From the perspective of institutional analysis, this paper evaluates the placeremaking process of Niucheshui in Singapore. Since the 1960s, redevelopment in Niucheshui has been substantially shaped by the property rights regimes over land and buildings. Because property rights are defined by the...

Once a favorite topic of urban economists and land use planners, local growth control and growth management (LGC&M) programs have become passé, swept off the front pages of professional and academic journals alike by more current topics like smart growth and sprawl. Smart growth, with its...

American cities have struggled to maintain the centrality of their downtown areas. As retail and office uses have continued to move into suburban areas and outlying regions, many local governments- especially of smaller and mid-size cities -have all but given up on the prospect of replacing the...