Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Demolition after decline: Understanding and explaining demolition patterns in US and German shrinking cities
Abstract Demolition is one of shrinking cities' most important strategies to deal with vacant and abandoned properties, but processes and outcomes vary between nations. How do demolition patterns differ or agree between shrinking cities in different nations, and what explains agreement or difference? This study analyzes demolition patterns in two mid-sized, isolated shrinking cities, the U.S. city of Flint and the German city of Dessau, between 2002 and 2016. We found significantly different patterns of demolition in the two cities. Demolition is more concentrated in Dessau, and more diffuse in Flint. We explain this difference in demolition patterns through three factors: housing tenure, social and physical structure, and demolition policy. Compared with Flint, Dessau has a much higher level of rental housing that concentrates in its urban center, facilitating tenant relocation into analogous units and permitting concentrated demolition. Flint's urban structure is homogenous with repetitive blocks of privatelyowned single-family housing, presenting a barrier for public intervention in vacancy. Dessau's demolition is financed by federal policy with explicit spatial intentions, whereas Flint's demolition is complaint-driven without substantial spatial consideration. The study findings indicate that demolition pattern is embedded in structural, historical, and national factors.
Highlights Analyzing demolition patterns in two shrinking cities, one in the US and the other in Germany. Demolition patterns are significantly different in the two cities. Demolition is more concentrated in the German city, and more diffuse in the US city. Difference in demolition patterns are explained from the perspective of housing tenure, social and physical structure, and demolition policy.
Demolition after decline: Understanding and explaining demolition patterns in US and German shrinking cities
Abstract Demolition is one of shrinking cities' most important strategies to deal with vacant and abandoned properties, but processes and outcomes vary between nations. How do demolition patterns differ or agree between shrinking cities in different nations, and what explains agreement or difference? This study analyzes demolition patterns in two mid-sized, isolated shrinking cities, the U.S. city of Flint and the German city of Dessau, between 2002 and 2016. We found significantly different patterns of demolition in the two cities. Demolition is more concentrated in Dessau, and more diffuse in Flint. We explain this difference in demolition patterns through three factors: housing tenure, social and physical structure, and demolition policy. Compared with Flint, Dessau has a much higher level of rental housing that concentrates in its urban center, facilitating tenant relocation into analogous units and permitting concentrated demolition. Flint's urban structure is homogenous with repetitive blocks of privatelyowned single-family housing, presenting a barrier for public intervention in vacancy. Dessau's demolition is financed by federal policy with explicit spatial intentions, whereas Flint's demolition is complaint-driven without substantial spatial consideration. The study findings indicate that demolition pattern is embedded in structural, historical, and national factors.
Highlights Analyzing demolition patterns in two shrinking cities, one in the US and the other in Germany. Demolition patterns are significantly different in the two cities. Demolition is more concentrated in the German city, and more diffuse in the US city. Difference in demolition patterns are explained from the perspective of housing tenure, social and physical structure, and demolition policy.
Demolition after decline: Understanding and explaining demolition patterns in US and German shrinking cities
Gao, Shuqi (Autor:in) / Jansen, Hendrik (Autor:in) / Ryan, Brent D. (Autor:in)
Cities ; 134
31.12.2022
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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