareness activities targeting the public, universities and schools, and cooperation with the Municipality of Beirut. Their efforts have resulted in the mayor expressing a willingness to reopen and rehabilitate Horsh Beirut along with forming a committee to work on the process.
This document provides an overview of zoning and land use in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It defines zoning as separating land into parcels and zones to regulate where different types of buildings can be built based on land use, public health, and overcrowding issues. Zoning affects businesses, residents, communities, and contractors in different ways. Proper zoning allows communities to preserve neighborhood identity while encouraging development. The planning commission and various boards control and review zoning. Zoning districts separate land into residential, commercial, industrial, mixed-use, and special zones to guide appropriate development.
The document discusses the Eco2 Cities initiative, which aims to help cities in developing countries achieve greater ecological and economic sustainability through integrated urban planning and management. It provides examples of six cities - Curitiba, Brazil; Stockholm, Sweden; Singapore; Yokohama, Japan; Brisbane, Australia; and Auckland, New Zealand - that have implemented various sustainable practices. It also outlines some of the challenges faced in applying these approaches in developing country contexts, such as limited resources, institutional barriers, and dependence on outdated models of urban planning. The document concludes by providing "stepping stones" or recommendations for cities to begin adapting the Eco2 principles to their local needs and contexts.
Boston passed Article 89, its Urban Agriculture Ordinance, in 2012 to promote urban farming. It allows beekeeping, backyard hens, rooftop and ground-level farming, farmers markets, hydroponics, aquaponics, and composting. The ordinance was developed through meetings with experts, practitioners, and stakeholders. It defines urban agriculture and establishes zoning rules for different farm types and sizes. Article 89 aims to support urban agriculture while being respectful of neighbors. It does not regulate community gardens, land acquisition, or types of crops grown.
The document discusses town planning regulations and building bye-laws in India. It covers several topics related to planning including a review of relevant legislation, planning agencies and their functions, concepts like FSI and TDR, and norms for utilizing FSI for different building types. It emphasizes that building bye-laws are necessary tools to regulate development and achieve orderly growth. Regulations aim to ensure proper light, ventilation, sanitation and fire safety in buildings.
Smart Growth (A21): The wolf at your front door (part 2)Patti Gettinger
Threats to private property rights from smart growth policies (aka sustainable development, livable communities, Agenda 21), including eminent domain and restrictions to mobility are based on failed socialist models.
The document discusses several topics related to land use including the tragedy of the commons, externalities, maximum sustainable yield, public lands management, rangelands, forests, timber harvesting practices, fire management, federal land regulations, residential land types, urban sprawl, and government policies influencing land use and development. It also introduces the concept of smart growth which promotes mixed land uses, transportation choices, and preserving open spaces.
The document summarizes Bangladesh's national housing policy and Habitat III. The national housing policy aims to increase affordable housing supply through strategies like making more government land available at low cost, ensuring affordable building materials, and promoting self-help and incremental construction. It also focuses on improving infrastructure, developing the housing finance system, and establishing a supportive legal framework. Habitat III's global agenda can be achieved through integrated housing frameworks, informal settlement upgrading, inclusive and affordable housing, and ensuring adequate housing for all.
This document discusses housing and housing policy in Bangladesh. It provides definitions of shelter, house, and housing. It outlines rural and urban housing patterns. It discusses key elements of housing policy including land, infrastructure, building materials, finance, and legal frameworks. It describes Bangladesh's national housing policy objectives and proposed strategies. These include increasing affordable land and housing for all, rehabilitation, use of local materials, and expanding financing options. The roles of government, private sector, and other stakeholders in developing and implementing housing policy are also summarized.
The document discusses several topics related to housing:
1. It defines housing and what it provides like shelter, safety, and comfort.
2. It discusses the classification of housing by type, size, amenities, location, ownership, and other features.
3. It presents the five dimensions of global housing - integrated housing framework, inclusive housing, affordable housing, adequate housing, and informal settlement upgrading.
Participation in land use planning Lecture at Aalto University Master ProgramMaija Merikanto
-The planning system for land use in Finland
-Regional Councils as an planning organizations
-Regional land use plan to be reformed (an example)
-Participation in the current proceedings
On April 26, David Rouse and Rob Kerns of WRT and Shawn McLaughlin, Union County, PA Planning Director, presented "The Sustainable Comprehensive Plan" at the American Planning Association's National Conference in Minneapolis. WRT's planners are developing an overall approach and specific techniques designed to integrate sustainability into plans and implementing regulations at scales ranging from cities and regions to downtowns and neighborhoods. The Union County Comprehensive Plan, which was featured in the presentation, represents an application of WRT's sustainable planning and zoning initiative. It includes sustainability principles and keys as an organizing framework, supported by specific actions and indicators to measure progress in achieving sustainability targets.
Union County is a rural county in central Pennsylvania that is rich in agricultural, natural, historic, and small town resources. The comprehensive plan, which is expected to be adopted by the county commissioners this summer, was prepared with extensive public participation using the "values-driven" planning process pioneered by WRT. Through this process county residents expressed a strong interest in energy conservation and other sustainability issues.
"Union County is remarkable in that it is a small community with limited fiscal and staff resources that has made a commitment to sustainability in its draft comprehensive plan," said David Rouse, WRT's principal-in-charge of the project. "We expect major cities such as Seattle, Portland, and New York City to lead the way in addressing issues such as climate change and peak oil. However, we need many more places like Union County to take on this challenge if we are to find our way to a sustainable future."
This document provides a history of social housing in the UK from the late 19th century through the 20th century. It discusses the key acts passed by UK governments to address housing issues like overcrowded slums, including the 1890 Housing for the Working Classes Act, the 1919 Addison Act after World War I, and initiatives after World War II like building prefabricated homes and using reinforced concrete construction. It also covers the rise of high-rise public housing blocks starting in the 1950s and issues that arose with some of these developments. Overall, the document outlines the major developments and policies that shaped public housing in Britain over the last century.
Town planning schemes are prepared under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act of 1966 to implement development plans covering areas under planning authorities. The schemes involve land pooling and reconstitution to provide infrastructure and redistribute plots. Objectives include pooling land, reconfiguring plots, and providing social and physical infrastructure while recovering costs. Historically, the first town planning legislation was the 1915 Bombay Town Planning Act, which was replaced in 1954 to introduce development plans as the main planning instrument. Town planning schemes are intended to implement development plan proposals through a joint process between local authorities and landowners to pool, redistribute land, and share development costs.
1. The document summarizes a presentation given by Patricia O'Donnell at the Moscow Urban Forum on the UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach.
2. HUL broadens the framework for protecting urban heritage and recognizes the diverse tangible and intangible heritage values of all stakeholders.
3. HUL integrates urban heritage assets to achieve sustainable development of economy, environment and society through four tools: civic engagement, knowledge and planning, regulatory systems, and financial tools.
Fairgrounds Roadway Widening Public Meeting (Sept. 23, 2014)City of Midland
The proposed project is needed to address increasing traffic volumes due to increased regional commercial and residential development as a result of energy sector growth.
The purpose of the project is to improve capacity of the roadway by providing additional through lanes as well as auxiliary lanes for turning movements. The additional capacity of the proposed arterial will facilitate the mixed use traffic, including those containing hazardous materials, and will be consistent with the City of Midland Master Thoroughfare Plan.
Presentation for the mayor city wide upgrading unplanned and underservice set...Fernando Murillo
Summary strategy for city-wide slum upgrading presented to Kigali Mayor. It contains detailed analysis and proposals to address systematically and scaled phisical and socio-environmental improvements. It is based on slum typologies defining a response package based on a strategy encouraging community based approaches for local development and environmental protection.
The document presents Dubbo City Council's Recreational Areas Development Strategy. It aims to identify and protect adequate land for recreational activities to meet community needs both now and in the future. The strategy defines recreational areas and establishes principles for their integration, suitability, equitable access, cost-effectiveness, and capitalization on natural features. It analyzes Dubbo's existing recreation system and identifies a hierarchy of regional, district and neighborhood recreational areas. The strategy also discusses open space corridors and their role in linking recreational areas.
TOD City Zoning, Permits, and Related Approval ProcessesJesse Souki
One of the largest public investments in the history of the City and County of Honolulu, the Honolulu Rail Transit project will fundamentally change how we live and do business. Transit-oriented development (TOD) will increase property values near transit stations by providing the opportunity to take advantage of frequent transit service. The project will allow an unprecedented opportunity to direct growth to Honolulu’s Urban Core (the most populated region of the state) away from agricultural, open space, and rural areas; stimulate urban renewal projects near the 21 proposed rail stations along the approximately 20-mile route; support cost-efficient, consolidated infrastructure; and increase housing affordability by reducing one of the highest costs in a Hawaii family’s budget: transportation.
This seminar will provide key insights and analysis from experts and thought leaders on policy, planning, law, and real estate market issues related to TOD.
Rethinking Bashundhara Residential Area as a Future CitySumaiya Islam
Urban Design project on Bashundhara Residential Area. Proposals to make the city futuristic and sustainable. So that it can be utilized in rest of the undeveloped areas of Dhaka.
Urban renewal in France by Clemence PINEL
volunteer at Merhav - the Movement for Israeli Urbanism (www.miu.org.il)
Presented as part of the Urban Empowerment Lab that seeks to develop tools for the transformation of aging and decaying Israeli public housing complexes - built in the 1950s-1970s - into places with a high quality of life.
This document outlines the campaign by the Lebanese youth organization Nahnoo to reopen Horsh Beirut, the largest urban park in Lebanon's capital city. Horsh Beirut has been closed to the public since 1992 despite being public property. Nahnoo recruited young people to lead a campaign raising awareness about the importance of public green spaces and advocating for reopening Horsh Beirut. Their campaign involved research, advocacy, awareness activities targeting the public, universities and schools, and cooperation with the Municipality of Beirut. Their efforts have resulted in the mayor expressing a willingness to reopen and rehabilitate Horsh Beirut along with forming a committee to work on the process.
This document provides an overview of zoning and land use in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It defines zoning as separating land into parcels and zones to regulate where different types of buildings can be built based on land use, public health, and overcrowding issues. Zoning affects businesses, residents, communities, and contractors in different ways. Proper zoning allows communities to preserve neighborhood identity while encouraging development. The planning commission and various boards control and review zoning. Zoning districts separate land into residential, commercial, industrial, mixed-use, and special zones to guide appropriate development.
The document discusses the Eco2 Cities initiative, which aims to help cities in developing countries achieve greater ecological and economic sustainability through integrated urban planning and management. It provides examples of six cities - Curitiba, Brazil; Stockholm, Sweden; Singapore; Yokohama, Japan; Brisbane, Australia; and Auckland, New Zealand - that have implemented various sustainable practices. It also outlines some of the challenges faced in applying these approaches in developing country contexts, such as limited resources, institutional barriers, and dependence on outdated models of urban planning. The document concludes by providing "stepping stones" or recommendations for cities to begin adapting the Eco2 principles to their local needs and contexts.
Boston passed Article 89, its Urban Agriculture Ordinance, in 2012 to promote urban farming. It allows beekeeping, backyard hens, rooftop and ground-level farming, farmers markets, hydroponics, aquaponics, and composting. The ordinance was developed through meetings with experts, practitioners, and stakeholders. It defines urban agriculture and establishes zoning rules for different farm types and sizes. Article 89 aims to support urban agriculture while being respectful of neighbors. It does not regulate community gardens, land acquisition, or types of crops grown.
The document discusses town planning regulations and building bye-laws in India. It covers several topics related to planning including a review of relevant legislation, planning agencies and their functions, concepts like FSI and TDR, and norms for utilizing FSI for different building types. It emphasizes that building bye-laws are necessary tools to regulate development and achieve orderly growth. Regulations aim to ensure proper light, ventilation, sanitation and fire safety in buildings.
Smart Growth (A21): The wolf at your front door (part 2)Patti Gettinger
Threats to private property rights from smart growth policies (aka sustainable development, livable communities, Agenda 21), including eminent domain and restrictions to mobility are based on failed socialist models.
The document discusses several topics related to land use including the tragedy of the commons, externalities, maximum sustainable yield, public lands management, rangelands, forests, timber harvesting practices, fire management, federal land regulations, residential land types, urban sprawl, and government policies influencing land use and development. It also introduces the concept of smart growth which promotes mixed land uses, transportation choices, and preserving open spaces.
cities remain complex, inhumane, serving rich, ignoring poor, ignoring poor, caring rich, promoting exclusion. depriving majority from basic human essentials, ignoring misery, promoting poverty and leveraging prosperity. Cities remain studded with dualities and contradictions, always evolving, changing and chasing opportunities and making people miserable .
The document summarizes a presentation on developing sustainable comprehensive plans. It discusses emerging sustainability issues and trends, defines sustainability, and provides examples of sustainable comprehensive plans. It then outlines how sustainability can be integrated into the typical comprehensive planning process, including outreach, analysis, plan development, and implementation. Finally, it presents a case study of the Union County Comprehensive Plan, providing background on the county and how sustainability was incorporated.
This document discusses eco-villages and sustainable communities. It defines eco-villages as intentional communities aimed at environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Examples of eco-villages include rural communities, urban rejuvenation projects, and educational centers. The document also discusses sustainable cities initiatives in various states and municipalities, as well as policies and tools to promote renewable energy and community-based energy development projects.
Presentation looks at the role, relevance and importance of the cities in polluting environment, generating waste, consuming energy, creating large footprints of buildings and making cities unsustainable. Presentation looks at the issues, genesis of problems of sustainability and suggest options to make them environment friendly, energy/resource efficient, making value addition to environment and ecology and to become a serious partner in making planet earth more liveable and sustainable.
Building Carbon neutral Cities Through Green RoofJIT KUMAR GUPTA
building are known to be largest consumers of enrgy, resources, water and generators of waste. They consume largest energy and responsible for climate change and global warming. Within buildings roof area remains the arae which is most unused, abused and misused space, which can be effectively leveraged to minimise the adverse impact of buildings on resources, energy, climate change etc. It can cool the buildings, bring down the energy use, make cities free from disasters and do large number of positivity to buildinga, climate, environment . Green roofs remains an area, potential of which remains largely unexplored. It needs to studied, analysed with policy options evolved to make it a distict reality in the buildings
Sp3 Evanston Plan 2030 presentation to evanston city council – june 17cityofevanston
This document summarizes a presentation made to the Evanston City Council about updating the city's comprehensive plan. Key points include:
- The new plan will focus on addressing major issues and expected changes facing Evanston, like demographic shifts and economic trends.
- Chapter topics will explore maintaining jobs, differing housing preferences of younger generations, and supporting economic development.
- Community engagement and outreach will take place throughout 2013 and 2014 to gather input and feedback on draft plan sections and recommendations.
- The process aims to produce a comprehensive plan that leads to an improved community and reflects the choices and priorities of Evanston residents.
Redefining Planning Through Planning EducationJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation tries to showcase the relationship between quality of planning Education and quality of education, challenges faced by the profession and option which need to be exercised to make education more qualitative and responsive the challenges faced.
Cities of the future will have to be viewed, considered, planned, designed, constructed and managed based on consideration of sustainability, inclusiveness, safety and security. Cities will have to be role model of conserving land, minimizing the the consumption of energy; making cities water neutral , zero waste, material efficient. Promoting, preserving and making value addition to Climate, environment , ecology and bio-diversity shall be the underlying philosophy of urban planning. Cities will be planned to meet the basic needs of all inhabitants and not their greed. Cities will be held in the co-operative ownership eliminating individual ownership. Cities will be mandated to meet all the basic needs of human living including shelter, food, employment , clothing, education and healthcare. Poorest of the poor will have all the basic amenities. Unplanned, haphazard and sub-standard development will have no place in the city development. Technology will be used for promoting efficiency, economy, productivity and transparency in decision making and working besides connecting communities . Cities will be managed by professionals- architects, planners and engineers and not be bureaucrats, having no knowledge and understanding of the urban development. Cities will create ownership and commitment on the part of all stakeholders. each city will have a well defined vision and mission to achieve. Local governance will have precedent over state's dictates and policies.
Urban Permaculture for the Austin Permaculture GuildSelwyn Polit
Urban permaculture aims to apply permaculture design principles to cities to make them more sustainable. Some key strategies discussed include increasing urban biomass through rooftop gardens, vertical planting, and urban food production. Proper water and waste management can help cities become closed-loop systems. Community building through projects, cooperatives, and public spaces can increase self-sufficiency and resilience. Designing cities at a human scale with mixed uses and alternative transportation can reduce resource consumption and build strong local economies. Examples like Curitiba, Brazil demonstrate how urban permaculture principles have been successfully applied.
The document outlines a local area plan for the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver, with a focus on the Oppenheimer District sub-area. It analyzes issues in the area related to housing, transportation, arts/culture, parks/open spaces, and utilities/services. The plan proposes strategies to address these issues by prioritizing affordable housing, improving walking and cycling infrastructure, preserving cultural spaces, upgrading parks, and improving water and sewer systems in the district.
1. The document discusses land use and urban design policies following World War 2 that contributed to suburban sprawl in the US, including new highway construction, zoning of single-family homes, and government-backed mortgages.
2. It also describes the planned communities of Levittown built in the 1940s-50s as an example of mass-produced suburban tract housing.
3. Alternatives to sprawl discussed include mixed-use, transit-oriented development, and the sustainable practices of Curitiba, Brazil and Freiburg, Germany in transportation, zoning, parks, and social services.
This document provides information on various topics related to urban environment management including:
- Mumbai has lost 60% of its green cover in the last 40 years and tree cover has reduced from 35% to 13% today.
- The Mithi river in Mumbai is the most polluted of eight rivers in Maharashtra according to a 2018 MPCB study.
- CPCB was established in 1974 under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to coordinate pollution control efforts and provide technical assistance.
- Urbanization has economic, social, environmental and health impacts and sustainable cities aim to address problems through solutions like efficient transport and waste management.
City of San Diego's General Plan and a prototypical Community Plan (San Ysidro) which have strong policies for sustainability and environmental justice
The document discusses sustainability planning efforts in San Diego, including:
1) The City of San Diego General Plan which integrates sustainability policies like smart growth and climate change throughout.
2) The San Ysidro Community Plan update process which aims to create a sustainable border community by developing a village, improving mobility, and addressing environmental justice issues.
3) Challenges around the San Ysidro land port of entry including border wait times exacerbating traffic and quality of life concerns in the community.
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1. The Wolf at Your Front Door
Agenda 21
aka Smart Growth,
Sustainable Development,
Comprehensive Planning,
and Livable Communities
2. Overview
• Official sustainable development policies are
being implemented at every level of government
(national, state, county, and city)
• Pleasant-sounding names camouflage top-down,
centralized, highly-restrictive planning programs
• Public acceptance is baited by touting the
programs as environmentally friendly
3. What is Agenda 21?
• Unveiled at the 1992 Earth Summit (the United
Nations Conference on Environment and
Development or UNCED)
• Called Sustainable Development Agenda 21
• Tenets
– End to national sovereignty (Obj 28.2 – implement “a local Agenda 21”
– Environmental protection
– Elimination of private property rights (Obj 7.28: “communally and collectively owned and managed land”)
– Population growth control – birth control & restricted migration (Section II – national
population carrying capacity)
– Urbanization (Obj 7.18&19 – stop urban sprawl and protect open space)
– Restrictions to mobility (Obj 7.52: Public transportation, bicycle paths and pedestrian
– Propagandize children and build non-governmental partnerships (Section III)
Source: http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/
4. What is Agenda 21?
• Policies have been described as
– “constitution of the New Green World Order”
– environmentalism as its surrogate religion
• Fundamentally a socialist plan to change the way we
"live, eat, learn and communicate" because we must
"save the earth."
• Maurice Strong, Secretary General of the 1992 Earth Summit
– “Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the
affluent middle class – involving high meat intake,
use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work air
conditioning, and suburban housing are not
sustainable.”
5. 10-Year framework reviewed May 2011 at the 19th session of the UN Commission on
Sustainable Development
• Policy actions for sustainable lifestyles
– Setting vision, regulatory, economic and institutional framework
• Urban planning and land-use policies
– Parking lots at city outskirts to encourage carpools to enter cities
– Shifting roadways from cars to bicycles and public transportation
– Construction policies and governmental subsidies for sustainable housing
– Laundromats so people do not have to own washing machines
• Traditional economic instruments
– Taxes and charges
– Government grants for businesses
– “Education, communication and marketing sustainable consumption and lifestyles
is a paramount task”
• “materialism is toxic for happiness”
Source: http://esa.un.org/marrakechprocess/pdf/Issues_Sus_Lifestyles.pdf
6. US Adoption of Agenda 21
• More than 178 nations adopted Agenda 21 as official
policy, including the United States
• U.S. policy adoption is “soft law” because it
represents a commitment to a path rather than
binding obligations of a ratified treaty
7. President Clinton’s Executive Order
• In 1993, created the President’s
Council on Sustainable
Development
• Council’s recommendations
included
– “population stabilization”
– replacement of technologies “from
the light bulb to the power plant.”
Source: http://clinton2.nara.gov/PCSD/
8. The Partnership for Sustainable Communities
• Created in 2009, a partnership between three US federal agencies
– Environmental Protection Agency
– Housing and Urban Development
– Transportation
• EPA’s “guiding livability principles”
– public transportation
– energy-efficient buildings
– mixed use development
– local accountability for renewable energy
– walkable neighborhoods
Source: http://www.sustainablecommunities.gov/
9. Soviet Micro Districts
• Smart growth plans eerily similar to USSR Academy of Building Construction and Architecture
plans in the early 1960’s (From The Soviet Review, A Journal of Translations, Volume 2, Number
4, April, 1961)
• Town zoning where simplest services located on premises of residential houses or groups of houses and
stemming out to public centers designed to service the population of entire districts
• Each district is divided into residential compounds—micro districts--with a population of 6,000 to 10,000
– one school, a kindergarten, a nursery, a food shop, a personal service shops, a cafeteria, club, and
building maintenance office.
• Each micro district will have smaller residential compounds with populations of about 2,000 each
– Delivery services and automatic vending machines for food
– Recreation hall and house workshops
• Types of residential housing
– hotel-type houses for bachelors and families of two, integrated with laundromat and dance club
– Apartment houses of four to five stories for medium-sized families
– Two-story cottages for large families
Source: http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles/planning_-_smart_growth/smart_growth_parallels_russian_soviet_planning_20051104158
10. University of Moscow planners
book: “The Ideal Communist City”
Source: http://falmouthcitizens.com/smart-growth/smart-growth-and-the-ideal-city/
11. Creep into Farms and
Rural Areas
• The Dept. of Agriculture website
unabashedly refers to UNCED
– Protect farm and forest land from being
converted to other uses
– Restrictions on grazing
– Wildlife protection
– Wetland protection
– Conservation easements
Source: http://www.usda.gov/oce/sustainable/background.htm
12. • In June, Obama created the White House Rural Council to
promote, among other things, “expanding opportunities for
conservation…on working lands and public lands.”
– 25 Cabinet Secretaries, chaired by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
– Work to develop a conservation agenda and
connect people to the outdoors
– Facilitate the protection of habitat (through
restoration and management) and access for
hunting and fishing on public and private lands
– Improve access to green space and supporting
livable communities through urban and
community forestry programs
Source: http://www.ocfo.usda.gov/usdasp/sp2010/sp2010.pdf
13. • Stalin’s Five Year Plan (1932-1933)
– Stripped landowners of property
– Organized citizens into communes
– Centrally controlled agriculture
– Increase industry (steel, iron, electric power)
– Result: Famine death est at 7 million Ukrainians
• Mao Tse Tung’s Great Leap Forward (1959-1961)
– Stripped landowners of property
– Organized citizens into communes
– Centrally controlled agriculture
– Increase industry (steel, iron, massive building projects)
– Result: Famine death est. at 17-40 million people
• Obama’s Rural Council (2011- )
– “Encourage public/private partnerships”
– “Help rural communities connect regionally to collaborate”
– “Expand markets for agriculture”
– Increase renewable energy and conservation
– Result: TBD
14. “Fostering Sustainable Development”
• Definition of “quality growth”
– discouragement of cul-de-sacs
– encouragement of pedestrian communities
– reduction of urban sprawl through ¼ acre residential lots
• Starter Code
– zoning ordinances to “prevent land inefficient and poorly
functioning strip-type development”
– require a Land Use Permit to “use or occupy…any building,
structure, land, water or premises.”
Source: http://www.georgiaqualitygrowth.com/whatisqg.asp
15. • Operates under the GA Dept. of Community Affairs
• Green Communities Certification Program
– Inspection program to enforce energy codes, outdoor lighting ordinances
– Green space (20 acres per 1000 residents, or 8% total green space, or all residents live within ½ mile of a park
– Community gardens, farmers markets
– Adopt bicycle and pedestrian policies
– Offer incentives for smart growth
– Educate public on green communities program
• Livable Centers Initiative
– pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use developments, greater balance between jobs and housing
• Lifelong communities
– Alternatives to car, pedestrian-friendly
• Promoting TSPLOST
– Projects: Rail, buses, sidewalks, bicycle lanes
Source: http://www.atlantaregional.com/
16. Cobb County
• Follows ARC’s Green Communities Program
• Includes zoning ordinances for Redevelopment
Overlay Districts (RODs)
– Targets certain areas for conversion to mixed-used
sustainable communities, and incents developers
using tax abatements to follow regulation minutia
• HWY 41 Corridor
• Austell Rd Corridor
• East Piedmont Corridor
• Old Mableton Area
Source: http://www.cobbcountyga.gov/green/index.htm
17. Cobb Parkway – Terrill Mill to Galleria Austell Rd – Brookwood, Mimosa, Hurt, Floyd
Sandy Plains – East Piedmont to Post Oak Tritt Mableton – Vet Mem Hwy, Daniel, Clay, Floyd
18. City of Marietta
• Cobb County Bike/Pedestrian Improvement Plan
• Cobb County Comprehensive Transportation Plan
• Marietta Comprehensive Plan
• Multi-Use Trails
– trail network will connect various neighborhoods to the
downtown, employment centers, as well as to the Silver
Comet trail
• Kennestone Area Land Use & Transportation Study
• LCI (Livable Centers Initiative)
– Envision Marietta LCI
Delk TOD LCI Study Plan
• Roswell Streetscape Project
• Powder Springs Street Master Plan
Source: http://www.mariettaga.gov/departments/devsvcs/planzone/studies.aspx
20. Local Govt Implement Smart Growth
• Implementation tactics
– zoning
– ordinances
– permitting
– fees
– park expansions
– transportation corridors
– endangered species
– wetland restrictions
– conservation easements
– access restrictions
– grazing limitations
– hundreds of other central
planning regulations and
schemes
21. NGOs and PPPs
• Accomplices: Non-government organizations and
public/private partnerships
• ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
– Instrumental in creating Agenda 21
– Hundreds of cities using tax dollars to pay ICLEI to
implement and enforce Sustainable Development
– Promotes development management of virtually
everything:
• natural resources, energy, construction, food sources,
and even employment, education, health, and social
equity
– Socialist organization Center for American Progress is
prominently featured in ICELI’s STAR Community
IndexTM brochure.
Source: http://www.icleiusa.org/library/documents/STAR_Sustainability_Goals.pdf
22. Community Improvement
Districts (CIDs)
• Private/public partnership: a unit of government with power
to provide governmental services and facilities, tax power
– Provided for in Article 9, Section VII of the Georgia Constitution, amendment providing for CIDs was approved by the voters in 1984
• Town Center CID
– 1997 - established to promote infrastructure improvements
– 2000 - expanded purposes to include parks, recreation, land use planning
– 2004 - Livable Center study, called Supurb
– Supporting TSPLOST and light rail
• Cumberland CID
– Road construction, curbs, sidewalks, street lights, and traffic flow devices
– Parks and recreational areas and facilities
– Storm water and sewage collection and disposal systems
– Development, storage, treatment, purification and distribution of water
– Public transportation, bicycle and pedestrian facilities
– Livable Centers Initiative
– Supporting TSPLOST and light rail
Source: http://www.thelocalzoom.com/, http://www.cumberlandcid.org/
24. Infiltration of Education System
• Several Georgia universities offer degree programs in
sustainable development
• The National Association of Scholars
– sustainable development has a “ubiquitous presence in the K-12
curriculum…sustainability is used as a means of promoting to
students a view that capitalism and individualism are
‘unsustainable,’ morally unworthy, and a present danger to the
future of the planet.”
Source: http://www.nas.org/polStatements.cfm?Doc_Id=1936
25. Visible Results
• Millions of dollars spent by governments to acquire private land,
which is then centrally planned and managed
• Assault on private property rights
– Designate land for public use (eminent domain)
– Designate prime farmland, forests and land near water as
"preservation areas" that can't be developed
– Downzone land, then use gov’t money to buy it at cheap prices
• Miles of sidewalks to nowhere with no pedestrians
• Increase in bicycle paths
• Push for incredibly costly and inefficient rail systems
• Gov’t ownership of aquatic centers, performing arts centers, etc.
26. • “Restrictive state and local land-use regulations
are a key factor in escalating housing prices.
Delinquency and foreclosure rates in the areas
with tight land regulations…are among the
highest in the nation.”
Source: http://www.heritage.org/Issues/Housing/Smart-Growth
27. “Aside from the staggering presumption that a
select group of elites in America should be allowed
to decide how and where the rest of the people live,
the reality of SMART growth is that it often fuels
suburban sprawl, pollution, congestion, and a lack
of affordable housing, the very problems it purports
to solve.”
Source: http://www.americansforprosperity.org/smart-growth-economic-wolf-sheeps-clothing-jan-brauner-0
28. Summary
• Smart growth is more about economic control
than being responsible stewards of the
environment
• Restricting access to energy, land and
transportation gives unfettered control over
citizens and tramples on our liberty
• As one pundit said, “Smart growth? Smart for
whom?”
29. Next Steps
Learn
• What smart growth plans exist
in your city and county?
• What NGOs, PPPs and CIDs
are in play?
• Is ICLEI involved?
• Follow the money
• Who’s in charge?
Attend meetings & town halls
• FIRST – know their strategies
and techniques