Social town planning and the planning profession

Planning Malaysia has achieved another major milestone for the Malaysian Institute of Planners. It reaches out today beyond the circulation of MIP Members and beyond the boundaries of our country. It is now circulated to various libraries, planning and related professions organisations, planning schools and universities all across the globe.Every article in this journal is refereed by distinguished panel of local and international professionals related to the planning profession. This adds credibility to the journal and ensures that every article published achieves the desired level of quality as well as meets the international standards of publication.Planning Malaysia has come a long way from its first inaugural publication. Much credit must be given to the effort and continuous passion of the Chief Editor - Professor Dr Alias Abdullah and his dedicated editorial team. They have continued to enhance the quality of the journal as well as increase its level of circulation. This is part of MIP’s mission for continuous effort in knowledge sharing and promotion of town planning and its professionals.It is my deepest aspiration that Planning Malaysia becomes a household name to the planning community. Thus it is hoped that all members take this opportunity to contribute articles to the journal as its widespread circulation will enable members to disseminate ideas, share new findings or planning theories or share experiential planning to the industry at large.Thank you to all writers, editorial board as well as the referees of the articles. I pray that the contribution that you all have made to the journal will shower all with greater wealth of knowledge and contentment.Thank you.

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Back to where it all began …? Reflections on injecting the (spiritual) ethos of the Early Town Planning Movement into Planning, Planners and Plans in post-1994 South Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v70i3.2781 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 70 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Mark Oranje

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Western Europe ◽

Town Planning ◽

Local Planning ◽

Good Shape ◽

Technical Ability ◽

Planning Profession ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Crucial Part ◽

Meaningful Role

Recent developments in South Africa in the field of planning, the domain of plans, and the world of planners, would suggest that planning and plans are viewed in a positive light, the local planning profession is in good shape, and these instruments and actors can play a meaningful role in the development and transformation of the country. In this article, these assumptions were explored through the lens of the attributes and convictions that gave birth to and drove the early ‘town planning movement’ in the industrial cities of North America and Western Europe. A key theme in this analysis was the role played in the early town planning movement by compassion, passion and care for progressive change, and the conviction that it was possible to do so through the application of reason, technical ability and ingenuity. Based on this analysis, the argument was put forward that, while planning, plans and planners in South Africa could potentially play a crucial part in the crafting of a different country, a number of crucial changes would need to be made. The challenges associated with effecting these changes were subsequently explored, and the article concluded with a proposal for doing so by tapping into the metaphors as deployed, and the drive and passion as displayed by those in the early town planning movement.

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TO THE PROBLEM OF ENLIGHTENED PLURALISM IN RUSSIAN TOWN PLANNING

URBAN CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE ◽

10.17673/vestnik.2019.02.2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 15-21

Author(s):

Elina V. DANILOVA

Keyword(s):

Market Economy ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Theoretical Models ◽

Town Planning ◽

Social Transformations ◽

The Past ◽

Planning Profession ◽

Special Events ◽

New City ◽

The City

The article is devoted to the study of processes in Russian urban planning over the past three decades. This period is marked by the birth and formation of a new city growing out of the Soviet urban environment. The article discusses the three conditional stages of the city after restructuring, exploring their specifi city. The context and features of each of the considered stages are described: 1990s, 2000s. 2010s. The state of the architectural and town planning profession is analyzed, the goals and tasks of which changed in accordance with social transformations. Particular att ention is paid to the typology of constructed objects, the development of the architectural order in the context of a market economy. The innovations at each stage are matched, special events that aff ect professional thinking and design methodology are emphasized. The author explores how the two recognized theoretical models of the city - the collage city and the generic city - were adapted to the post-Soviet reality.

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The Civilian Contribution of the Spanish Royal Engineers, 1500–1800

10.3366/edinburgh/9781845861209.003.0012 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

David Buisseret

Keyword(s):

Sixteenth Century ◽

New World ◽

Town Planning ◽

Santiago De Cuba ◽

Cartagena De Indias

Rather neglected until recently, Spanish military engineers now have been studied in detail revealing that the Habsburg and Bourbon kings, from small beginnings in the sixteenth century, sustained an exceptionally large number of military engineers in the 17th and 18th centuries – over 600 in Europe and over 100 in the New World. Trained in mathematics, surveying, architecture and cartography they built a limited number of great forts, usually to defend strategic ports like Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Portobelo, and Cartagena de Indias. However, fortification was hardly necessary in the major capitals far from coastlines so their greatest, most enduring, achievements lay in cartography, road and water engineering, town planning and architecture.

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French Military Engineers in the American Colonies, 1635–1776

10.3366/edinburgh/9781845861209.003.0011 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Emilie d’Orgeix

Keyword(s):

Road Construction ◽

Town Planning ◽

French Antilles ◽

Saint Domingue ◽

American Colonies ◽

French Military ◽

Land Surveying

The first French military engineers in the American colonies between 1635 and 1670 did not belong to a professional corps, being officers with expertise to do military land-surveying and construct emergency defences. Between 1670 and 1691 engineers were under the discipline of Vauban who chose them for missions in Canada or the French Antilles. After 1691, until 1776, they were all ingénieurs du roi. They ranged across citadel and fort construction, cartography and town planning (especially in Louisiana and Saint Domingue).They promoted the urban grid plan, as well as harbours and road construction. With incorporation in a royal Genie corps in 1776 they became much more strictly military.

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An Empirical Study of the Financial Mismanagement of Internally Generated Revenue in Ife South Local Government of Osun State, Nigeria

Think India ◽

10.26643/think-india.v19i2.7786 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 29-38

Author(s):

Adeola Ajayi

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Financial Management ◽

Town Planning ◽

Primary Data ◽

Revenue Generation ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

The Poor ◽

Local Government Level ◽

Government Level ◽

Descriptive Statistical Analysis

This study focused on financial mismanagement of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in Ife South Local Government. It also identified viable sources of revenue in the local government and examined problems militating against effective collection of revenue. This study was necessitated by the need to ensure increased revenue generation in Ife South local government of Osun State, Nigeria. Primary and secondary sources of data were utilized for the study. The primary data were collected through structured questionnaires. Respondents were selected from career officers in GL. 03-16 in departments and units of finance and supplies, administration, primary healthcare, agriculture, town planning and estate valuation of the local government, thus 180 respondents were sampled representing 29.31% of 614 staff strength of these departments and units of the local government. The questionnaires were administered using descriptive statistical analysis such as frequency and percentage value. The study revealed that there are many viable and non-viable sources of revenue in Ife South local government, the myriad of problems militating against effective collection of the revenue and the poor financial management of internally generated revenue which aptly explains why the local government could not be developed. The study concluded that the share of local government from the statutory allocation be increased, routine auditing and post-auditing from the supervising ministry should be encouraged at the local government level and that the local government should also intensify her effort on increase revenue generation in order to withstand the challenges posed by the current global economic crisis.

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