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Toward Sustainable Regeneration in Central Urban Areas
In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the post-industrial urban conditions in most cases in the world cities can be identified with the following characteristics: As the industry has closed, brownfield sites on inner-city locations, and waterfront lands in some cases, have become available for large-scale urban redevelopment. However, the transformation of these frequently polluted brownfield sites requires sensitive adaptive reuse and huge investment. Urban regeneration in the central urban areas of decay has been encouraged by many localities to attract people back to cities and persuade others not to leave. However, it is questionable whether these activities are leading to actual lasting change, whether they contribute to the making of successful places, and whether the impacts of regeneration compromise the sustainability of the area or city. In terms of sustainability, successfully implemented urban regeneration projects demonstrate that holistic approaches deal firstly with “densification through brownfield development,” ensuring that historic complexes and buildings are properly reused, public spaces are retrofitted as places, good, compatible mixed-use is provided, culture is promoted, and ecological sensitivity is safeguarded. The paper, in this vein, will explore three successful precedents of sustainable regeneration accommodating the mentioned methods.
Toward Sustainable Regeneration in Central Urban Areas
In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the post-industrial urban conditions in most cases in the world cities can be identified with the following characteristics: As the industry has closed, brownfield sites on inner-city locations, and waterfront lands in some cases, have become available for large-scale urban redevelopment. However, the transformation of these frequently polluted brownfield sites requires sensitive adaptive reuse and huge investment. Urban regeneration in the central urban areas of decay has been encouraged by many localities to attract people back to cities and persuade others not to leave. However, it is questionable whether these activities are leading to actual lasting change, whether they contribute to the making of successful places, and whether the impacts of regeneration compromise the sustainability of the area or city. In terms of sustainability, successfully implemented urban regeneration projects demonstrate that holistic approaches deal firstly with “densification through brownfield development,” ensuring that historic complexes and buildings are properly reused, public spaces are retrofitted as places, good, compatible mixed-use is provided, culture is promoted, and ecological sensitivity is safeguarded. The paper, in this vein, will explore three successful precedents of sustainable regeneration accommodating the mentioned methods.
Toward Sustainable Regeneration in Central Urban Areas
Innovative Renewable Energy
Sayigh, Ali (editor) / Oktay, Derya (author)
2023-09-08
13 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Central urban areas , Sustainable regeneration , Brownfield development , Recycling historic complexes/buildings , Livable public spaces , Good mixed-use , Ecological sensitivity Energy , Renewable and Green Energy , Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings , Energy Policy, Economics and Management , Building Construction and Design , Sustainable Development
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