Title: Developmental Planning:A Mechanism of Shaping the City by Planning
Abstract:It is accepted that social economic system shapes the city not urban planning. Nevertheless,land use planning can shape the spatial structure of a city under the institutional framework for urban cons...It is accepted that social economic system shapes the city not urban planning. Nevertheless,land use planning can shape the spatial structure of a city under the institutional framework for urban construction.China's transitional economy and reforms have altered the characteristics of its urban planning practices.Planning has become,more or less,a tool of the local developmental state for its pursuit of local growth.Planning is required to promote economic development,rather than social equity and environmental sustainability.However,pro-growth planning has its own flaws.A planning conceptdevelopmental planningis proposed,with an intention to make planning relevant to urban development,and to have its impacts on China's urban formation and transformation.It emphasizes on the mutual constraints of planning control and market disciplines in urban land development.In the long run,land use planning must secure its institutional role in city construction.Read More
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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