Eugenie L. Birch is Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education at the Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania, and President of the General Assembly of ...

Planning is a key management role in any organization, whether a private business, a nonprofit organization, a corporate business or a government agency. Managers engage in different types of ...

Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Vol. 9, No. 2 (May 2014), pp. 35-67 (33 pages) Abukhater, A.B. (2009). Rethinking planning theory and practice: a glimmer of light for ...

Urbanization is reshaping economies and societies worldwide. More than half of the global population now lives in cities, a share expected to reach 68 percent by 2050. Cities generate about 70 percent ...

China's draft law on national development planning was submitted on Monday to the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, for a third ...

Mixed Land Use Urban Planning is a modern approach to city development that blends residential, commercial, cultural, and recreational spaces into a single, well-connected environment. Instead of ...

South Africa’s planning and development trajectory has been positioned as a tool for transformation, equity and redress since the country’s democratic transition in 1994. However, the promise of ...