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FROM BROWN-FIELDS TO INNOVATION DISTRICTS: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY
In the globalisation era, the future of older industrial cities will result from their expertise on investing into their underutilised assets in order to keep being competitive globally; it is therefore necessary to revitalise the land known as brown-field. An emerging urban model, the innovation district, puts forward ground breaking promises about its ability to cope with this specific challenge, standing as a driver for a sustainable and inclusive economic development. This paper aims to show the degree to which innovation is effective in giving a meaningful response to brown-field problems, first by considering a conceptual framework to assess the comprehensive approach aimed at improving the social, economic and physical issues inherent to post-industrial landscapes; then by testing it through empirical research work. To support the discussion with evidence, the Boston Innovation District case study will be investi-gated, pointing out the policies and planning initiatives undertaken in the Seaport area. Findings from this research highlight the innovative-led approach effectiveness in matching all the issues considered as relevant to sustainable brown-fields redevelopment, and useful lessons can be drawn in encouraging planners and policy-makers towards considering the role of innovation in urban regeneration initiatives targeting distressed areas.
FROM BROWN-FIELDS TO INNOVATION DISTRICTS: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY
In the globalisation era, the future of older industrial cities will result from their expertise on investing into their underutilised assets in order to keep being competitive globally; it is therefore necessary to revitalise the land known as brown-field. An emerging urban model, the innovation district, puts forward ground breaking promises about its ability to cope with this specific challenge, standing as a driver for a sustainable and inclusive economic development. This paper aims to show the degree to which innovation is effective in giving a meaningful response to brown-field problems, first by considering a conceptual framework to assess the comprehensive approach aimed at improving the social, economic and physical issues inherent to post-industrial landscapes; then by testing it through empirical research work. To support the discussion with evidence, the Boston Innovation District case study will be investi-gated, pointing out the policies and planning initiatives undertaken in the Seaport area. Findings from this research highlight the innovative-led approach effectiveness in matching all the issues considered as relevant to sustainable brown-fields redevelopment, and useful lessons can be drawn in encouraging planners and policy-makers towards considering the role of innovation in urban regeneration initiatives targeting distressed areas.
FROM BROWN-FIELDS TO INNOVATION DISTRICTS: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY
Biancuzzo, Laura (author)
2017-09-14
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
710
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