Starting from the historical context of twentieth century first half, is elucidated central government aspires to develop and integrate the southwestern border of Brazil. It provoked planning ...experiences, which are later captured and expanded to the entire South region, aiming at regional development with the creation of Sudesul. This institution was a tool to reinforce measures that promoted agriculture and agribusiness, promoting exports and increasing food production as a basis for increasing other industrial sectors and social welfare. It is noted that the plans were concatenated with the central planning guidelines and according to political, economic, regional and international interests.
Urban growth is a key issue for spatial planning as it influences urban patterns and disrupts open landscapes. To effectively steer urban growth towards compact urban forms, many growth-management ...policies have been developed over recent decades. However, few studies have assessed how municipal policy mixes have evolved over time. In our representative Swiss-wide survey, we evaluated the prevalence and the time of introduction of 18 policies. Our results indicate that large municipalities use a broad range of reinforcing policies over decades. In contrast, small municipalities mostly rely on conventional land-use regulations. The lack of innovative, incentive-based policies casts doubt on small municipalities' ability to effectively manage urban growth. However, our analyses reveal recent efforts by small municipalities to diversify approaches to growth management and adopt innovative policies. These efforts should be supported by guiding small municipalities in their policy choices, and providing support to those lacking planning capacity.
Races to Modernity Behrends, Jan C; Kohlrausch, Martin
2014, 20140830, 2014-07-20
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This volume succeeds beautifully in conveying a detailed sense of urban development in Eastern Europe and the crucial importance of cities for the moderniszation of Eastern Europe during the half ...century before World War II.
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