Topic
urban development
222 published works
PropertyProf Blog
Where Do Slums Come From?
The Economist links the size of a nation's slums with its colonial legacy. The short explanation is that "Poorly-run colonial systems allowed for the emergence of dodgy groups that monopolise rental…
PropertyProf Blog
The Urban Institute on the Choice Neighborhoods Program
The Urban Institute has posted Developing Choice Neighborhoods: An Early Look at Implementation in Five Sites - Interim Report on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The overarching goal of the Choice Neighborhoods…
Land Use Prof Blog
Metropolitan Revolution videos now on-line
Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley's The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy is a must read for anyone interested in local government. For…
Land Use Prof Blog
CFP: Challenges of Urban and Rural Transformation
The deadline for the 20th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM)is fast approaching. I have attended this conference in the past and really enjoyed it. I think of…
PropertyProf Blog
Wolf on the Urban Origins of Regulatory Takings
Michael Wolf (Florida) has posted The Brooding Omnipresence of Regulatory Takings: Urban Origins and Effects (Fordham Urban Law Journal) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This essay, written on the occasion of…
Land Use Prof Blog
Athens Wal-Mart Project Dies
So it's been quite awhile since my last post, but I felt compelled to share the end of the story about putting a Wal-Mart in downtown Athens, Georgia. If you're…
PropertyProf Blog
A Short History of the Highrise
By propertyprof
A cool interactive film on The New York Times website can be found here. It features great photos from the newspaper's archives. They had me when the first photo was…
PropertyProf Blog
Blandy & Wang on Power in Gated Communities
By propertyprof
Sarah Blandy (Sheffield) & Feng Wang (Shanghai University) have posted Curbing the Power of Developers? Law and Power in Chinese and English Gated Urban Enclaves (Geoforum) on SSRN. Here's the…
PropertyProf Blog
Detroit Will Pay to Take These Houses
By propertyprof
The Business Insider reports:Mayor Dave Bing is trying to save Detroit by offering incentives to lure residents back to abandoned neighborhoods.One program offers $150,000 in housing renovation money and requiring…
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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:…