Literature Review of Urban Growth Management

The literature review of urban growth management
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Abstract
This paper examines different theories and approached that deal with the issue of urban growth
management. Different theories and approaches that reflect the perspectives of different actors,
including the private sector, governments and environmental advocates are discussed. The
arguments that take place among the stakeholders are investigated and their future perspectives
are also declared. The gap in the literature review is clarified through the critical analysis of
different research work in the scope of this study.

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Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................................3
First: Measuring and comparing the policy content of local plans and development controls
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Second: Urban regulation, housing supply and affordability...................................................5
Third: Urban space problems and contemporary planning approaches.................................7
Fourth: Housing and urban reform under neoliberalism........................................................10
Fifth: Research gap......................................................................................................................12
Conclusions...................................................................................................................................14
References.....................................................................................................................................16

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Introduction
Planning is considered as a political process that requires public actions and have an impact on
the built and natural environment. It has to balance different interests, demands and views of the
stakeholders. Planning leads to fundamental changes in the way people can experience their
cities. Decision-makers have to deal with the future of planning issues to achieve the smart,
creative and sustainable cities (Legacy & Leshinsky 2015).
The relationship between the cities and citizens have always been inspired and managed by the
challenging knowledge of the contemporary planning. Hall (2014), blames governments for their
bureaucratic practices that hindered creativity in half a century or more. Also, he warns from the
narrow view that limits creativity and innovation in planning according to the social transition
and adapts to the changes in the environmental sustainability.
In order to answer a critical question about what could be done to make good planning, different
aspects should be considered, including the complex social, economic and environmental
challenges that confront the urban growth and building cities. Campbell (2012), argues that the
world is complex, chaotic, uncertain and full of inequalities the relationship between knowledge
and action is important to the theory of planning and practice. As the population grows, the
development pressure increases and the land available for easy protection decreases. The
protected land allows citizens to continue to exist. It could be divided into two groups according
to their distance from the metropolitan areas. The areas near to the metropolitan areas usually
enjoy high political support. But people in rural areas are considered the major reason for the
urban expansion and depopulation of the rural areas (Hamin 2002).