Michael Leaf
Biographic Data
| ID | 3675360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Leaf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Leaf |
| SIGNATURE | LEAF M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 210 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Power, power, everywhere
The politics of periurbanization in Asia
Exporting Indonesian Urbanism
Critical writing on ‘new town’ developments on the edge of Asian cities emphasizes such negative effects as increased social segregation and exclusion, fragmentation of urban services, upward pressure on peri-urban land prices and loss of productive farmland. While not disputing such critical perspectives, this paper seeks to understand the position of one of Indonesia's pre-eminent developers and new town builders in the overall context of Indon…
The practical skill of theory
The purpose of this Viewpoint is to challenge the popular perception that theory and practice are separated by a gap that somehow needs to be bridged. Instead, I argue for a perspective that sees the two as inherently interdependent: theory cannot exist without practice nor practice without theory. Such an integrative understanding of theory and practice can be (and should be) generated by each individual as a form of what can be referred to as ‘…
Periurban Asia
The "Third Spring" of Urban Planning in China
Social and economic changes resulting from the introduction of market allocation processes in the post-Mao era have been enormously consequential in accelerating China's urbanization. Central to such changes have been the fundamental reconceptualization of the role of the city vis-a-vis national development strategies and the consequent revitalization of the practice of urban spatial planning after years of disrepute and dissolution. This article…
Localizing a Global Discipline
In order to be relevant and useful in a fragmented developing country context, community and regional planning needs to shift away from the use of rigid tools to more flexible, adaptive approaches. An international review of planning curricula indicated a widespread consensus with respect to key competencies required of planners. This understanding was used in the development of new teaching programs at three Sri Lankan universities. Complementin…
A Tale of Two Villages
Urban Planning and Urban Reality Under Chinese Economic Reforms
Economic reforms in China have significantly changed both the processes of urban development and the practice of urban spatial planning. Changes in these aspects of urbanization, however, have not occurred in concert. The reassertion of planning as a profession has resulted in a reintroduction of a form of master planning, while the state's virtual monopoly over urban investment and decision making has steadily eroded. In Chinese cities, the prac…
Habitat II and the Globalization of Ideas
The many agendas of Habitat II
Urban social impacts of China's economic reforms
Learning from Shenzhen
City life in the Village of Ghosts
Building the Road for the BMW
Recent writings on Asian urbanization have stressed how the continuing outward expansion of the largest metropolitan regions has been eroding the long-standing distinction between rural and urban, particularly in terms of land use and economic structure. In this paper I examine the cultural implications of this phenomenon by looking at recent changes in the extended metropolitan region of Jakarta, Indonesia. Over the course of the 1980s, urbaniza…
Inner city redevelopment in China
Legal Authority in an Extralegal Setting
Although popular settlements in the cities of developing countries exist wholly or partially outside of the legal framework of the state, they must nonetheless follow some sort of rule of law. In the case of quasi-legal or informal land ownership claims, the sale and transfer of land rights must be guaranteed in order for a land market to exist. To fully understand this "rule of law outside the law," it is important to inquire as to the source of…
Land Rights for Residential Development in Jakarta, Indonesia
The Price of Land for Housing in Jakarta
In spite of its potential value to governments, detailed information as to how land prices vary spatially within Third World cities is usually lacking. This paper discusses the distribution of land prices in Jakarta using information provided on a neighbourhood basis by experienced real estate brokers. Appraised prices were given for different types of residential plot distinguished by tenure and infrastructural provision. Analysis of the data in…
A Tale of Two Villages
Inner city redevelopment in China
The Price of Land for Housing in Jakarta
In spite of its potential value to governments, detailed information as to how land prices vary spatially within Third World cities is usually lacking. This paper discusses the distribution of land prices in Jakarta using information provided on a neighbourhood basis by experienced real estate brokers. Appraised prices were given for different types of residential plot distinguished by tenure and infrastructural provision. Analysis of the data in…
Land Rights for Residential Development in Jakarta, Indonesia
Urban Planning and Urban Reality Under Chinese Economic Reforms
Economic reforms in China have significantly changed both the processes of urban development and the practice of urban spatial planning. Changes in these aspects of urbanization, however, have not occurred in concert. The reassertion of planning as a profession has resulted in a reintroduction of a form of master planning, while the state's virtual monopoly over urban investment and decision making has steadily eroded. In Chinese cities, the prac…
Building the Road for the BMW
Recent writings on Asian urbanization have stressed how the continuing outward expansion of the largest metropolitan regions has been eroding the long-standing distinction between rural and urban, particularly in terms of land use and economic structure. In this paper I examine the cultural implications of this phenomenon by looking at recent changes in the extended metropolitan region of Jakarta, Indonesia. Over the course of the 1980s, urbaniza…
Exporting Indonesian Urbanism
Critical writing on ‘new town’ developments on the edge of Asian cities emphasizes such negative effects as increased social segregation and exclusion, fragmentation of urban services, upward pressure on peri-urban land prices and loss of productive farmland. While not disputing such critical perspectives, this paper seeks to understand the position of one of Indonesia's pre-eminent developers and new town builders in the overall context of Indon…
The "Third Spring" of Urban Planning in China
Social and economic changes resulting from the introduction of market allocation processes in the post-Mao era have been enormously consequential in accelerating China's urbanization. Central to such changes have been the fundamental reconceptualization of the role of the city vis-a-vis national development strategies and the consequent revitalization of the practice of urban spatial planning after years of disrepute and dissolution. This article…
Periurban Asia
Legal Authority in an Extralegal Setting
Although popular settlements in the cities of developing countries exist wholly or partially outside of the legal framework of the state, they must nonetheless follow some sort of rule of law. In the case of quasi-legal or informal land ownership claims, the sale and transfer of land rights must be guaranteed in order for a land market to exist. To fully understand this "rule of law outside the law," it is important to inquire as to the source of…
City life in the Village of Ghosts
The politics of periurbanization in Asia
Habitat II and the Globalization of Ideas
Learning from Shenzhen
Localizing a Global Discipline
In order to be relevant and useful in a fragmented developing country context, community and regional planning needs to shift away from the use of rigid tools to more flexible, adaptive approaches. An international review of planning curricula indicated a widespread consensus with respect to key competencies required of planners. This understanding was used in the development of new teaching programs at three Sri Lankan universities. Complementin…
Urban social impacts of China's economic reforms
The Price of Land for Housing in Jakarta
In spite of its potential value to governments, detailed information as to how land prices vary spatially within Third World cities is usually lacking. This paper discusses the distribution of land prices in Jakarta using information provided on a neighbourhood basis by experienced real estate brokers. Appraised prices were given for different types of residential plot distinguished by tenure and infrastructural provision. Analysis of the data in…
Land Rights for Residential Development in Jakarta, Indonesia
Legal Authority in an Extralegal Setting
Although popular settlements in the cities of developing countries exist wholly or partially outside of the legal framework of the state, they must nonetheless follow some sort of rule of law. In the case of quasi-legal or informal land ownership claims, the sale and transfer of land rights must be guaranteed in order for a land market to exist. To fully understand this "rule of law outside the law," it is important to inquire as to the source of…
Inner city redevelopment in China
Learning from Shenzhen
City life in the Village of Ghosts
Building the Road for the BMW
Recent writings on Asian urbanization have stressed how the continuing outward expansion of the largest metropolitan regions has been eroding the long-standing distinction between rural and urban, particularly in terms of land use and economic structure. In this paper I examine the cultural implications of this phenomenon by looking at recent changes in the extended metropolitan region of Jakarta, Indonesia. Over the course of the 1980s, urbaniza…
Habitat II and the Globalization of Ideas
The many agendas of Habitat II
Urban social impacts of China's economic reforms
Urban Planning and Urban Reality Under Chinese Economic Reforms
Economic reforms in China have significantly changed both the processes of urban development and the practice of urban spatial planning. Changes in these aspects of urbanization, however, have not occurred in concert. The reassertion of planning as a profession has resulted in a reintroduction of a form of master planning, while the state's virtual monopoly over urban investment and decision making has steadily eroded. In Chinese cities, the prac…
A Tale of Two Villages
Localizing a Global Discipline
In order to be relevant and useful in a fragmented developing country context, community and regional planning needs to shift away from the use of rigid tools to more flexible, adaptive approaches. An international review of planning curricula indicated a widespread consensus with respect to key competencies required of planners. This understanding was used in the development of new teaching programs at three Sri Lankan universities. Complementin…
The "Third Spring" of Urban Planning in China
Social and economic changes resulting from the introduction of market allocation processes in the post-Mao era have been enormously consequential in accelerating China's urbanization. Central to such changes have been the fundamental reconceptualization of the role of the city vis-a-vis national development strategies and the consequent revitalization of the practice of urban spatial planning after years of disrepute and dissolution. This article…
Periurban Asia
The practical skill of theory
The purpose of this Viewpoint is to challenge the popular perception that theory and practice are separated by a gap that somehow needs to be bridged. Instead, I argue for a perspective that sees the two as inherently interdependent: theory cannot exist without practice nor practice without theory. Such an integrative understanding of theory and practice can be (and should be) generated by each individual as a form of what can be referred to as ‘…
Exporting Indonesian Urbanism
Critical writing on ‘new town’ developments on the edge of Asian cities emphasizes such negative effects as increased social segregation and exclusion, fragmentation of urban services, upward pressure on peri-urban land prices and loss of productive farmland. While not disputing such critical perspectives, this paper seeks to understand the position of one of Indonesia's pre-eminent developers and new town builders in the overall context of Indon…
The politics of periurbanization in Asia
Power, power, everywhere
Political science (16 works) · Economics (13 works) · Geography (12 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economic geography (7 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (7 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (7 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (6 works) · Economy (6 works)