Historic Preservation Policy and Regime Politics in Atlanta

Stone and others described historic preservation policy in Atlanta as a failure because of the inability of preservation advocates to participate effectively in the governing regime. Yet in 1989, Mayor Andrew Young approved a comprehensive new preservation ordinance that reflected a shift in priorities by the city's business and political leaders to recognize the importance of preserving and reusing older buildings. The enactment of this new preservation‐based redevelopment policy was the result of a process of social learning by Atlanta's regime participants. This research examines the development of the new historic preservation policy, its effects on neighborhoods and commercial areas, and its connections to regime theory. Rather than being a failure, historic preservation policy in Atlanta succeeded in balancing the interests of developers, property owners, and preservation advocates.     

The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City,the Underclass,and Public Policy

ABSTRACT: This article analyzes the main issues and arguments contained in The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy, by William J. Wilson (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987) and takes issue with several methodological aspects of the book. Although Wilson's emphasis on the specific problems of inner city residents is generally insightful and useful, his adherence to a traditional liberal public policy approach limits the practically, applicability, and consistency of many of his themes. A more pluralistic approach may provide a more methodologically fruitful avenue for analyzing the problems of the underclass and the inner city while yielding more effective policy categories such as liberal and conservative, scholars and analysts can better acknowledge the relative roles of both institutional and subjective elements in the urban environment.     

Slumlords and Public Policy

Noting the relative scarcity of macro studies of planning, this research focuses on differences in the professional development of municipal planning agencies. That phenomenon is measured with statistics on both planners and planning organizations. We hypothesize that the more professionalized the municipality's planning agency, the greater the agency's output of planning products, such as plans, technical studies, and zoning regulations. We also hypothesize that certain aspects of the socioeconomic context of municipal planning affect planning outputs. These aspects are resources that suggest a fiscal capacity for planning and social conditions that suggest a need for it. In fact, only the first hypothesis is supported by our data. Correlation and path analysis indicate that only agency professionalism affects planning outputs. Tentative explanations for this result are offered, and specific subjects for additional macro analysis of planning are discussed.     

城市公共政策与城市规划政策概论--城市总体规划实施政策研究

本文阐述了城市规划政策与城市公共政策之间的关系,并在揭示了城市公共政策特征的基础上,对城市规划政策的组成及其实施的保障机制等方面进行了探讨.     

POLICY REVIEW - Regime Shifts in Dutch Housing Policy

Since the early 1980s many Western governments have been faced with the challenge of dismantling their unwieldy social policy systems. In the Netherlands, housing policies were one of the first fields to undergo the shift from the previous patterns of direct 'governmental' intervention to the new regimes of 'governance'. The social and political aspirations of housing policy were not put aside however. Instead, they are now being pursued by establishing rules which determine the relations between social and governmental actors in another way (the new regime of 'order' rules). The author analyses the emergence of the rules of the new regime and discusses some of the institutional and distributive implications.     

Community Power,Public Policy Initiatives and the Management of Growth in Brisbane

Abstract

Partly in response to rapid population growth in south-east Queensland and a growing imbalance in demographic patterns between Brisbane City and surrounding shires, there is renewed activity in planning for the region by all levels of government. The Brisbane City Council, in 1990, engaged a consultant to produce its first large scale strategy plan for the city, and the State government, in 1991, established a regional planning advisory group to undertake a similar planning exercise for the south-east region. Moreover, it is anticipated that federal programs such as ‘Building Better Cities’ will provide financial support to the region for improved transport systems, urban renewal and infrastructure development.

The urban sociologist, Harvey Molotch (1976, 1987) has challenged the normative conception of planning as a rational activity by incorporating into his analysis the notion of power, in particular, a form of community power which he has called ‘the growth machine’. While a growth coalition of interests can be discerned in Brisbane, the extent to which they have influence in planning decisions needs to be measured against political influences such as the structure of government in Australia and the nature of intergovernmental relations, as well as the politics of party.     

华中地区公租房政策及规划建设研究

公共租赁房屋作为解决城市夹心层住房困难问题的主要解决途径,其规划建设和实施情况被广泛关注。公租房发展策略宜因地制宜,以人为本,借鉴成功地区的实践经验尤为重要。本文将概略介绍公租房内涵,再以重庆、香港、韩国三个成功实施地区为借鉴进行对比,分析河南、湖北、湖南三地公租房政策实施建设情况,为华中地区公租房规划和建设的科学有序发展提供建议。     

Public Policy and Renewal of Old Housing: The Case of Nord-Pas-de-Calais

The rules and laws enforced in France in 1977 regarding the policy of old housing renewal have extended public intervention to the whole housing stock built before 1948. It came as a complement to the 1962 Malraux Law which exclusively concerned old city centres whose architectural value was preserved. Has the objective put forward to improve old housing by maintaining their residents (tenants and owner occupiers) been reached? The public policy of old housing renewal and its consequences on social occupancy are analysed in their relation to the ownership structure and to the property strategies of the actors who finance this rehabilitation. The paper examines Nord-Pas-de-Calais, one of the regions in France where the old housing stock is the lowest in quality. As for the social changes in the occupancy of these neighbourhoods, our 1995 study confirmed the results obtained in 1988. Four years after the end of the improvement programmes, these neighbourhoodshave retained a residential function for working-class occupants. However, two new trends emerged. On the one hand, despite a better integration of old housing in the policies implemented by local authorities since the 1982-83 decentralisation law, the incentive role of state aids to renewal is increasingly limited. On the other hand, property disinvestment has only been partially reduced. Some housing units remain unimproved and some buildings remain unoccupied. The housing supply is higher than the demand. Ownership of old housing is undermined by demand for housing estates in suburban areas.     

Public Policy and Small Towns in Arid South Africa: The Case of Philippolis

Internationally and in South Africa, small towns have been subjected to several external factors leading to their decline, with decentralisation processes placing increased pressure on them to develop locally based responses to these external realities. However, very little academic research has been conducted on the impact of national and sub-national public policies on small towns. Instead, the emphasis has tended to fall on policy frameworks and formulas which can be applied in blanket fashion across different settlement types. South African developmental policies have made no provision for coherent socio-economic developmental support strategies aimed at the more than 500 small towns and the numerous struggling local governance structures, which are virtually all fighting for long-term sustainability. This research is based on a review focusing on selected social, economic and governance policies. The aim is to investigate both the influence of some of these policies and the impact of their implementation in the context of the small town of Philippolis. It will be argued that these policies have not benefited Philippolis and/or that they have been applied inappropriately within this small town. Finally, a number of general recommendations will be made, along with certain policy-related considerations.

1965年以来香港公共交通发展与运输政策演进

本文回顾了1965年以来的香港公共交通发展与运输政策演进历史,分别从探索中的缓慢发展阶段,转型期的理性扩张阶段和面向未来的精明增长阶段对这一过程进行解读;揭示了香港公共交通发展与运输政策经历了从供给导向到需求管理和从单一目标到系统性解决途径的发展历程;进而讨论了对内地特大城市交通发展的借鉴意义。     

我国公共建筑节能政策设计原则与建议

基于当前的公共建筑节能工作情况,分析实施中存在的问题,指出公共建筑政策设计应坚持强制性节能与经济激励节能相结合、能耗总量控制与分项细化控制相结合、技术节能与行为节能相结合、政府引导与市场运作相结合的原则。在此基础上,提出进一步完善公共建筑节能政策的建议。     

对中心城市公共租赁住房政策及实施的再评价

选取较早实施公共租赁住房的深圳,较具代表性的北京、重庆和上海四大中心城市,以其公租房政策演进为研究对象,分析比较自2010年6月以来各市在供给对象的范围、租金价格的确定、管理主体的确定等七个方面的发展变化;对中央政府公租房政策进行分析;研究公租房实施必须解决的现实问题,包括住房保障立法、资金的筹集和房源的筹集等方面。     

Accommodating Irish Travellers: The Public Policy Gap in Site Provision and Housing in Northern Ireland

There has been limited academic analysis or debate on social policy and the accommodation of Irish Travellers in Northern Ireland. Available literature on this subject has mainly emanated from concerned Traveller lobbyists or supporters and has tended to claim that public policy has failed to respond to the accommodation and other needs of Irish Travellers. This paper argues that although site provision has been slow and incremental, due mainly to a policy gap, there has been relative and comparative success in providing accommodation for Irish Travellers within the existing administrative and legislative framework in Northern Ireland. Whilst accepting that problems in site provision still persist, new initiatives to reduce the policy gap are suggested and which offer greater flexibility and choice leading ultimately to increased accommodation provision.     

走向公共管理的城市规划管理模式探寻--兼论城市规划、公共政策与政府干预

城市规划是政府干预城市发展的重要手段,而基于城市规划的公共政策是政府实施城市规划干预的主要方式。构建以公共管理模式为基础的城市规划管理模式,可有效实现城市规划从传统管理模式向现代公共管理模式转变,增加政府实施城市规划公共政策的实效性,为此,必须构建城市规划的控制体系、引导体系、法规体系、监督体系。     

Planning,Policy and the Public Interest: Planning Regimes and Planners' Ethics and Practices

A substantive Public Interest criterion promotes planning area residents' welfare, absent countervailing public policy considerations. This criterion is applied to appraise planning practices in two planning regimes in the West Bank of Palestine: the British Mandate and the Israeli occupation. Detailed analysis of these planning systems' institutions, land policies, statutory plans and development control shows that planners in both regimes acted in the Public Interest as they saw it. But under the British Mandate there was no conflict between the two considerations, while the Israeli occupation policy promoting Israeli interests overrides the welfare of the Palestinian population. This conclusion invites reflection on the interaction between planning regimes and the ethics of planners' practices.     

深圳市公交票价及财政政策研究

面对越来越严峻的城市交通形势,深圳政府已经认识到必须要加大对公交行业的投入,以建立可以与私人交通方式相竞争的公交体系。其中,公交票价和财政政策是非常重要的研究内容。鉴此就深圳目前面临的票价和财政问题,结合国外发达国家的相关经验,在对整个行业形势和交通政策进行深入研究的基础上,提出适合深圳发展的关于公交票价和财政政策方面的建议,使政府、公交公司、乘客三者之间能取得一个较好的平衡点。