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Ur problems as an aspect of US congressional pol have been neglected by pol'al sci'ts, but the Brookings Instit is preparing a series of legislative case studies. 2 lines of summary & conclusion stand out from this examination: (1) while cities & their agents can look to Congress as well as to the Executive as a prime source of policy initiatives, the structure & process of House & Senate are ill-designed for ensuring a more comprehensive approach in the consideration of Ur problems; (2) in the pol'al arena of Congress, Ur interests are at best fragile & fleeting & Ur causes are only likely to prevail if (a) they are allied as 2nd-class partners with more pol'ly viable producer interests; (b) they are championed by a vigorous party leadership in the White House & on Capitol Hill. IPSA.

conference proceedings: vi., 53 pp., Digital file. ; The Prairie Urban Congress was held at a very opportune time. Municipalities and community-based organizations currently face a difficult set of circumstances. The federal government has been devolving housing responsibilities to lower levels of government and this devolution has, often by default, resulted in new roles and responsibilities at the municipal and community levels. Senior levels of government are providing very little funding for new affordable housing and community development initiatives. Municipalities and community-based groups are facing increasing pressure to provide housing and associated support services for low and moderate-income families. At the same time, municipalities face increasing resistance to higher taxes to provide such services. Reports from the five urban municipalities attending the Congress indicate there are different housing and community development circumstances in each centre. Nevertheless, they have a great deal in common, particularly a need for more affordable housing and a struggle to cobble together the resources necessary to provide this housing. It is obvious from the information provided in this report that there are many creative and effective initiatives in the five centres but the amount of new housing provided is modest compared to the growing levels of need. The discussions also illustrate a need for capacity building at the neighbourhood level so communities can become more involved in decisions surrounding housing and community development initiatives. ; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Human Resources Development Canada, City of Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba, Western Economic Diversification Canada

Critical analysis of existing urban policy programmes and discourses in Leipzig, Germany. Includes overview of political systems and governance structures, key shifts in national discourses, and approaches to policy over migration, citizenship, and diversity.

How do people living in contemporary Germany react to diversification in their every-
day life? What undergirds pro-diversity perspectives among those who live in rapidly
diversifying cities? Conversely, what are their limits, and what groups are excluded? The
Diversity Assent (DivA) project was designed to understand the foundations and mechanisms underlying the acceptance of socio-demographic heterogeneity on multiple dimensions in cities located both in West and East Germany. Two core motivations underlie
the project. So far, we insufficiently understand what motivates those who oppose right-
wing positions – usually a majority among inhabitants of cities in Germany and other
Western European countries. Second, this project builds on a previous large-scale project
of the Socio-Cultural Diversity department at MPI-MMG, "Diversity and Contact". In
particular, it explores to what extent attitudes and patterns of interaction have changed, or
remained constant, in the decade from 2010 to 2020, which was a time of major ruptures
and political polarization. We designed a large telephone survey of 2,917 respondents
asking a set of interrelated questions on dispositions towards diversity, everyday experiences and diversification dynamics. This includes a set of survey experiments designed to
tap and measure social norms of tolerance.

Cities in industrialised countries have grown over time, yet shrinkage of cities occurs in many regions. This process has many impacts on urban ecology, which can be observed on urban brownfield sites in particular. The integration of these sites with sustainable urban development must be managed. This presents new challenges for urban planners. The first chapters give an overview of urban ecology concepts and how research in this field is affected by urban shrinkage. The following sections are concerned with botanical aspects of shrinking cities, perception of nature in the context of shrinka

This article reflects on traditional and contemporary gardening movements in Germany. The focus is on forms of gardening, that take place in spaces subject to land lease agreements and similar forms of tenancy or of illegal land take or squatting. The author examines various definitions taking into account the variety of practices, the development of urban gardening over time, and the respective backgrounds or values that users relate to such gardening activities. The examination of definitions led to the drawing up of a timeline of traditional and contemporary gardening movements in Germany and to the tentative approaching of this issue from a semantic perspective. The latter is due to the usage of many different terms mostly as yet undefined in a legal sense. Translation into English or, most likely, to any other language, further blurs the common understanding of the terms used. The author concludes with some considerations on these gardening movements in relation to urban sustainable developments. A presentation at the 5th Rencontres Internationals de Reims on Sustainability Studies, dedicated to Urban Agriculture - Fostering the Urban-Rural Continuum, which took place in October 2015 in Reims/France was the starting point of this article. The basis of this article is a literature review, nourished to a certain extent by observations randomly made over many years and complemented through talks with competent young colleagues. Special thanks go to Martin Sondermann, Leibniz University Hannover, who shared his research experience in various discussions with the author, as well as to Friederike Stelter, internship student at the author's place of work, who gave highly appreciated support to the preparation of the presentation.