Considering the increasingly dynamic and complex reality of the different urban policies, arose the question of whether these policies should be better designed in accordance with the causal knowledge in the respective policy area. One of the current approaches in urban policy modelling is the Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) methodology, which is capable to capture and to represent complex relations...

Shenzhen is a city that is highly representative of China’s rapid urbanization process. As the city rapidly expands, there are enormous challenges to the sustainable use of land resources. This paper introduces the evolution of urban land expansion and the sustainable land use policy of the Shenzhen Government since 2005. The policy covers the reduction in rural-to-urban land conversion, the de...

The interactions between urban development and ecological processes are extraordinarily complex. Urban development evolves over time and space as the outcome of microscopic interactions of individual choices and actions taken by multiple agents. These decisions affect ecosystem structures and functions through the conversion of land, fragmentation of natural habitat use, disruption of hydrologi...

Public policy promoting the creative economy has two serious flaws: one, a misperception of culture and creativity as a product of individual genius rather than collective activity; and, two, a willingness to tolerate social dislocation in exchange for urban vitality or competitive advantage. This brief recaps current culture and revitalization research and policy and proposes a new model—a nei...

Irish planning legislation has traditionally emphasised control at the expense of development. In response to widespread dereliction spreading across the city in the early 1980s, a shift in policy direction became imperative. The Urban Renewal Act, introduced in 1986, marked a new departure in Irish planning practice signalling a more pro-active approach to development. This paper charts the ev...

Despite the growing knowledge on benefits of Urban Trees, there is a gap related to dimension governance, normative instruments and public policies. In an attempt improve this context, Brazilian Society Forest instituted National Policy Work Group (GTPNAU) inserted in scope Standardization Certification Committee. GTPNAU had as its goal elaborate policy proposal at national level, capable offer...