Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-77).

Thesis (M.U.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-84) Also available in print.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第17872号 / 工博第3781号 / 新制||工||1578(附属図書館) / 30692 / 京都大学大学院工学研究科都市社会工学専攻 / (主査)教授 中川 大, 教授 谷口 栄一, 准教授 松中 亮治 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DFAM

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The government land development corporation model works at ‘arm’s length’ from the public sector to manage development of public land assets. With the potential to create uplift in value and shape the built environment to achieve City objectives, many municipalities have established this model, yet there is a lack of study on their impact to the municipal planning and development process. This research presents a case study, including key informant interviews, of the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation’s (CMLC) management of the redevelopment of the East Village to identify lessons that may be application in other development projects. A list of themes for success and weakness informs discussion on how a government land development model can impact municipal planning policy, development process and standards. Half way into the project timeline, CMLC has achieved many of its objectives through a coordinated approach grounded in a strong vision set in a Master Plan. Active marketing and infrastructure upgrades that focused on connections established a renewed sense of place to a blighted neighborhood. CMLC benefits from being able to act in a nimble manner outside of the often-extended municipal decision-making structure. A broad mandate, control over budget decision, land ownership and authority to manage phasing provides efficiency in operations and confidence to investors, however public accountability remains a concern. CMLC introduces new avenues of collaboration and brings multiple disciplines together for risk sharing facilitating innovation in planning policy, practice and standards, that otherwise may have been lost in negotiation. Positioned at the interface between public and private, CMLC has found success in balancing interests and tensions through combining the strengths of each sector. / February 2017

1 januari 2015 infördes en ny paragraf i plan- och bygglagen som säger att de kommuner som avser att ingå exploateringsavtal ska upprätta riktlinjer som anger förutsättningarna för hur dessa avtal skrivs. Riktlinjerna ska ange vilka mål som finns samt hur kostnader, intäkter och andra åtaganden ska fördelas mellan parterna som ingår avtalet. Drygt ett år har gått sedan den nya bestämmelsen infördes och flera av landets kommuner har nu upprättat dessa dokument. Studien syftar till att undersöka hur landets kommuner hittills tillämpat regeln i plan- och bygglagen 6 kap. 39 §. Avsikten är att kartlägga vilka kommuner som har antagit riktlinjer för exploateringsavtal, vad dessa riktlinjer innehåller, hur de är utformade samt vilka åtaganden, intäkts- och kostnadsfördelningar som tydliggörs i dem. Sveriges samtliga 290 kommuner har kontaktats varav 193 kommuner har svarat på frågan om de antagit riktlinjer eller inte. De riktlinjer som har tagits med i studien är de som författarna tillhandahållit mellan datumen 2016-03-16 och 2016-04-16 och som antagits efter lagändringens ikraftträdande, det vill säga efter 2015-01-01. Totalt tillhandahölls 37 antagna riktlinjer. Texten i riktlinjerna kan enligt studien delas upp i följande tre huvudkategorier: - Generell informativ text som inte enbart är knuten till kommunen i fråga - Kommunspecifik informativ text - Text som tydliggör hur kostnader och andra åtaganden ska fördelas mellan kommun och exploatör i exploateringsavtal Den sistnämnda av de tre huvudkategorierna kan delas upp i ytterligare 33 underkategorier för att belysa vilka åtaganden och kostnadsfördelningar som tas upp i de olika riktlinjerna. Studien tyder på att flera kommuner har börjat tillämpa plan- och bygglagen 6 kap. 39 §. Riktlinjernas innehåll och omfattning skiljer sig åt mellan kommunerna. Slutligen tyder resultatet på att de flesta kommuner i sina riktlinjer tydliggör vilka åtaganden och kostnadsfördelningar som gäller mellan kommunen och exploatören vid ingående av ett exploateringsavtal. Ett fåtal av kommunerna tydliggör inte i riktlinjerna vem av kommunen och exploatören som kommer få bekosta eller vidta en åtgärd utan beskriver endast vilka poster av kostnader och andra åtaganden som kommer att behandlas vid själva ingåendet av exploateringsavtal. Ingen av de undersökta riktlinjerna behandlar intäktsfördelning, vilket riktlinjerna ska enligt plan- och bygglagen 6 kap. 39 §. / In 1 January 2015 a new paragraph was added to the Swedish planning and building act (PBL). According to the new paragraph, Swedish municipalities, are obliged to establish special guidelines for Land Development Agreements. Almost a year has passed since the new law was incorporated and today has several of the Swedish municipalities adopted the guidelines. The aim of the study is to investigate how the Swedish municipalities, so far, has applied PBL 6:39. The study intends to investigate which of the municipalities that has adopted guidelines, what these guidelines contains, how they are designed and which commitments, gains and costs they regulate. All 290 municipalities were contacted and 193 of them responded wheter they had adopted guidelines or not. The study contains of those guidelines that the authors recieved between 2016-03-16 and 2016-04-16. The study do only refers to guidelines, adopted after 2015-01-01. Totally 37 guidelines were received. According to this study, the texts of the received guidelines could be subdivided into three main categories: - General informative text - Informative text about the municipalities - Text about commitments, benefits and costs The last category was later on divided into 33 subcategories. The study shows that several municipalities have started to apply the new paragraph, but not yet all of them. Finally, most guidelines divides the commitments, gains and costs between the municipality and the land developer. But a few of them only make it clear which commitments, benefits and costs the municipality intends to regulate in a Land Management Agreement. None of the guidelines regulate benefits from land development, even though they are supposed to, according to PBL 6:39.

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The demand-driven and participatory approach to water resource development and management in Tanzania has been both praised and criticized; some see progress where others see increased inequalities. This study focuses on one progressive, demand-driven NGO which has a participatory approach to water resource development and management. This NGO, MSABI, is active in Kilombero Valley in southern Tanzania, and can be considered successful as it manages to keep 91 % of its water points functional, whilst the national average for pump functionality is just above 50 %. To study the performance of MSABI from a user perspective, it was decided that two sites in Kilombero Valley should be investigated in terms of users’ views on water access and quality. The identification of sites is based on population density and landcover change, so that the issues of scale and urban bias, as well as changes in the landscape affecting hydrological processes, are accounted for. In total, 29 interviews were conducted (October to November 2014), 15 at the Ifakara study site, the more densely populated location, and 14 at the Mchombe Ward study site. The interviews were semi-structured, using a participatory approach, focusing on users’ perspectives on water sources and the access to and quality of those water sources in dry and rainy seasons. The information gathered was used to construct definitions for water access and quality. These definitions, as well as the two locations and categorization of participants according to socio-economic status, were then used to sort and analyse the collected material. The results show that MSABI does not manage to make water accessible in an equitable way because of its demand-driven and participatory approach to water resource development and management. However, MSABI offers the only improved water source at the Mchombe Ward study site, except for one improved open well. MSABI manages to counter urban-bias better than any of the other water resource development and management facilitators encountered at the two study sites. The seasons influence water access, especially at the more peripheral locations, where improved water sources are less common and, as open water sources, are more prone to drought and contamination. When participants in Ifakara seasonally migrate for farming, during 4-5 months per year, the majority’s access to improved water sources is lost. At the distant seasonal fields, open water sources are more common and few report that they treat the unsafe water. The migration to peripheral farmlands coincides with the rainy season, causing open water sources to have their lowest water quality when seasonal migrants utilize them. This underlines the importance of securing safe water supply for people at remote locations, and the important role MSABI plays as water resource developer at those locations. In conclusion, if the current demand-driven and participatory approach to water resource development and management is to be retained, regardless of the heavy criticism it has received with regards to equity, this study suggests that the practices of MSABI should be spread further based on MSABI’s ability to increase safe water access at remote locations. Another recommendation is to further look into the effects of seasonal migration on access to safe water. The effect seasonal migration has on water access in Kilombero could exist in other areas in Tanzania or in other countries. The aspect of seasonal migration might show that water access statistics are misleading, as the seasonal water consumption in remote locations risks being omitted in official statistics.

Abrir mão do conceito de centralidade, da proximidade aos centros comerciais, de serviços e culturais para morar em locais mais distantes provoca maiores deslocamentos para o trabalho, estudo e demais atividades rotineiras. Porém, percebe-se que a ocorrência de bairros residenciais nos arredores das metrópoles é um fenômeno mundial, como as gated communities nos Estados Unidos da América e os LOTEAMENTOS RESIDENCIAIS FECHADOS no Brasil, que podem oferecer condições de moradias mais espaçosas, dotadas de áreas livres e jardins, condições de segurança e privacidade, com menor preço da terra, demandadas sobretudo pelas camadas de renda mais altas da população. Esta rotina de deslocamentos pelo público que mora em um município e trabalha e/ou estuda em outro provoca o que se denomina de MOVIMENTO PENDULAR. A incidência do fluxo de MOVIMENTOS PENDULARES na população de alta renda foi atestada a partir de tabulações realizadas pelo autor utilizando o Microdados da Amostra dos Censos Demográficos (MICRODADOS), elaborado pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). O objetivo da dissertação é a elaboração e hierarquização de ATRIBUTOS que mais influenciam na motivação deste público, em abrir mão do conceito de centralidade e ir residir nestes empreendimentos. Os atributos foram hierarquizados de acordo com o método Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) por especialistas que atuam neste segmento de mercado imobiliário nos municípios de Barueri, Santana de Parnaíba, Cotia e Arujá. Os ATRIBUTOS hierarquizados consideram que a LOCALIZAÇÃO e as CARACTERÍSTICAS DO LOTEAMENTO RESIDENCIAL FECHADO, bem como as necessidades e preferências do público alvo, que estão associadas conforme o estágio nos CICLOS de VIDA FAMILIAR e PROFISSIONAL, podem condicionar estratégias competitivas quanto à seleção de terrenos para desenvolvimento de empreendimentos dessa tipologia. / Giving up the idea of centrality, that is, living near commercial, service and cultural centers to go live in distant places results in longer journeys to work, study and other routine activities. However, it can be noticed that residential neighborhoods in the outskirts of the big cities is a worldwide phenomenon, like the gated communities in the United States and the LOTEAMENTOS RESIDENCIAIS FECHADOS in Brazil, with their spacious houses, free areas and gardens, security and privacy, at a lower cost for the plots which are sought mainly by the higher income population. Such routine of coming and going by the people living in a given municipality and working and / or studying in another brings about the so-called Pendulum Movement. The incidence of the Pendulum Movement flow among the high-income population was attested by tabulations carried out by the author using Microdata from the Demografic Census Sample (MICRODADOS) prepared by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The thesis objective is the development and ranking of ATTRIBUTES that most influence the motivation of the public in abdicating the concept of centrality and going live in these residential. The ATTRIBUTES were ranked according to the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) by specialists working in this segment of the real state market in the municipalities of Barueri, Santana de Parnaíba, Cotia and Arujá. The above ranked ATTRIBUTES consider that LOCATION and CHARACTERISTICS OF LOTEAMENTO RESIDENCIAL FECHADO, as well as the needs and the preferences of the target public associated according to their stage in the FAMILY and PROFESSIONAL LIFE CYCLES might determine the competitive strategies regarding the site selection to develop ventures of this typology.

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