Pub Date : 2008-09-26DOI: 10.2174/1874942900801010019
I. Schnell, B. Barzilay
Building conservation is a cultural phenomenon in the urban landscape, occurring by means of turning culture into a tradable product. In the article we illustrate that building conservation, serves the wealthy by means of the symbolic value given to these buildings and their surroundings, while those who pay the price are the poor. The conservation plan of Tel Aviv is examined against the failures detailed in the Planning and Construction Law. We argue that the approval process that the conservation plan follows results in planning that ignores the negative external impact on the immediate environment, and directs the economic benefits to the upper classes, at the expense of the owners of the bordering land, who in many cases belong to the lower classes. These pay the price for the planning, due to the legal failures detailed, but are not entitled to reimbursement for the planning damages. This article exposes the legal mechanisms that channel the profits from the conservation plan to the upper classes.
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Pub Date : 2008-09-24DOI: 10.2174/1874942900801010011
J. Shen
This paper considers the urban spatial changes in China as rescaling and territorialization processes. Decen- tralization has led to the emergence of localism in China, in a fashion similar to western cities but with unique features and context of a transitional economy. Acquiring urban status and expanding urban space have become a new strategy for lasting local development, resulting in a massive urban space re-organization in Chinese history. The case of China shows that the rescaling of the state and the city means relative changes in the roles of the central and local states. The central state continues to play an important role while the local states, the urban governments, actively engage in urban spatial changes for the local land, economic and financial interests.
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