Rebuilding Toronto’s non-profit housing development industry This post was written by Yinnon Geva. Everybody loves non-profit housing Canada is experiencing an unprecedented housing crisis and is rapidly becoming one of the least affordable countries in the Global North. Housing costs …
This post was written by Elise F. Jansen. In this blog I describe the findings from my master thesis in Urban and Regional Planning titled “The influence of flexible densification policy on contractual arrangements of affordable housing”. The primary research …
This post was written by Nagwa Kady. Urban planning aims to safeguard public interests through spatial regulations that foster social value within communities. However, in our article “Lost in Translation: Unlocking Planning’s Potential to Harness Social Value from Property Development …
This post was written by Mathew Idiculla. Indian cities routinely face various types of water crises, ranging from acute water scarcity to devasting urban flooding. In March 2024, as the summer was setting in, Bengaluru was staring at an unprecedented …
This post was written by David Evers. [The text was originally published in Dutch in Rooilijn, which can be accessed here: https://www.rooilijn.nl/artikelen/zin-en-onzin-van-decentralisatie/] After two decades of decentralizing spatial planning, the National Environment and Planning Strategy (NOVI) announced more national control. Afterwards, …
This post was written by Tuna Tasan-Kok. In the intricate world of urban development, property-market decisions are woven from a complex web of uncertainty, strategy, and collaboration. This complexity is thoroughly examined in Tuna Taşan-Kok’s article, “Navigating the City: Role …
This post was written by Emma Thümmel. Amsterdam is embarking on an ambitious plan to address its housing crisis by building 150 thousand new dwellings by 2050. Central to this plan is the densification of existing neighborhoods and areas around …
Beyond the blueprint This post was written by Elisha Aaron. The city of Amsterdam articulates in its “Structuurvisie 2040” a specific strategy to make the built environment of the city denser and more compact. This includes “building more than 5,000 …
The need for a regional perspective Affordable housing remains a pressing issue globally, and Amsterdam is no exception. As the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated trends in residential property investments and urban migration, it became evident that the existing urban-centric solutions were …
Three suggestions to keep urban planning & development within the public sector This post was written by Anna Hug. Case study research findings: understanding contemporary systems of urban governance by analyzing three recent post-industrial transition projects in a peripheral area …
This post was written by Sara Özoğul. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, UGoveRN embarked on an initiative to support early career scholars at the intersection of planning and real estate studies. This initiative was part of …
The Governance of Land, Property Owners & Real Estate This post was written by Anna Hug. I recently returned from a four-day visit to Avignon, where I participated in a joint Symposium of the Geodata for Real Estate Research Chair …