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In this paper, we study intra-city connections of housing submarkets, using data from two systemically important cities in China, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Chinese cities that underwent significant spatial and population growth in recent years provide an ideal testing ground for theories of urban spatial growth and the filtering models of housing market. By employing variance decompositions from vector autoregression models, we characterize three types of market connectedness. We find that price shocks mostly originate from the central areas and transmit to the suburban areas in both cities. Additionally, shocks usually run from new sale to resale markets, supporting the basic premise of filtering models. In both cities, trading volume shocks generally lead price shocks both within and across areas.
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127257
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Combined Heat and Power (CHP) has been proven as a mature technology that can benefit both building owners and utility operators. As the economic and environmental benefits of CHP in urban centers gain recognition, regulations and policies have evolved to encourage their deployment. However, the question remains whether these policies are sufficient in helping to achieve the larger sustainability goals, such as the New York City-specific goal of incorporating 800 MW of distributed generation. In this paper, the current regulatory and policy environment for CHP is discussed. Then, an engineering analysis estimating the potential for CHP in NYC at the individual building and microgrid scale, considered a city block, is performed. This analysis indicates that over 800 MW of individual building CHP systems would qualify for the current incentives but many systems would need to undergo more cumbersome air permitting processes reducing the viable capacity to 360 MW. In addition microgrid CHP systems with multiple owners could contribute to meeting the goal even after considering air permits; however, these systems may incorporate many residential customers. The regulatory framework for microgrids with multiple owners and especially residential customers is particularly uncertain therefore additional policies would be needed to facilitate their development.
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134164
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2014.
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Over the last decade, international education initiatives and higher education restructuring in various parts of the world have been increasingly entangled with national knowledge economy policy and urban growth projects. The ensuing entanglements have been more or less 'policied' by what might be termed 'educity imaginaries', which have taken spectacular material form in some global cities. In this paper, we explore the working out of educity imaginaries in Auckland against the backdrop of shifting investment trajectories and the global mobility of educity policy. We argue that globalising imaginaries have intersected with local policy legacies and political economy to produce a mix of mundane and promissory imaginaries. We examine the frictions generated in these encounters and the ways in which they are reworked as resources in local city-making. Working from a commitment to enactive research, we argue that Auckland City might make much more of the possibilities opened up by 'educity imaginaries'.
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129102
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This article reviews the literature on the radicalization of politics in Hong Kong. with an emphasis on its causes and impact. Evidence on the deteriorating living standards and the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor has been substantial. People naturally blame the government under such circumstances. They have been especially angry with government policies favoring the business community. and the "greed" and corruption of the Donald Tsang and C. Y. Leung administrations. The consensus on the origins. characteristics, modes of operation. and so on of the new social movements is strong: and the same applies to the failure of the government to anticipate and absorb their challenges. Confidence in the maintenance of social stability remains high. but there is little optimism that the performance of the govemment will soon improve.
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127244
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2014.
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There is an increasing political pressure on the city planning to create more energy efficient city plans. Not only do the city plans have to enable and promote energy efficient solutions, but it also needs to be clearly assessed how energy efficient the plans are. City planners often have no or poor know how about energy efficiency and building technologies which makes it difficult for them to answer to this need without new guidelines and tools. An easy to use tool for the assessment of the energy efficiency of detailed city plans was developed. The aim of the tool is for city planners to easily be able to assess the energy efficiency of the proposed detailed city plan and to be able to compare the impacts of changes in the plan. The tool is designed to be used with no in-depth knowledge about energy or building technology. With a wide use of the tool many missed opportunities for improving energy efficiency can be avoided. It will provide better opportunities for sustainable solutions leading to less harmful environmental impact and reduced emissions.
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129100
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2014.
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Since 2005. China has witnessed the emergence of a new form of administrative organization. In contrast with the earlier model of "City Jurisdiction Over Counties." which placed counties under the jurisdiction of cities. a new pilot program known as "Provincial Administration of Counties" has been launched. This program places counties and county-level cities under the direct administration of provinces. instead of prefecture-level cities. The central state has played a modest role in implementing this pilot program. whereas provincial and country-level governments have taken a more proactive approach. The central
movement hopes that such a reform can address development imbalances that exist between counties and cities. Meanwhile. provincial governments see the reformats as a way to promote economic develop mint initiatives in counties and county-level cities. However. the implementation of reforms at the local level is not proceeding smoothly. This is mainly due to an asymmetry of power in city-county relations. itself' a legacy of earlier economic reforms that created the City Jurisdiction Over Counties system. This asymmetry has prevented ttrbanruraz tensions from being resolved. lnstead. such tensions have been shifted t'lownward to the city district level or upward to the regional level.
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129085
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2014.
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Chinese mega-city regions have become a new scale of capital acetimulation and state regulation. In recent years these regions have attracted much scholarly attention: however. the'growing research on regional spaces in China is marked by a lack of what we term "realpo- litik" and an absence of rigorous case studies. This study uses the "politics of scale" to empin'cally investigate the realpolitik factors in the intercity railway planning process in the Pearl River Delta. To this end. we establish a two-dimensional approach to unravel the intercalary and intercity politics during this process. W'e argue that in an institutional vacuum. ad hoc measures have been frequently used to facilitate interscalar and intercity bargaining. This case study also establishes a new perspective for Uinderstaiiding China's urhaii and regional transformation. Rather than treating the state as a passive agent. coping with the powerful forces of decentralization and market reform. we argue that the state has strategically redefined itself and has become even more sophisticated in its sIi1icturcs. functions. and tactics. The traditional one-sitled and unidirectional approach to state-space analysis cannot adequately address these issues. A new perspective that considers the politics of variotis scales is needed to study the emerging state regime in China.
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129092
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2014.
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After the market reforms and opening tip ol" China in the late l97l)s. local governments played a central role in the country's rapid urbanization. particularly through the mergenee of administrative regions (MAR).
However. the effect of these MARs is still debatable. ()n the one hand. an MAR can accelerate the pace of economic growth. reshape the power structure. and establish necessary coordination among different regions. On the other hand. a MAR can have negative effects which have led to "pseudo-urbanization" in other developing countries. What is the effect of the local. state-led MAR in China'? This study examines the MAR implemented by the local government of Zhongshan city. Guangdong province. The MAR is found to be associated with the robust growth of the downtown area and of the urban population: it has gradually reshaped the socioeconomic structure of the city. the urban landscape. and the identity of its residents. MARs in China are argu- ably characterizcd b_v a transition from pseudo-urbanization to "real" urbanization. This transition cannot be explained by existing, urban theories. such as the "growth machine." "urban regime," or "entrepreneurial city." Therefore. we use the term "government-led merging urbanization" tGMLz) to define the process. We further suggest that the GML7 concept can be used as a model of urbanization or urban growth. This model provides an important perspective for examining the role played by local governments in the process of urbanization.
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2014.
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The recent land use policy ol' "landing the l')eere;tse in Rural ('onxtrttelion Land with the Increase in L.'rh:tn ("onxtruetion l.and" i.\ an attempt of the government to address the tensions between protecting arable land and providing land lior construction by means of more intensive use of land. Nevertheless. the implementation ol" the policy has triggered notch controversy. in particular about predominant dependence upon retrial residential land totes consolidation and the pursuits of rural~ urban construction land quota transfer. Although local governments often take the blame for these issues. the case study of the comprehensive land consolidation project in Gull reveals the type of dilemma with which they are confronted. [t is shown that the potential for land consolidation is limited. whereby local governments have to turn to rural residential land consolidation to achieve the targets set by the central government for land consolidation. Furthennorc. the displacement and resettlement of rural dwellers puts tremendous financial pressure upon the local government. and it would be impossible to implement the central government mandate to build a new socialist countryside without selling land at a higher price. This article discusses the possibilities for a market-led land consolidation process and concludes that the targets of land consolidation and the implementation of the linking policy should \-'ar_v from region to region to match local levels of economic development and specifieities of the rural economy.
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126889
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Since 2000, and especially since the Annapolis conference in late 2007, Israel has been busy augmenting Jewish presence in east Jerusalem. The expansion of Jewish settlements stifles Palestinian urban growth and makes the prospect of an Israeli-Palestinian accord on Jerusalem even more difficult.
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093290
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New Delhi, Centre for Policy Research, 2009.
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125p.
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Singapore, ISEAS, 2000.
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xiv, 197p.pbk
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168256
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The main objective of this paper is to analyze the recent trends and patterns of urbanization before and after the economic reforms in India. In addition, the paper explores the emerging patterns of urban growth and captures the changes through development indicators based on the available data from the Census of India and National Accounts Statistics. The study employs an exponential growth rate and a linear model for determining the pace of urbanization, which is then plotted on a scatter diagram. It is surprising to note that wherever urbanization was expected to accelerate, it has instead slowed down. Economic reforms have been not uniformly implemented because of the faulty national economic policy which has discouraged the growth of urban employment and is a cause for concern that requires political attention. The study concludes that economic reforms are necessary for accelerating urbanization, promoting small and medium-sized urban areas, human capital, socio-cultural mobility, and plans for eco-friendly green cities.
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