Fiscal policy,taxation incentives and inner‐city housing development

This paper considers the risk and uncertainty attached to inner‐city environments and analyses the use of taxation incentives as a policy instrument in generating demand‐led residential development in such localities. Initially an international perspective is outlined; however, particular attention is focused on Dublin, Ireland, where taxation breaks specifically orientated at both owner and occupiers and investors have been a prime influence in stimulating private sector residential development on a major scale within the central core of the city. The case is presented for the imaginative use of tax incentives in achieving effective urban regeneration. Whilst it is recognised that housing policy and mechanisms cannot simply be replicated from one situation to another, there is need for policy‐makers, especially in Britain, to consider more innovative approaches to inner city housing renewal by integrating macro‐economic, fiscal and housing policy objectives.     

锯齿形街沟在城市旧路改造中的应用

结合工程实例介绍了锯齿形街沟在城市旧路改造中的应用情况,着重说明了锯齿形街沟的计算过程,阐述了雨水口和分水点的设置要点,指出在旧路改造工程中采用锯齿形街沟排除路表水,相对于调整道路纵坡方案更为经济有效,值得推广应用。     

由晋城市南北大街规划谈旧城商业步行街改造

针对如何利用旧街区改造的契机,在商业步行街的建设中发掘城市地域文化,增加现代城市功能的问题,通过对晋城市南北大街商业步行街的改造进行了分析研究,指出此次的改造对晋城市产业结构调整,优化城市空间布局,延续与展示城市文脉具有重要作用.     

关于晋城市新市东街城市设计的思考

主要就与旧城改造相关的城市设计项目进行探讨,以晋城市新市东街城市设计项目为例,阐述在项目设计中的理念和手法,力图对现今普遍存在的将城市设计项目做成"街道一层皮改造"的情况进行修正,重视城市设计的可行性与系统性,并以此项目为导向形成相应的规划策略。     

Housing policy and street homelessness in Britain

Recent government policies to tackle single homelessness have been expressly concerned to reduce the incidence of rough sleeping, particularly in central London. This paper sets the issue of street homelessness in its policy and legislative context; examines available evidence of the rise in street homelessness in Britain; and presents a critical overview of the Single Homelessness Initiative.     

关于太原市街道整治的体会

结合实际工作经历,对太原市街道整治进行了探讨,总结了建筑整治的类型,阐述了建筑立面、户外广告、建筑围挡等方面的整治措施,希望能够为城市的清洁美观提供帮助。     

天津市和平路步行街建筑及街道尺度分析

运用城市设计三大理论即图底理论、联系理论、场所理论,对天津市和平路商业街的建筑风格、街道空间尺度进行调研分析,对整合城市设计的方法提出见解,具有一定指导意义。     

中山市逢源商业街设计构思

以中山市逢源商业街为例,介绍了其主要设计理念和具体实施原则,并对其总体规划的创意和建筑设计的构想进行了分析探讨,从竖向标高的设计和路道牙的设计两方面对竖向设计的创新设计手法进行了阐述,以使居民利益得到保证、旧城形象得到改善。     

浅谈生动宜人的城市街区设计

反观城市形式构图的历史，阐述了现代街区设计应注意构图、以人为本的思想，通过对当前中国具有代表性的街区现状的分析，提出了街区设计的几点建议。     

涡街流量计在城市煤气中的应用

针对城市煤气计量用表情况,对涡街流量的原理、使用范围、技术性能等几方面进行探讨,通过涡街流量计与其它流量计相比较,其优点表现为：涡街流量计体积小、重量轻、安装方便,可不停产安装、拆卸、清洗和维修,而且具有准确度高,维修、维护方便等优点。     

济宁街道名称探源

对济宁市内街道名称进行了研究,从中了解了历史时期济宁的政治、经济、文化、风俗的情况,并得到一些启示,以求为济宁的区域化研究和城市的现代化规划建设有所裨益,更有利于历史和文化遗产的保护。     

Innovative street design in a city without freeways: the case of Vancouver

Vancouver has no freeways and is considered highly walkable. To move traffic on streets but retain pedestrian friendliness, the city uses pedestrian activated half signals where minor streets intersect arterials, involving signal lights for the arterials and stop signs for the minor streets. Having both controls at an intersection is discouraged by widely adopted traffic engineering standards because of the complexity it creates. Inspired by ‘safety in complexity’ literature, this paper presents research exploring how these ‘multi-controlled’ intersections are deployed and work in practice, and their safety records. Findings suggest they are not unsafe and users adapt to their complexity.     

Constraints on evidence-based policy: insights from government practices

Insights are offered into UK government built environment policy-making processes through an insider's perspective (based on experience of being the chief executive of a public body, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment – CABE) on three empirical examples. The government's mandate was for policies to be evidence based. There was no shortage of demand for evidence, but it was fed into political and bureaucratic domains where less- or non-evidence-based influences were also at work. The questions considered are how much the evidence really influenced the content of policy; and whether making a policy ‘evidence based' led to its acceptance across government, causing departments to commit to its delivery. It is found that evidence (1) is powerful for defining issues to which policy should attend, (2) captures the attention of policy and decision-makers, but only if presented succinctly, and (3) is essential for testing outcomes. Supposedly evidence-based policy is not always truly evidence based. Many subjective forces counterbalance objectivity. The most significant reasons for this are mooted. Advice is offered on how to make evidence a more effective part of a process that will always be partly technical and objective, but also political and subjective.     

成都龙王庙正街历史街区现状与发展对策初探

调查研究了成都龙王庙正街历史建筑现状,分析了历史街区中存在的问题,从转变建筑类型、街巷空间及尺度保留、更新居民生活方式、防火设计四方面,提出了历史街区的保护发展策略。     

太原市城市核心区街道景观改造漫谈

通过对太原市城市核心区街道景观改造的具体实践,分析了太原市核心区老街道存在的问题,并遵循制定的改造原则,提出了改造的具体内容和方法,从而为如何创造一种地域特色、整体意向、功能环境、休闲生活相互交融的城市提供了依据。