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"Role of Contemporary Urbanisms in a Shrinking Cities Syndrome."_Kim [conference paper] - 2 views

Kim, Joongsub. "Role of Contemporary Urbanisms in a Shrinking Cities Syndrome." Paper to be presented at the annual conference for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Salt Lake Cit...

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"Using Land Inventories to Plan for Urban Agriculture."_Many Authors [journal article] - 2 views

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    Mendes, Wendy, Kevin Balmer Terra Kaethler, & Amanda Rhoads. (2008). "Using Land Inventories to Plan for Urban Agriculture." Journal of the American Planning Association. 74 (4), 435-450. Abstract: "Problem: Urban agriculture has potential to make cities more socially and ecologically sustainable, but planners have not had effective policy levers to encourage this. Purpose: We aim to learn how to use land inventories to identify city land with the potential for urban agriculture in order to plan for more sustainable communities by answering two questions: Do land inventories enable integration of urban agriculture into planning and policymaking? Do land inventories advance both ecological and social dimensions of local sustainability agendas? Methods: We use case studies of two Pacific Northwest cities (Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia), comparing the municipal land inventories they undertook to identify public lands with potential for urban agriculture. We study how they were initiated and carried out, as well as their respective scopes, scales, and outcomes. Results and conclusions: We find that the Portland inventory both enabled integration of urban agriculture into planning and policymaking and advanced social and ecological sustainability. In Vancouver similar integration was achieved, but the smaller scope of the effort meant it did little for public involvement and social sustainability. Takeaway for practice: Other local governments considering the use of a land inventory should contemplate: (a) using the inventory process itself as a way to increase institutional awareness and political support for urban agriculture; (b) aligning urban agriculture with related sustainability goals; (c) ensuring public involvement by creating participatory mechanisms in the design and implementation of the inventory; (d) drawing on the expertise of institutional partners including universities. Research support: The Centre for Urban Health Initiativ
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"Vacant Property Now & Tomorrow: Building Enduring Values with Natural Assets." _ Nassa... - 1 views

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    Nassauer, Joan Iverson and Rebekah VanWieren. 2008. "Vacant Property Now & Tomorrow: Building Enduring Values with Natural Assets." Genesee Institute, Flint MI. This is a special report for Genessee County Land Bank on how to strategically green vacant properties. It provides a strategic framework for short-, medium-, and long-term use following principles of ecological land use design. The report also provides seven reuse typologies spanning open space and habitat to urban parks and neighborhood gateways.
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Greyfields into Goldfields: Dead Mills Become Living Neighborhoods - 2 views

The book presents the opportunities and provides case studies of greyfields, including abandoned regional centers and malls that have been put into productive reuse through creative design. Sobel,...

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"The Effect of Community Gardens on Neighboring Property Values"_Been & Voicu [working ... - 1 views

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    Been , Vicki and Voicu, Ioan, "The Effect of Community Gardens on Neighboring Property Values" (2006). New York University Law and Economics Working Papers. Paper 46. http://lsr.nellco.org/nyu_lewp/46 DRAFT PAPER - PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT PERMISSION Abstract: "Cities across the United States increasingly are debating the best way to use vacant "infill" lots. The community garden movement is one of the major contenders for the space, as are advocates for small public "pocket" parks and other green spaces. To allocate the land most efficiently and fairly, local governments need sound research about the value of such gardens and parks to their host communities. At the same time, cities are looking for new ways of financing the development and maintenance of public garden and park space. Some have turned to tax increment financing to generate resources, other are introducing impact fees or special assessments to cover the costs of urban parks. In order to employ such financing mechanisms, both policy concerns and legal constraints require local governments to base their charges on sound data about the impacts green spaces have on the value of the neighboring properties that would be forced to bear the incidence of the tax or fee. Despite the clear public policy need for such data, our knowledge about the impacts community gardens and other such spaces have on surrounding neighborhoods is quite limited. No studies have focused specifically on community gardens, and those that have examined the property value impacts of parks and other open space are cross-sectional studies inattentive to when the park opened, so that it is impossible to determine the direction of the causality of any property value differences found. The existing literature also has paid insufficient attention to qualitative differences among the parks studied and to differences in characteristics of the surrounding neighborhoods that might affect the parks' impacts
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"Vacant Land as a Natural Asset: Enduring Land Values Created by Care and Ownership."_M... - 2 views

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    Nassaure, J.I., VanWieren, R., Wang, Z., and Kahn, D. 2008. "Vacant Land as a Natural Asset: Enduring Land Values Created by Care and Ownership." Genesee Institute, Flint, MI. "Vacant land can be managed to create enduring environmental values. This project analyzed vacant properties managed by the Genesee County Land Bank Authority (GCLBA) to show how they can be managed to achieve inviting neighborhoods and to protect and build long-term ecosystem services. The project marries the intrinsic strengths of Genesee County - especially its water resources - with its immediate strengths: citizens' engagement and sense of ownership in their own neighborhoods. It takes these strengths one step further by showing how to create enduring value on vacant land by encouraging community engagement in the care and environmental stewardship of vacant property. To achieve these goals, this report suggests that the GCLBA manage its properties across three times frames: NOW - FOR MAINTENANCE. With primary concern for maintaining property in cost-efficient ways that enhance neighborhood appeal while protecting ecosystem services. TRANSFORMATION - AS A RIPENING AMENITY FOR THE FUTURE. Using the locations of the more than 4000 GCLBA properties across the county as an opportunity to create more attractive neighborhoods and environmentally beneficial landscape patterns for the future. FUTURE - AS LAND USE TYPES. Identifying future land uses and landscape characteristics of GCLBA properties to enhance the value of surrounding properties as well as enhance ecosystem services for the entire community."
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"Save that House! An Examination of Demolition Ordinance." _Many Authors [conference pa... - 0 views

Nasar, Jack, Victoria Morckel, and Jennifer Cowley.  “Save that House! An Examination of Demolition Ordinance.”  Paper to be presented at the annual conference for the Assoc...

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"Community Gardens as New Forms of Public Space." _Langegger [conference paper] - 0 views

Langegger, Sig. "Community Gardens as New Forms of Public Space." Paper to be presented at the annual conference for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Salt Lake City, Utah, Octob...

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Do Vacant Properties Kill Neighborhoods? An Agent-Based Simulation of Property Abandonment - 3 views

Abstract: "Buffalo is among the cities with the highest vacancy rates in the US. Between 2000 and 2009, the number of tax foreclosure properties at the City's tax auction (in rem) increased. By 200...

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The Possibilities of LIHTC Projects in a City with Long Term Population Loss: A Counter... - 2 views

In this paper, shrinking cities refer to cities that have experienced decades-long sustained population loss and, in the United States, those that continued to lose population through the 2000s. Of...

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