New city form. Analysis to support design and governance
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2010
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The form of a city is visible in terms of its buildings, roads, green infrastructure and so on. But the form of a city is a lot more than just these visible items. To analyse a city is to analyse these spatial patterns but also to analyse other layers, which determine the form of a city as well. The spatial patterns and their management through land use planning cover the debate about norms and visions, driving policymaking and sector-based planning both in the strategic and operative timeframes, as well as the spatial integration of sectorial issues, decision-making, budgeting, participation, implementation of plans and decisions, together with monitoring results and evaluating impacts. The main focus of this paper is the management of spatial patterns through land use planning within different cultural and planning frameworks. It is based on the experience of a European working group within the URBACT programme, funded by the European Union. These experiences of the working group on land use management for sustainable European cities (LUMASEC2) are the core of the paper and are demonstrated by two case studies which show two different approaches of land use management in Europe: St. Étienne Métropole (France) working at the regional scale, focusing on the involvement of different stakeholders, and an urban quarter in the city of Baia Mare (Romania), focusing on the urban pattern. Based on these two case studies, further research and additional case studies within LUMASEC, the paper introduces a model of intervention on different layers, illustrated by the above mentioned case studies which were presented for discussion among young professionals at the European Urban Summer School.
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Book of proceedings: Urban change : The prospect of transformation
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