collection: Selected Works of John Robert Mullin
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Ideology, Planning Theory and the German City in the Inter-War Years, Part II
description- – In the last issue of the Town Planning Review, the key influences on town planning practice during the years of the Weimar Republic were presented and explained. This issue examines the ideologies and theories that influenced the practice of planning during the pre-war years of the Third Reich (1933-1939). It also compares and contrasts the influences of the Weimar and National Socialist periods.
- – 1982-01-01
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Ideology, Planning Theory and the German City in the Inter-War Years, Part I
description- – German town planning has long been hailed for its contribution to the health and prosperity of the German cities. While much has been written about the products of the planning process - the physical structures, site plans and the housing assistance programmes - relatively little has been written about the town planning theories and ideologies which provided the influences, paradigms and foci for these efforts. In particular, there has been a lack of research comparing the town planning theories developed during the years of the Weimar Republic (1918-1932) with those of the pre-war National Socialist period (1933-1939). This paper is intended as a contribution to this hitherto poorly studied area.
- – 1982-01-01
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The Harbour at Viana Do Castello: Planning in a Vacuum
description- – Harbour communities across Europe and the US are in the midst of major changes. Shifting trade regulations, declining supplies of fish, the rise of recreational boating and new shipping technologies have all contributed to these changes. In response, communities are undertaking major planning efforts to ensure that their harbours remain functional and prosperous. One example of this effort is the Port of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The thesis of this paper is that unless small and medium sized harbours have a strong and planned sense of direction, they will suffer an economic decline and lose their historic and cultural character.
- – 1996-01-01
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The Coming Crisis in Industrial Land: A Planning Perspective
description- – This article is an overview of the current state of planning for industrial development. Local planners too frequently have neglected their industrial resources and are therefore endangering their economic base. Indeed, conditions have reached the point that rarely can one find in the Northeast a 100-acre contiguous industrial parcel of land, with water and sewer services, that is environmentally clean and has direct access to major highways without passing through a residential neighborhood. Furthermore, there is clearly a mismatch between land zoned for industry and that which is suitable for development. This article analyzes the key factors that are influencing industrial land use decisions and provides recommendations that may be of assistance to local officials throughout the country.
- – 1994-08-01
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Central Massachusetts: Facing the Second Industrial Revolution
description- – The cities and towns of Central Massachusetts, many of which played a critical role in the nation's first industrial revolution, are in dramatic flux. Indeed, it is common to note the mills formed under Samuel Slater's nineteenth century system of manufacturing now juxtaposed with futuristic industries making products for the new millennium. The region serves as both the center of the Commonwealth and of New England. From the cultural attractions of Worcester's famed institutions, to skiing on Mount Wachusett, to tourism in the Blackstone Valley, to pockets of modernized traditional industries, to high technology firms and biotech research, the area is steadily transforming itself.
- – 1997-01-01
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City Planning in Frankfurt, Germany, 1925-1932 - A Study in Practical Utopianism
description- – Fifty years ago, one of the most remarkable city planning experiments of the twentieth century was undertaken in Frankfurt-am-Main. With unique land use, city planning and management concepts, revolutionary design elements, and a strongly leftist ideological thrust, this experiment had a lasting impact on the evolution of city planning in the western world. While its contribution in a holistic sense has been long recognized, few have attempted to probe the experience in any depth. This article will help eliminate this shortcoming by analyzing the problems, approaches, design application, and implementation of Frankfurt's city planning experience in the 1920s.
- – 1997-01-01
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Worcester County: Working Toward the Millennium
description- – Worcester County has long been famed for its manufacturing prowess. Its Blackstone Valley was the crucible of our industrial revolution. Its main city, Worcester, was the Silicon Valley of the nineteenth century: the rise of the modern wire industry and thousands of textile machines put the city at the forefront of America's first industrial revolution. Leominster, with its"Man Behind the Foster Grants,"has long promoted itself as the pioneer plastics city. Indeed, the one link among the cities and towns of this region is that they made things. Perhaps of greater interest, the region is still linked by this tradition.
- – 1998-01-01
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The Potential for Planning an Industrial Cluster in Barre, Vermont: A Case of 'Hard-Rock' Resistance in the Granite Industry
description- – Throughout the world, there has been considerable interest among economic planners concerning the creation of industrial clusters. Efforts to stimulate, nurture and reinforce such clusters can be found in virtually all of the European nations, as well as in Japan, Korea, China and others. These efforts range from reinforcing the strengths of promising areas to stimulating the creation of totally new technologies. The identification of such clustering opportunities has become a critical element of national, state, regional and local planning activities. While there are many researchers who have focused on this topic, the Harvard Business School's Michael Porter has,arguably, been among the most effective in bringing the idea to working planners in both Europe and the US. His books and articles are widely read and analysed on both sides of the Atlantic and his ideas have become increasingly commonplace in mainstream planning for economic development. Of particular note is his work The Competitive Advantage of Nations. It remains to be seen, however, what happens when one attempts to implement Porter's principles through local planning.
- – 1998-01-01
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Edward Bellamy's Ambivalence: Can Utopia Be Urban?
description- – The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the contributions of Edward Bellamy to planning history and theory and utopian thought through a comparison of his two novels Looking Backward (1888)and Equality (1897). It endeavors to answer the question of whether or not his perspectives are as relevant today as they were at the beginning of this century. The paper begins with a brief synopsis of Bellamy's background, continues with a review and analysis of his two utopian novels, shifts to perspectives offered by historians and political theorists and ends with this author's thoughts. It is my position that, despite the fact that the two books were published only nine years apart, they reveal a dramatic shift in Bellamy's ideological perspective. In Looking Backward, he is clearly a proponent of Micah's"City on the Hill"ideal while in Equality, he argues for the dissolution of our great cities. This shift centered on the role of the city in society, the influence of technology upon the formation of community, the place of nature in society and the ideal form of community. It is explained below.
- – 2000-01-01
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Connected: The Berkshire Towns' Common Ground
description- – Once defined almost entirely by heavy manufacturing and tourism, the Berkshire region is now in the midst of a major transformation. No more is its well-being dependent on General Electric and Sprague, nor are its scenic towns considered merely a playground for affluent New Yorkers. The rising tide of economic prosperity throughout much of New York and New England has finally touched the Berkshires.
- – 2001-01-01
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The Industrial Zoning Crisis
description- – Across the United States, there has been increasing protest over the placing of industrial land uses. While confrontation appears to be common in all types of communities, it appears to be particularly severe in rural and exurban communities. This trend has many causes. Some are based on past experiences, some on legitimate concerns over environmental degradation, and some on a reaction to reported industrial disasters. In virtually all cases, the protest and concern ultimately are played out in terms of zoning, which gives local citizens a direct say in what will happen on the ground in their community. It is our opinion that there is a Zen to zoning whereby one can identify the soul of a community: The zoning ordinance is the one planning-related document that clearly identifies the values of a community and the importance that citizens place on the environment.
- – 2000-11-01
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Bellamy's Chicopee: A Laboratory for Utopia?
description- – While there are hundreds of books and articles written on Bellamy and his utopian perspectives, few have realistically or comprehensively focused on the influence of his home community of Chicopee, Massachusetts, in the development of his thoughts, ideas, and concepts. What is most remarkable about this shortcoming is that historian after historian and political theorist after theorist acknowledge that Chicopee, as a place, was critical to Bellamy's perspectives of a utopian future.
- – 2003-01-01
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The Biotech Industry: A Consideration of Greater Worcester and the Commonwealth
description- – The biotech industry is on the wave of the new economy and is steadily becoming an important part of the Massachusetts economy. Biotech in the Greater Worcester area is a small but significant and growing part of the regional economy. While Worcester boasts a presence in biotech manufacturing, most of the industry's presence in the region and the state is in research and development. As the biotech industry in central Massachusetts matures, it's possible that more firms will arrive at the same conclusions about the benefits of keeping research and manufacturing near each other.
- – 2003-01-01
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Central Region
description- – Worcester County lies at the center of Massachusetts and largely defines the Commonwealth's Central Region. Economic flows here have traditionally run north and south along the Blackstone River Valley - a natural link connecting the city of Worcester to Providence, Rhode Island. The development of new knowledge-based industries over the past decade, however, has enhanced the region's ties to the east, and especially to the Greater Boston economy.
- – 2003-01-01
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Protecting Coastal Communities: Managing Change
description- – Many New England coastal communities have long been protected from large-scale development. Marked by poor accessibility, stiff land-use and zoning restrictions, and a resistance to municipal water and sewer infrastructure, they have been able to control the pace and type of development. Today, however, technology has made the coast and islands more accessible. At the same time, fishing and fishing-related endeavors such as boat building that for hundreds of years supported communities' economic vitality have ceded to industries such as tourism and the construction of vacation homes.
- – 2007-01-01
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The Commonwealth's Industrial Land Dilemma: Lessons from the Route 146 Corridor
description- – A recent study of the Blackstone Valley's Route 146 Corridor highlights some of the challenges facing Massachusetts as a result of a lack of industrial land.
- – 2006-01-01
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The Blackstone Valley Gets Connected
description- – The link between Route 146 and the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) is now operational, and further improvements will soon connect the highway to I-290 and Worcester. No longer isolated, the Blackstone Valley is taking on characteristics of a third semicircle around metropolitan Boston. Signs of improved job opportunities, rising property values, and established companies' interest in the region suggest that these developments are beginning to have significant beneficial effects on the Valley. The challenge at hand is to take advantage of the economic progress this new infrastructure provides without unleashing major negative impacts on the historical character of this beautiful region.
- – 2006-01-29
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