creator: Kotval, Zenia
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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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Rethinking industrial policy: Impacts on industrial communities in New England
description- – The literature on industrial policy and managing economic development, typically, has focused on the role of the federal government, and more recently, on that of state governments. However, policies of the federal government and the specific development initiatives of state governments are not the whole story of economic management. Throughout the country, local government officials, working jointly with business and citizen groups, are actively engaged in local economic development, some more successfully than others. The hypothesis of this dissertation is that industrial policies at the national and state level have limited direct impact on local economic development in New England. The research is essentially exploratory in nature. The dissertation begins by examining the theoretical framework for the industrial policy debate at both the national and state levels. Industrial policies, implicit and explicit, are analyzed at the national, state and local levels. The case-study approach, involving one industrial community in each of the six New England states, formed the basis of the research. Each of the six communities chosen exhibited a similar industrial heritage as well as socio-economic characteristics. The expectation was that communities with like conditions, population growth, employment characteristics, industrial mix, education, skill levels and income characteristics, would react similarly to opportunities and change. This, however, was not the case. The principal research findings are that there are disconnections between industrial policies at the national, state and local levels. Although national and state industrial policies tend to address similar issues they approach them from very different perspectives, thereby achieving varied results. Furthermore, state and local policy makers are particularly conscious of political boundaries often leading to insular and parochial policies. Measurable indicators, such as unemployment rates, tax revenue, and income levels, offer only a limited explanation for economic strength within a community. Qualitative factors such as leadership, motivation, timely institutional responsiveness, local development capacity, sensitivity to labor force dynamics, positive attitudes toward development efforts and sensitivity to community history, and political and social culture, appear to play a more significant role in local economic development than do"top-down"industrial policies.
- – 1994-01-01
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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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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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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