The current paper examines the legitimacy dilemmas that rise from local governments' direct policy instruments and market interventions. It takes the case of public land management strategies. The paper argues that current societal challenges-such as energy transition, climate change and inclusive urban innovation-require planning practices to be more effective. Direct government instruments such as direct market interventions have proven to significantly reduce the implementation gap of planning practice.

Land administration is essential for urban planning and Spatial Information Infrastructure (SII). Interoperability of land administration and spatial planning will determine the success of SII utilization. This information should be accessible to all member of SII, including businesses and the community. This article proposes spatial planning information as an extension of the Land Administration Domain Model (LADM), the ISO 19152:2012 in order to support spatial planning.

Klimaatadaptatie vindt op dit moment plaats in honderden projecten overal in Nederland. Bij de rivieren, langs de kust, in de polders, maar ook in de stad en op het platteland. Het Ministerie van VROM vroeg het onderzoeksprogramma Kennis voor Klimaat dit proces in kaart te brengen. Ruim honderd Nederlandse projecten die rekening houden met aanpassing aan het klimaat en de ruimtelijke ordening zijn voor deze publicatie bekeken. Deze projecten geven inzicht in de manier waarop adaptatie aan klimaatverandering plaatsvindt in de ruimtelijke ordening van Nederland. Gebeurt er eigenlijk al wat?

Onderzoekvoorstellen worden getoetst op wetenschappelijke kwaliteit én maatschappelijke kwaliteit door onafhankelijke deskundigen. De onderzoekprogramma’s hebben voor de Deltacommissie informatie aangedragen over de mogelijk te verwachten zeespiegelstijging. Na het verschijnen van het rapport van de commissie Veerman is mede op initiatief van Klimaat voor Ruimte en Kennis voor Klimaat door de kennisinstellingen een kennis-agenda in beeld gebracht, die aansluit op het rapport van de commissie.

Volgens Timmermans is de emancipatie van het groen in de stad voltooid: groen is een integraal onderdeel van de stad geworden. De kracht van Alterra is verschoven naar het bij elkaar brengen van kennis bij ontwikkelingsprojecten; het ontwikkelen van nieuwe concepten en innovaties. Concepten van duurzame stedelijke ontwikkeling zijn op deze manier terug te vinden in voorbeelden als Waalsprong en IJpenburg

Propelled by rapid urbanization, city administrations in low-and middle-income countries face a raft of challenges to secure food and nutrition for its poor urban dwellers. Urban agriculture (UA) seems a viable intervention to address urban food insecurity, however, experience has shown that urban gardens do not expand at the expected rate. Tackling this issue requires a deeper understanding of the main constraints that block UA expansion. Benin is not an exception; the country witnesses a breathtaking growth of its main cities that is in synchronization with a mounting food insecurity.

This study examined how planning mechanisms support affordable housing supply in Australia and overseas. In England 43 per cent of affordable housing built in 2015–16 (12,866 units) were delivered due to inclusionary planning requirements, while more than 500 cities in the United States have inclusionary zoning or impact fee requirements to supply affordable housing. In Australia planning systems can support affordable housing supply, but additional funding or subsidy is usually required to produce homes affordable to those on low and very low incomes.

The rise of urban populations has rendered cities in both developed and developing countries vulnerable to poor health and diseases that are associated with urban living conditions and environments. Therefore, there is a growing consensus that while personal factors are critical in determining health, the urban environment exacerbates or mitigates health outcomes, and as such the solution for improving health outcomes in urban settings can be found in addressing socio-environmental factors that shape urban environments.

In the context of rapid urbanization, poorer residents in cities across low- and middle-income countries increasingly experience food and nutrition deficiencies. The United Nations has highlighted urban agriculture (UA) as a viable solution to food insecurity, by empowering the urban poor to produce their own fresh foods and make some profit from surplus production. Despite its potential role in reducing poverty and food insecurity, there appears to be little political will to support urban agriculture.

The urban population in Ethiopia is increasing rapidly. If managed proactively, urban population growth presents a huge opportunity to shift the structure and location of economic activity from rural agriculture to the larger and more diversified urban industrial and service sectors. If not managed proactively, rapid urban population growth may pose a demographic challenge as cities struggle to provide jobs, infrastructure and services, and housing.

El presente Manual de Ejecución tiene por objetivo reglamentar los contenidos del Programa Nacional de Producción de Suelo, creado por Disposición Nº 1/2020 (DI-2020- 1-APN-SSPSYU#MDTYH), de fecha 18 de junio de 2020, de la Subsecretaría de Política de Suelo y Urbanismo del Ministerio de Desarrollo Territorial y Hábitat de la Nación. El Plan Nacional de Suelo Urbano (PNASU) constituye una política explícita para atender integralmente todas las instancias de carácter institucional que permitan mejorar las condiciones objetivas de acceso al suelo asequible y de buena calidad, y que garantice

The following are the major steps that were used before in allocating residential stands in Harare. However, these have been changed to accommodate the interests of the policymakers and senior council management. These new changes have opened the system to manipulation of town planning regulations. The Harare Residents’ Trust (HRT) is sharing these steps in the public interest. Several residents have lost their money through corruption involving officials, Councillors, land barons and real estate agencies who sometimes pocket money that they do not deserve.