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urban development
223 published works
PropertyProf Blog
Designing for North Korea
By propertyprof
Olga Wong asks who designs all the mega-projects in North Korea. The answers she finds involve shadowy middlemen, private jets, Kim Jong-um, and an architecture firm from Hong Kong.Steve Clowney(Pic:…
PropertyProf Blog
The Free Market Plan To Save Detroit
By propertyprof
Why not?The good news is that unlike other areas of the world that are struggling to reverse a development decline, there are millions of people who would love a chance…
Land Use Prof Blog
Overdrive–Getty Exhibition on LA Development
This past weekend I was in Southern California for a family wedding, and we had the chance to go over to the Getty Museum. It is a spectacular place for…
PropertyProf Blog
When Affordable Housing Goes Wrong
By propertyprof
The Washington Post looks at the failure of the District's most recent affordable housing initiative. The story focuses on the rise and fall of The New Communities Initiative, a plan…
PropertyProf Blog
The Best Tall Buildings of the Year
By propertyprof
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named structures from Canada, China, the UK and UAE as the four best tall buildings in the world for 2013.The…
PropertyProf Blog
An Argument for Building Codes
By propertyprof
Building codes are often criticised as overly restrictive and costly. The New York Times, looking at India, reminds us that unregulated building does have consequences:Mumbai has seen an alarming number…
Land Use Prof Blog
Rockefeller Foundation offers up $100 million to build greater resilience in 100 cities
The Rockefeller Foundation announced last week a $100 million effort to build resilience in 100 cities around the world. The project sounds really interesting and is accepting applications from cities…
Land Use Prof Blog
Where to go when you really have to go…
Steve Clowney over at the Property Profs blog regularly posts fun maps that he finds. Following that trend, I just have to share this new one I have stumbled across.…
Land Use Prof Blog
Furman Center report on Housing & Superstorm Sandy
The NYU Furman Center has issued a timely report called Sandy's Effects on Housing in New York City. From the announcement by Vicki Been and Ingrid Gould Ellen:We are pleased to share…
China Law Blog
Shanghai Rising
By Dan Harris
What makes a city great? I just got back from a week in New York and I just love the place. I love that I can go to a place…