Although academic scholarship has addressed how city governments have responded to
declining housing affordability in the aftermath of crisis, few studies have done so from a …

An essential component in all housing developments is suitable land. Besides being
buildable, this implies land approved for housing in a marketable and consequently …

The struggle of cities to achieve quantitative housing objectives can partly be explained by
the struggle to cope with increasing value conflicts with other (qualitative) policy objectives …

The national government is retreating from spatial planning. Most national urbanization
policies have been abandoned in the Structuurvisie Infrastructuur en Ruimte (SVIR), and …

Public land development is an approach where the public authority acquires land for
development, services the land with public infrastructure, and transfers the serviced building …

This study examined how planning mechanisms support affordable housing supply in
Australia and overseas. In England 43 per cent of affordable housing built in 2015–16 …

National laws, local traditions and practices largely define which spatial planning policies
are pursued and how they are carried out. Still, like many other policy areas, an …

This article examines the transformation of urban referencing in Taipei City after
democratization, using policy mobility theories and case study research methods to 'follow …

Rescaling state responsibilities and capacities not only triggers an uneven distribution of
regulatory and fiscal powers across scales but also creates complex governance …

This chapter explores the successes and challenges of managing urban growth. It examines
the influence of formal and informal rules in society on urban development, drawing on …