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Zhong, Xiaohua, and Ho Leung. "Exploring Participatory Microregeneration as Sustainable Renewal of Built Heritage Community: Two Case Studies in Shanghai." Sustainability 11, no. 6 (March 18, 2019): 1617. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11061617.
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Since the 1990s, Shanghai has experienced massive urban development and renewal as ways to respond to its demographic, economic, and living space needs. Previous policies have led to the demolishment of many historical communities and valuable heritage housing. The existing ones continue to face extreme threats, such as bad physical conditions and the marginalization of communities. Yet there is a recent trend that emphasizes sustainable urban renewal named microregeneration (微更新), launched by municipal and local states since 2016. One of the main approaches of the initiative was to form new urban coalitions to focus on collaborative governance that helps integrate different agents’ expertise and values for more sustainable urban developments and renewals. This paper explores two cases on how this concept has emerged. The first case is An Shan Si Cun (鞍山四村). This housing block was built in the 1950s for employees of some state-owned enterprises. The second case is Jing Lao Cun (敬老邨). This alley house neighborhood was built in 1930s for migrants who came to Shanghai. Furthermore, this paper is to explore and compare their approaches to sustainable urban renewal, which attempts to preserve these communities that represent cultural and built heritage in Shanghai. Specifically, this paper examines the challenges and accomplishments of these experiments, and discusses policy implications for future tactics of sustainable urban renewal.
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Price, Alfred D. "Urban Renewal: The Case of Buffalo, NY." Review of Black Political Economy 19, no. 3-4 (March 1991): 125–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02895341.
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Isidro Ferrer, Liz. "Implications of Urban Law on Urban Renewal Projects in the Historical Center of Lima." McGill GLSA Research Series 1, no. 1 (November 22, 2021): 1–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.26443/glsars.v1i1.121.
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The Historic Center of Lima currently shows signs of urban deterioration as a result of the processes of exclusion and spatial segregation that have characterized the intense urban growth of the city of Lima. In the face of this urban deterioration, urban renewal processes are an instrument of transformation that acts as surgery for the recovery and reintegration of deteriorated central areas into the functioning of the current city. As a general, urban law regulates urban problems resulting from the transformation of urban lands, including the deterioration of central areas. In particular, actions in traditional central areas have regulations for the protection of cultural heritage. Therefore, the execution of the urban renewal process requires different regulatory instruments to plan and manage the renewal process, which defines its scope. In this sense, the present research has been proposed to address the implementation process of three urban renewal projects in collective housing located in the Historic Center of Lima; "Casa de las Columnas", the "Conjunto de Vivienda La Muralla" and the "Proyecto Piloto Martinete", to identify the effectiveness of the scope of the legal framework of urban renewal, as well as the procedures of intervention in historic centers and monumental areas. Focus on the analysis of the public administration's management, execution, and control activities in the land transformation process of deteriorated traditional urban areas. The article consists of the following parts. First, some conceptual considerations on urban renewal and its relationship with urban law are presented. The next section provides an overview of the state of the regulatory framework for urban renewal in Peru, which is key to contextualize the analysis of the case studies. The third part presents the study methodology and the limitations of the study. The fourth part presents the case studies and develops the scope of the legal framework of urban renewal in the case studies. Finally, some final reflections and conclusions are presented that establish the important elements that should be considered in the legal framework of urban renewal.
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Kaplan, Dana. "Porn tourism and urban renewal: the case of Eilat." Porn Studies 7, no. 4 (September 7, 2020): 459–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23268743.2020.1764860.
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Zheng, Helen W., Geoffrey QP Shen, Yan Song, Bingxia Sun, and Jingke Hong. "Neighborhood sustainability in urban renewal: An assessment framework." Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 44, no. 5 (June 23, 2016): 903–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265813516655547.
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Urban renewal provides valuable opportunities for sustainable development. Sustainability assessment is considered a useful tool in ensuring sustainable development in practice. Although a number of studies have been conducted to evaluate the potential of urban renewal, studies on sustainability assessment in urban renewal at a neighborhood scale are often ignored. However, urban renewal is normally accompanied by many social, economic, and environmental conflicts among various stakeholders. The present paper proposes a framework for assessing neighborhood sustainability to support urban renewal decision making in high-density cities such as Hong Kong. This framework includes two components: (1) sustainability and building condition and (2) a decision-making matrix for urban renewal strategies. A case study was conducted to illustrate how this framework can be applied in the decision-making process of urban renewal projects. The results are expected to provide references for urban renewal decision making in high-density cities.
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Zhuang, Taozhi, Queena K. Qian, Henk J. Visscher, and Marja G. Elsinga. "An analysis of urban renewal decision-making in China from the perspective of transaction costs theory: the case of Chongqing." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 35, no. 4 (February 18, 2020): 1177–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10901-020-09733-9.
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Abstract In China, there is a growing number of urban renewal projects due to the rapid growth of the economy and urbanization. To meet the needs of urban development, urban renewal requires a sound decision-making approach involving various stakeholder groups. However, current urban renewal decision-making is criticized for poor efficiency, equity, and resulting in many unintended adverse outcomes. It is claimed that high-level transaction costs (e.g., a great deal of time spent on negotiation and coordination) are the factors hidden behind the problems. However, few studies have analyzed urban renewal decision-making in a transaction costs perspective. Using the case of Chongqing, this paper aims at adopting transaction costs theory to understand the administrative process of urban renewal decision-making in China. This research focuses on four key stakeholder groups: municipal government, district government, local administrative organizations, and the consulting parties. A transaction costs analytical framework is established. First, the decision-making stages of urban renewal and involved key stakeholder groups are clarified. Second, the transactions done by different stakeholder groups in each stage is identified, thus to analyze what types of transaction costs are generated. Third, the relative levels of transaction costs among different stakeholder groups were measured based on the interview. The empirical analysis reveals how transaction costs occur and affect urban renewal decision-making. Finally, policy implications were proposed to reduce transaction costs in order to enhance urban renewal.
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Engberg, Lars A. "Negotiating Green Retrofitting Standards in Danish Urban Renewal :- The Case of Copenhagen." Open House International 39, no. 2 (June 1, 2014): 6–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-02-2014-b0002.
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The City of Copenhagen aims to become the first carbon neutral capital in the world by 2025. Ten per cent of the total CO2-reduction target is to be achieved through energy retrofitting of existing buildings in the city. This article reports from an action research study in the urban renewal section in Copenhagen City Council where planners struggle to promote more and better energy retrofitting projects in the urban renewal scheme. The study finds that planners in fact approach green retrofitting as a ‘wicked problem’ that requires new solution strategies targeting the complexity of developing new retrofitting standards and solutions in the existing urban renewal framework. The analysis shows how planners’ strategic responses are challenged by competing worldviews concerning the role of urban renewal and the problems and potentials of green retrofitting in practice.
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Wild, Mark. "Liberal Protestants and Urban Renewal." Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation 25, no. 1 (2015): 110–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/rac.2015.25.1.110.
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AbstractThis article examines the liberal Protestant encounter with the urban renewal programs that remade U.S. cities after World War II. Suburbanization had punishing consequences for cities and threatened the already tenuous presence of liberal Protestants there. The concept of renewal—in both its religious and secular dimensions—promised a solution to these problems. Many renewalists, those clergy and laypeople who viewed deteriorating urban neighborhoods as an opportunity to restore Church unity, initially embraced urban renewal as a secular corollary to their work. But the interaction among ecclesial organizations, government, and inner city parishioners over its implementation exacerbated tensions within liberal Protestantism. Many who initially supported urban renewal came to conclude that its results did not match their own objectives. By supporting challenges to redevelopment from African Americans, Latinos, and other urban residents, renewalists criticized the Church for what they believed to be complicity in the degradation of Christian culture and the urban environment.This history demonstrates the mutual influence of culture and organizational structure within liberal Protestantism and the impact of those changes on secular society. Renewalists grappling with urban renewal programs interpreted both theological and secular concepts through their own experiences with city populations, Church bodies, government, and redevelopment agencies. Their subsequent actions prompted mainline denominational leaders to support, for a time, at least, ministries geared more towards to indigenous community development. Such ministries reflected a more pluralist conception of society and the Church's role in it. Eventually, renewalists' opponents turned this pluralist conception on its head, decentralizing the church bureaucracies that had funded their ministries. An analogous process took place in the urban renewal programs themselves, underscoring the ways in which religious and urban histories intersect.
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Li, Xiaojun, Jieyu Wang, Ke Luo, Yuanling Liang, and Shaojian Wang. "Exploring the Spillover Effects of Urban Renewal on Local House Prices Using Multi-Source Data and Machine Learning: The Case of Shenzhen, China." Land 11, no. 9 (August 31, 2022): 1439. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11091439.
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Urban renewal is a current hotspot for research in the field of urban geography and urban planning. However, few studies have been able to quantify the impact of urban renewal on local house prices. Taking Shenzhen as an example, this paper measures the added premium effect of urban renewal on local house prices through econometric models and multi-source data and explores the spillover effect of urban renewal on house prices using an integrated model based on machine learning and Geo-detector analysis. The main findings are: (1) Shenzhen’s urban renewal had a significant positive premium effect on the unit transaction price of local housing. (2) The population characteristics and the accessibility to transport in the context of urban renewal are the main drivers for premiums on house prices. (3) There is spatial heterogeneity with respect to the housing premium effect due to urban renewal, among which optimization of the density of the road network is most closely associated with the premium effects. The interaction of the road density network and the population density of particular streets drives the medium premium effect. Our findings have important implications for refinements in management practices for urban renewal in the context of the housing market.
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Praharaj, Sarbeswar. "Area-Based Urban Renewal Approach for Smart Cities Development in India: Challenges of Inclusion and Sustainability." Urban Planning 6, no. 4 (November 17, 2021): 202–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v6i4.4484.
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Cities in the Global South face rapid urbanization challenges and often suffer an acute lack of infrastructure and governance capacities. Smart Cities Mission, in India, launched in 2015, aims to offer a novel approach for urban renewal of 100 cities following an area-based development approach, where the use of ICT and digital technologies is particularly emphasized. This article presents a critical review of the design and implementation framework of this new urban renewal program across selected case-study cities. The article examines the claims of the so-called “smart cities” against actual urban transformation on-ground and evaluates how “inclusive” and “sustainable” these developments are. We quantify the scale and coverage of the smart city urban renewal projects in the cities to highlight who the program includes and excludes. The article also presents a statistical analysis of the sectoral focus and budgetary allocations of the projects under the Smart Cities Mission to find an inherent bias in these smart city initiatives in terms of which types of development they promote and the ones it ignores. The findings indicate that a predominant emphasis on digital urban renewal of selected precincts and enclaves, branded as “smart cities,” leads to deepening social polarization and gentrification. The article offers crucial urban planning lessons for designing ICT-driven urban renewal projects, while addressing critical questions around inclusion and sustainability in smart city ventures.
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Cozza, Cassandra. "Fringe renewal. Enhancing urban and peri-urban fragile areas." TERRITORIO, no. 103 (December 2023): 72–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/tr2023-103010.
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This doctoral design-driven research investigates the spatial renewal and urban regeneration of four areas of the case study Eastern fringe of Milan. Each design experimentation focuses on peculiar topics related to urban fringes' renewal which were selected due to the specificities of each area within the broader urban fringe, which is strongly characterized by the presence of different infrastructures – the Lambro river, the railways and the A51 highway ‘Autostrada Tangenziale Est'. Design approaches illustrated in the following visual essays are based on surveys and datasets; they test design strategies through specific toolkits aimed at enhancing spatial relations and urban quality and reacting to climate change through mitigation and adaptation actions.
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Zhou, Yang, Xu Huang, and Wei Li. "Identification and evaluation of the renewal of industrial land in master planning: the case of Lijia, China." Open House International 45, no. 1/2 (June 3, 2020): 39–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-04-2020-0012.
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Purpose Industrial land renewal is a significant constituent of urban environment and sustainable development. Most implementation in planning of renewal of industrial land has been mainly conducted at the site level of industrial zones or parks and the larger scale of township planning deserve further attention in China. To fill this gap, this paper aims to investigate the implementation of industrial land renewal for a whole urbanized area under the township master planning. Design/methodology/approach This study introduces a progressive approach to identify and evaluate the renewal of industrial land in township master planning to move toward a more practical understanding of industrial transition. The authors chose a typical industrialized town, Lijia in Changzhou City, under the development model of “Southern Jiangsu” to explain the measurement and assessment framework to identify and evaluate the renewable industrial land. Synthesizing the idea of sustainable development, the authors investigated the renewable industrial land with an econometric model including multiple-indexes of economic, social and ecological aspects, field observations and depth interviews. Findings The analysis demonstrated the spatial heterogeneity and complex generous structure of industrial land renewal in developing countries. It pointed out the major responsibility of enterprises as main industrial land users and indispensable responsibility of government and society. Following the idea of organic concentration and avoiding one-size-fits-all kind of deal, the master planning of Lijia emphasized the connection of industrial land and the combination of market force, social force and government regulation. Originality/value With original data and discussion, the authors provide more scientific renewal strategies for planners in sustainable development.
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Coudroy de Lille, Lydia, and Caroline Bouloc. "Urban renewal in post-industrial districts: the example of Lyon Metropolis." Mazowsze Studia Regionalne 2020, no. 33 (June 2020): 75–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.21858/msr.33.05.
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Urban renewal issues in France are very often discussed with reference to the demolition or renovation of large-scale housing estates. But these issues also concern former industrial areas which have their own distinct architectural, social, and economic difficulties. This article aims to present analysis of these differences using the example of two case studies in the Lyon metropolitan area, the second largest agglomeration in France. First, we outline the background of urban policy in France and Lyon in particular, together with mapping “priority geography” of urban policy in Lyon. Our two case studies, La Saulaie and Carré de Soie, are located in suburbs of the metropolis. Through our analysis of the social and spatial features of these two renewal projects which are currently under way, we demonstrate that urban renewal policies in France are multi-layered, and that the case of Lyon illustrates especially robust engagement on the part of local authorities. Tackling poverty and isolation are the priorities in La Saulaie. In Carré de Soie, the challenges are to create a public transportation hub, a new housing market, and to attract companies to this new secondary centre. We also show that urban renewal operations are not limited to the areas defined by the “priority geography”.
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Sharma, Shaleen, and Sanjay Gupta. "Sustainable Renewal in Urban Areas: Looking Beyond the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission." International Journal of Arts Architecture & Design 2, no. 1 (January 31, 2024): 66–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.62030/2024januaryarticle5.
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Urbanisation is a continuous process of growth by which the cities accommodate the shifting populations. A city must continually address concerns related to housing, employment and the balance of demand and supply of basic infrastructure services. The act of planning for urban growth and transformation is termed Urban Renewal. While urban renewal started after World War 2 in Europe, it was not until the 1980s that issues of sustainability were addressed through urban renewal. Sustainable urban renewal enables a balance of physical, social, economic, and ecological improvements in cities. This paper presents case studies of some exemplary urban renewal projects implemented around the world focussing on physical, social, cultural, economic or ecological development of an area. It traces the evolution of the concept of urban renewal in the Indian context with a focus on the biggest scheme launched by the Indian government under the aegis of JNNURM. It further analyses the performance of JNNURM on the sustainability platform. The paper concludes by proposing that the learnings from JNNURM should be used to devise the next phase of urban renewal programs in India and that all future schemes should be based on sustainable urban regeneration principles. It also proposes that effective implementation of any UR scheme requires the strengthening and empowering of the urban local bodies as well as contextualising the issues while engaging the community in the process of planning and implementation.
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Spolaor, Silvia Maria Caser. "Planning Tools and Policies under Neoliberal Politics for Urban Renewal." U.Porto Journal of Engineering 5, no. 1 (February 26, 2019): 16–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_005.001_0002.
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This paper provides a literature review on planning tools and policies available for urban transformation in cities from the Global South – ‘other stories’ – with common economic contexts that suited neoliberal regeneration strategies. It calls for a perspective on comparative urbanism since it is essential to look for case studies focused outside the Anglophone core in order to contribute for a postcolonial agenda. The method used for case studies choices was based on scientific platforms research using relevant keywords to produce a critical review. The results point out that the urban renewal processes analyzed have generated similar outcomes on urban and social realms such as displacement, social inequalities, deprivation of rights and physical changes of the urban environment as they are part of city’s reclaim for business, middle-class and market forces based on state-led and policy-driven approaches.
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Taufiq, Muhammad, Petrus Natalivan Indradjati, Suhirman Suhirman, and Benedictus Kombaitan. "MENEMUKAN KEMBALI PEMBARUAN PERKOTAAN BERBASIS PENGEMBANGAN MASYARAKAT: STUDI PENANGANAN PEMUKIMAN KUMUH DI PERKOTAAN INDONESIA." TATALOKA 21, no. 4 (November 29, 2019): 649. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/tataloka.21.4.649-659.
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The urban renewal concept is one of the city development policies approaches. It promotes profit optimization in urban areas. However, this is done by eroding existing slums and ending with injustice for the community. For this reason, city development policies need to direct urban renewal implementation based on community development. The question arises whether urban renewal needs to be applied for urban areas in Indonesia, whether urban renewal brings certain benefits in achieving a more humane society development and its limits. This article aims to provide a theoretical understanding of the considerations and implications for its application through illustrative case studies from several major cities in Indonesia. This study evaluates urban renewal ideas from a community development viewpoint, through descriptive, evaluative analysis and literature. Study results show that urban renewal is necessary for cities in Indonesia in terms of policies that make the city center become a more competitive business area and generate maximum urban profits through tax revenues. On the other hand, this is done to beautify the city's face, which will automatically improve community development in cities and suburbs. Local wisdom in the context of a city's development policy choice base is a limitation for its implementation optimality.
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Sun, Qiyue. "Preservation and renewal of historical and cultural blocks under urban RBD model: A case study of Baoding West Street." E3S Web of Conferences 553 (2024): 04006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202455304006.
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Preservation and renewal of historical and cultural blocks is an important part of the urban renewal process. At present, China pays more and more attention to the protection of historical and cultural blocks, how to make historical and cultural blocks revitalized in modern cities is a problem worth thinking about. The urban RBD model provides new ideas for the protection and renewal of historical and cultural blocks. This paper intends to summarize the development and characteristics of the urban RBD model by using the literature research method and the field research method, conduct case studies on historical and cultural block-type RBDs, and try to summarize the theoretical methods for the protection and renewal of historical and cultural block-type RBDs; it also combs through the historical lineage and the business mode of Baoding’s West Street, summarizes the existing problems, and proposes a renovation strategy for West Street by using the methods of historical and cultural block-type RBDs’ protection and renewal. West Street proposes a transformation strategy.
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Weinstein, Zvi. "Citizen participation: the case of Israel Project Renewal." Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability 1, no. 2 (July 2008): 129–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549170802221484.
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Ma, Xiaozhi, Hongping Yuan, Shudong Zhou, and Yong Yu. "DEMYSTIFYING SUSTAINABLE DISTRICT-LEVEL INDUSTRIAL BUILDING RENOVATION: A TAXONOMY FRAMEWORK AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES." Journal of Green Building 18, no. 2 (March 1, 2023): 207–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.18.2.207.
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ABSTRACT With the progress of urbanization, most people live in cities and adjacent urban areas. Meanwhile, the transformation and development of cities and their industries leaves behind a large volume of old building blocks and requires renovating some urban spaces. Notably, urban renewal plays an important role in the sustainable development of cities. As a typical task of urban renewal, the renovation of industrial buildings involves the protection of the industrial heritage and the adaptive reuse of the existing building spaces. Yet, the complex nature of district-level industrial building renovation work spells challenges to effective urban renovation and sustainable city renewal. Although a few studies were devoted to the renovation of industrial buildings, very limited research focused on the renovation of existing industrial urban areas. In particular, the cooperation of different work disciplines to orchestrate sustainable district-level industrial building renovation and strategies to facilitate effective administration of such a way of urban renewal remain to be clarified. To close such a gap, this research employs an approach of multi-case study to conceptualize sustainable district-level industrial building renovation. Four case projects from the Big Bay Area cities, including Dongguan, Foshan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, are investigated and analyzed due to specific local policies of renovation and their rapid urbanization. Based on the knowledge disciplines of urban planning, industrial heritage reservation, and building renovation, a taxonomy framework is introduced, and the relevant sustainable development strategies are identified. The framework demystifies sustainable district-level industrial building renovation regarding the key aspects of sustainable management to achieve sustainable urban renewal and their hierarchical relations and enhances the knowledge body of industrial building renovation by broadening the scope to the urban scale. Furthermore, the proposed strategies can provide practical implications to sustainable urban renewal with industrial building renovation.
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Dong, Cui. "Urban Historical Landscape Construction Methods and Designs: The Case of the Old Town of Jingdezhen." Open House International 44, no. 3 (September 1, 2019): 13–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-03-2019-b0004.
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With the rapid development of modern economy and the process of urbanization is faster, a large number of historical relics have been mercilessly destroyed in the urban reconstruction. In order to balance the contradiction between urban development and historical heritage and promote the harmonious development of new and old urban areas, it is necessary to research on the old urban areas from the perspective of historical landscape. Old urban area of Jingdezhen is taken as an example in this paper, the present situation of the reconstruction of the old city in Jingdezhen is analyzed. Then, by using the methodology of urban historical landscape, some specific methods for updating and designing the old urban area reconstruction of Jingdezhen is put forward, such as the elements of spatial form, urban texture, historical and cultural landscape elements, streets and alleys, the Changjiang River, public facilities and landscape sketches, and so on. A new design method of landscape transformation of old urban area is established. As the renewal method of respecting the urban history and cultural heritage is a very intelligent urban renewal model, it is found that the application of urban historical landscape in the old urban city is reasonable and effective, which is based on the development of the old urban area and pursues the coexistence of protection and development.
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Zhou, Liya. "Excavation, emersion, permanence-- A case study of renaissance and renewal of historic blocks along the Grand Canal in Hangzhou." Advances in Engineering Innovation 1, no. 1 (September 20, 2023): 67–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254//0/2023011.
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This paper studies the urban renewal planning and construction of the historic districts along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Hangzhou, taking the two cases of Qiaoxi Historic District and Dadu Road Historic District as the objects, and analyses the planning and design strategies and specific practices of urban renewal and restoration. From the perspectives of economic, social and environmental sustainability, it summaries the successful experience of old city development along the canal in Hangzhou and puts forward further suggestions.
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Zhou, Liya. "Excavation, emersion, permanence-- A case study of renaissance and renewal of historic blocks along the Grand Canal in Hangzhou." Advances in Engineering Innovation 1, no. 1 (September 20, 2023): 67–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254/2977-3903/1/2023011.
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This paper studies the urban renewal planning and construction of the historic districts along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Hangzhou, taking the two cases of Qiaoxi Historic District and Dadu Road Historic District as the objects, and analyses the planning and design strategies and specific practices of urban renewal and restoration. From the perspectives of economic, social and environmental sustainability, it summaries the successful experience of old city development along the canal in Hangzhou and puts forward further suggestions.
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THOMAS, HUW. "The Local Press and Urban Renewal: A South Wales Case Study." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 18, no. 2 (June 1994): 315–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.1994.tb00268.x.
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Chen, Yizhong, Guiwen Liu, and Taozhi Zhuang. "Evaluating the Comprehensive Benefit of Urban Renewal Projects on the Area Scale: An Integrated Method." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 1 (December 29, 2022): 606. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010606.
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Globally, the challenges facing cities regarding urban decay, insufficient urban function, and fragmented urban development are enormous. Under this context, urban renewal provides opportunities to address these challenges and enhance urban sustainability. Thus, promoting urban renewal projects and improving their performance is a global topic. In many circumstances, urban renewal is planned and initiated on the project scale, but on the area scale, overall coordination of the projects can bring about comprehensive benefits to urban areas on a macro view. In practice, it still lacks a systematic evaluation approach to obtain a clear picture of such comprehensive benefits. In academia, the existing research studies are mainly focused on single-project evaluation. An integrated framework that provides a holistic assessment of area-scale project benefits is missing. Few fully consider the coupling coordination benefits between several urban renewal projects from an area-scale perspective. Thus, this paper aims to propose a framework for integrating an indicator evaluation system through a hybrid entropy weight method with Back Propagation (BP) neural network methods to evaluate the comprehensive benefit of urban renewal projects on the area scale, which is the level at which most development area-scale renewal projects take place in a city. The feasibility and effectiveness of this proposed framework are then verified in a case study of Chongqing, China. The results indicate that the proposed method that integrated multi-project characteristics can contribute to a bigger picture of benefit evaluation of urban renewal based on an area scale perspective. This therefore provides not only guidance for urban planners and policymakers to make better decisions, but also new insight for benefit evaluation in the field of urban development.
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Wang, Fang, Xiaoning Xue, and Yingying Wang. "The neglected part in historic districts: case studies on the non-heritage buildings in two historic blocks in Wuxi City, China." International Journal of Tourism Cities 1, no. 3 (August 10, 2015): 200–215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijtc-01-2015-0001.
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Purpose – Maintaining a city’s identity and locality is an urgent problem in urban construction. Historical districts are very important parts of a city. However, non-heritage buildings, which make a significant contribution to the character and appearance of historical areas, are facing arbitrary demolition. They are more often ignored compared with buildings on the protection list. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This paper chooses two historic blocks in Wuxi, in which 256 non-heritage buildings were examined, the SPSS method and the AHP method are used to find renewal modes for the buildings that had not finished updates, and the two blocks are then used as practical cases to validate the matching results. Findings – In conclusion, on the one hand, according to different building categories, different renewal modes are found. On the other hand, this study finds differences in the renewal modes of different historic districts. Originality/value – The study shows a renewal method for non-heritage buildings, which require attention due to their dangerous situation, as these buildings in historical districts also contribute to a city’s uniqueness and locality. These results should be helpful in the planning and practices for urban historical districts.
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Cooper, Cindy T., and Christopher Mele. "Urban Redevelopment as Contingent Process: Implicating Everyday Practices in Berlin’s Renewal." City & Community 1, no. 3 (September 2002): 291–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1540-6040.00024.
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In this article, we generate a “middle–ground” perspective to interrogate the range of interactions between political economic processes and everyday practices in the study of urban redevelopment. Focusing on the contested redevelopment of residential, commercial, and public spaces in the Spandauer Vorstadt neighborhood of Berlin, we examine how institutions and individuals incorporated certain local everyday practices and behaviors into renewal agendas. Such processes of incorporation were neither uniform nor homogeneous but disputed; state actors, planners, and developers, as well as residents, focused on certain existing neighborhood practices (and ignored others) in an effort to manage and control the course of neighborhood redevelopment. Conversely, everyday practices influenced redevelopment processes in ways often not intended by residents or other stakeholders. Finally, while our findings pertain to the case study of Berlin, we suggest that similar processes are at work in other cases of urban redevelopment in Western cities.
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Parmett, Helen Morgan. "Site-specific television as urban renewal: Or, how Portland became Portlandia." International Journal of Cultural Studies 21, no. 1 (April 17, 2017): 42–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877917704493.
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This article addresses the rise of what I call ‘site-specific television’, where the dispersion of television production outside traditional centers results in shooting locations that also serve as the crux of the televisual narrative. I argue that site-specific television constitutes ‘TV renewal’, in which on-location shooting practices are constitutive of urban regeneration efforts that draw on local, alternative, and creative cultures of production to help promote, rebrand, and revitalize marginalized city spaces with, often, gentrifying implications. Taking up Portlandia as a case study of site-specific television, I argue its on-location production practices depend on decentralized and embedded practices of production that align with recent economic and cultural changes in the television industry and in the city.
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Hwang, Jackelyn. "Gentrification without Segregation? Race, Immigration, and Renewal in a Diversifying City." City & Community 19, no. 3 (September 2020): 538–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cico.12419.
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Research on how neighborhood racial composition affects where gentrification unfolds yields mixed conclusions, but these studies either capture broad national trends or highly segregated cities. Drawing on the case of Seattle—a majority–White city with low segregation levels and growing ethnoracial diversity—this study uncovers an underexplored mechanism shaping patterns of uneven development and residential selection in the contemporary city: immigrant replenishment. The share of all minorities is negatively associated with gentrification during the 1970s and 1980s, and, in contrast to expectations, shares of Blacks positively predict recent gentrification while shares of Asians negatively predict it. Increased concentrations of recent immigrants in neighborhoods with greater shares of Asians explain these relationships. These findings suggest that where arriving immigrants move limits residential selection in gentrification and shifts pressures to low–cost Black neighborhoods. This study highlights how immigration and points of entry are important factors for understanding uneven development in the contemporary city and has implications for the future of racial stratification as cities transform.
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Wu, Y., and A. Li. "RESEARCH ON VALIDITY MEASUREMENT OF MEGACITIES RENEWAL POLICIES AND SUITABILITY SCALE FOR URBAN REMOTE SENSING DATA APPLICATIONS: TAKING BEIJING’S DUAL CONTROL POLICY AS AN EXAMPLE." ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences X-3/W2-2022 (October 27, 2022): 59–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-x-3-w2-2022-59-2022.
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Abstract. Urban renewal has become the application hotspot of urban remote sensing development in recent years. However, scientific distribution of weight relationship between indicators reflecting progress and effectiveness of different urban renewal goals and tasks, and comprehensive evaluation of effectiveness of policies in the existing indicator system require further in-depth research. In particular, there is no clear standard for application caliber of remote sensing data of different cities in spatial indicators. Taking Beijing’s dual control policy as an example, this paper measures effectiveness of mega-city renewal policies represented by Beijing based on analytic hierarchy process, and analyzes types of remote sensing data suitable for urban renewal. In addition, the suitability scale of urban remote sensing data application is given through case studies. By analyzing the actual validity of Beijing’s dual-control policy implementation, it is concluded that the application scale of urban remote sensing data for urban renewal suitability is remote sensing image big data > remote sensing data artificial intelligence algorithm > remote sensing image historical data > remote sensing big data. It is necessary to focus on automatic identification and exploration of spatial changes based on remote sensing, design and calculation of spatial indicators of urban physical examination based on remote sensing in the future. Furthermore, work needs to be carried out to further improve evaluability, accuracy and objectivity of practical application of remote sensing data in different cities for urban renewal, and explore establishment of a clear urban physical examination system and remote sensing data application system guidelines.
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Liang, Huawei. "Modern Stadium Design: An Adaptive Renovation or Urban Renewal." Open House International 42, no. 3 (September 1, 2017): 50–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-03-2017-b0011.
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In recent years, China has accelerated the modernization and renovation of the sports facilities, which greatly promoted the development of sports in China. However, adaptability and renovation experience in our country is lacking, moreover, the reconstruction of the stadium has certain blindness. In this study, the adaptability of the external and internal spaces of the stadium were analyzed and studied separately. The external transformation transformed the stadium into an open space to be combined with the surrounding environment. The internal transformation mainly expands and functions richly. The stadium can enhance the level of competition and the opening of the transformation through the case study of the adaptability of the Z stadium.
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Fox, Siegrun F. "Who Opposes Public/Private Financial Partnerships for Urban Renewal? A Case Study." Journal of Urban Affairs 7, no. 1 (December 1985): 27–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9906.1985.tb00074.x.
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Velickovic, Marko, Djurdjica Stojanovic, and Valentina Basaric. "The assessment of pollutants emissions within sustainable urban freight transport development: The case of Novi Sad." Thermal Science 18, no. 1 (2014): 307–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/tsci120808037v.
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Assessment of pollutant emissions is a prerequisite for planning and development of sustainable urban transport systems. Majority of extant studies on sustainable urban transport is focused on pollution caused by urban passenger transport, with marked paucity of literature on the impact of urban freight transport. To partly bridge this gap, the paper objective is the impact assessment of selected regulative measures, i.e. fleet renewal on freight transport emissions. We used the case of Novi Sad to estimate the potential impact of selected restrictive measures on the external freight transport air pollution. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first studies on impact of urban freight transport on the air pollution in the cities in the Balkan region. Several research findings are of interest. Firstly, the analysis of particular gas emissions reveals expected overall positive effects of the fleet renewal in most of cases. Still, the total amount of same emissions hardly increase, so this particular measure is not enough to reach the ambitious EU strategy goals concerned with sustainable urban freight transport. Further, some negative impacts of restrictive measures on gas emissions were also recorded and discussed. The observed complex impact of restrictive measures on urban freight air pollution indicates that urban freight transport planning and modeling requires a comprehensive database, clear goals and higher priority of environmental criterion in traffic planning. Our results and recommendations may be useful for scholars, urban transport planners, policy makers and practitioners.
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Folic, Radomir, Mirjana Laban, and Verica Milanko. "Reliability and sustainability analysis of large panel residential buildings in Sofia, Skopje and Novi Sad." Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering 9, no. 1 (2011): 161–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/fuace1101161f.
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Large panel residential buildings, dating from second half of 20 Century, are to be found in almost every urban settlement across Europe. Within the context of three case studies of urban blocks in Bulgaria (Mladost - Sofia), Macedonia (Karpos III - Skopje) and Serbia (Detelinara - Novi Sad), comparative analysis and evaluation of technical and structural characteristics according to reliability (seismic resistance and fire safety) and sustainability (energy efficiency, internal air quality, accessibility) criteria has been conducted. Additionally, previous experiences from individual renewal projects are reviewed. Previous experiences and comparative analysis results, could contribute to formulation of wider applicable solutions and development of new urban renewal strategies.
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Ding, Tuo. "The Impact of Urban Renewal on Human Cognition and Behaviour: A Case Study in Tianzifang, Shanghai, China." Communications in Humanities Research 6, no. 1 (September 14, 2023): 446–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/6/20230379.
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In the background of the fast development of cities in China, urban renewal is becoming a more hotly discussed topic than ever. Lane Neighbourhood is a special presentation of old Shanghai features. But in the past decades, the Lane Neighbourhoods have experienced a decline in quantity and characteristics. Renewal of such urban districts is important for sustainable urban development and the continuation of cultural context. Most existing studies research this issue by focusing on an objective perspective. This article begins from a subjective perspective and chooses Tianzifang as a research target which goes through special renewal mode yet faces problems now. The article adopts questionnaires, interviews, cognitive mapping, space syntax, and GIS to analyse the impacts of urban renewal on peoples cognition, behaviour, and relationship and to find out important environmental factors for peoples life. Results show that community space is messy and unsustainable, with cultural characteristics fading. Relations between people are distant, and the development of industries affects a lot on cognition and life. The cognition of roads and districts is unbalanced, with the connection between factors weakened and special areas marginalized. Different aspects of features in Tianzifang are not fully recognized, utilized, and presented. This article provides suggestions for the future. The industrial pattern should be changed to address most cognitive issues. The space and life should be made more sustainable, cultural characteristics should be respected, and reasonable management should ensure all of these.
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Lu, Qi. "Problems and Strategies about Problematic Properties in Urban Renewal." Journal of Economics and Public Finance 10, no. 1 (March 18, 2024): p149. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/jepf.v10n1p149.
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As China's real estate development sector has undergone rapid expansion, conflicts and disputes within the real estate market have grown increasingly conspicuous. The existence of "problematic properties" has emerged as a significant risk factor impacting numerous urban areas in the realm of real estate. Consequently, conducting systematic and comprehensive research on these "problematic properties" has become a crucial endeavor in social risk mitigation and management. This paper seeks to elucidate this specialized governance effort through the lens of a specific city, offering a systematic analysis of the definition, classification, overall prevalence, and underlying causes of "problematic properties." Drawing from specific case studies, it also presents recommendations for mitigating and resolving risks within the real estate domain stemming from such problematic properties.
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Gregory, Jenny, and Jill L. Grant. "The Role of Emotions in Protests against Modernist Urban Redevelopment in Perth and Halifax." Articles 42, no. 2 (June 23, 2014): 44–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1025699ar.
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In the 1950s and 1960s modernist town planning reordered countless cities through urban renewal and freeway-building projects. Applying rational planning expertise generated emotional responses that often lingered long after redevelopment occurred. This article considers the emotional response to urban renewal in two cities advised by the British town planner Gordon Stephenson. In Perth, Australia, Stephenson was amongst a group of experts who planned a freeway that obliterated part of the valued river environment and threatened a historic structure. In Halifax, Stephenson prepared the initial scientific study used to justify dismantling part of the downtown and a historic black community on the urban fringe. While the Perth case generated an explosion of emotional intensity that failed to prevent environmental despoliation but saved some heritage assets, the Halifax example initiated a lingering emotional dispute involving allegations of neglect and racism. Comparing cases resulting from the activities of a noted practitioner illustrates differing emotional trajectories produced in the wake of the modernist planning project.
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Roelofs, Portia. "Urban renewal in Ibadan, Nigeria: World class but essentially Yoruba." African Affairs 120, no. 480 (July 1, 2021): 391–415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adab021.
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Abstract Urban renewal is central to ‘world-class’ city aspirations on the African continent: demolitions and evictions exemplify the power of the state to restructure urban space, prioritizing elite forms of accumulation and enforcing aesthetic norms of cleanliness, order and modernity. The ubiquity of world-class city-making has been taken by urban studies scholars as evidence of African leaders’ converging on a unitary aspirational urban imaginary. This article contends that the concept of world class should instead be understood as a key terrain on which African governments’ distinctive and diverse ideational ambitions are expressed. In Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, vernacular political traditions—in this case Yoruba cultural nationalism centred on the ideas of Obafemi Awolowo—were deployed by the state governor to legitimize urban renewal. Drawing on the Yoruba notion that elitism can be ‘generalized’, the cultivation of globalized urban forms was not only a project of becoming ever more homogenously ‘international’ but a historically grounded aspiration to become ever more essentially Yoruba. Thus, beyond commonalities across the discourses used to legitimize neoliberal urban development—world class, international and global—these universal sounding imaginaries may at the same time express much more particularistic political projects.
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Miles, Malcolm. "Art and urban regeneration." Urban History 22, no. 2 (August 1995): 238–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s096392680000050x.
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The case for art in urban regeneration is widely promoted. Some local authorities and development corporations see it as a means of access to an international cultural map; others see it as enabling the construction of identities for communities. The case remains speculative. The model of post-Enlightenment cities is one of exclusion and confinement, whereby ‘awkward’ aspects of the city, such as the insane or vagrant, are excluded from view and confined in institutions. This compartmentalization of the city extends into policies for single use zoning and a general retreat from public space. If there is a role for art in urban renewal, it is in reclaiming the decorative as an aspect of public space, not in replicating monuments which affirm the dominant, divisive culture.
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Deng, Ying, and Sun Wah Poon. "Mega-event flagships in transformation: learning from Expo 2010 Shanghai China." Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology 12, no. 4 (September 30, 2014): 440–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jedt-10-2012-0045.
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Purpose – This paper aims to seek a greater understanding of the conceptualization of mega-event flagship (MEF) development as a point of departure to forge the much-needed organizational capacities in these regions. An MEF constitutes a temporarily themed venue for a mega-event and a transforming force on corresponding urban renewal. The unfailing demand for MEFs from emerging hosts after historical failures in the West draws attention to a glaring weakness of extant literature in wanting of evidence-based case studies. Design/methodology/approach – Due to the explorative nature of research and the context-dependent complexities, the case study method is used for studying the case of Theme Pavilion – one of the four key flagships led by Expo 2010 to catalyze an ambitious urban renewal in Shanghai, China. The focus is on its conceptualization process (2004-2007) where different copying strategies were tested and consolidated to facilitate the post-event transformation. Data were collected mainly through participant observation in that duration. Findings – For future Expo hosts, exhibition center developers and the event industry, the study concludes with eight constructive lessons, namely, clustering strategy, different integration, pre-post orientation, diversification for adaptation, development by stage, flexible mindset, the end crowns the work and building local capacity. Research limitations/implications – Given the qualitative nature of the study, some results may not be fully generalizable. While showing the possibility of sustaining MEF development given the right coping strategy, it also reveals implementation difficulties and emphasizes the importance of continued case studies. Originality/value – The study will contribute fresh insights into forging better strategies to cope with transformation difficulties of MEF development and building greater capacity to accomplish affiliated renewals and other significantly comparable urban projects in emerging economies.
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Dimitrovska-Andrews, Kaliopa. "City urban design in a free market economy: The case of Ljubljana, Slovenia." Spatium, no. 8 (2002): 31–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat0208031a.
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A recent rapid political and economic changes in many eastern European countries demand corresponding changes in the town planning system, and especially in the development control and urban management process. For instance, at a present many historic city and town cores still remain relatively intact in their original form, but have become the target for development pressure. How should this pressure be channeled to achieve enhancement of the urban qualities of those areas (especially barracks and old factory sites), without jeopardising their competitiveness for attracting business and employment. This paper discusses the outcomes of research carried out at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia from 1995 to 1998, on the development of appropriate methods for the appraisal and promotion of design quality in relation to economic viability in city development projects especially for an urban renewal. The elements for the assessment of urban design quality derive from the basic principles of good urban design such as identity, permeability, legibility visual appropriateness, robustness, visual and symbolic richness, amongst others. The simplified computerised model for assessing financial viability is based on building costs and market value of the investment, and shows the profitability of the development. It can be a useful tool in both assessing design viability, and for determining extra profit or ?planning gain? in the planning process negotiations such ?surplus? can be used for satisfying local needs (e.g. additional programs, design of public spaces). This method for appraisal and promotion of design quality in relation to economic viability has been examined through an assessment of the competition projects for the renewal of the Rog factory area in the city centre of Ljubljana. This case study has revealed the need for a clear strategy for future city development, with marketing guidance and policies for positive planning to achieve better vitality and viability for the city as a whole. Subsequently, the research examined successful initiatives for the promotion of urban design on a national and local level of the planning process identifying the most important issues affecting city design in the market economy, such as partnership arrangements, joint ventures and city-entrepreneurs. The paper briefly discusses: salient features of the current planning system in Slovenia and the on-going changes relating to the new approaches to town planning; the proposed method for appraisal and promotion of design quality and economic viability of urban environment; the results of the examination of this method applied to a case study - the renewal of an industrial site in the city centre of Ljubljana.
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Mowery, Kara, and Mathew Novak. "Challenges, motivations, and desires of downtown revitalizers." Journal of Place Management and Development 9, no. 1 (March 14, 2016): 9–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpmd-09-2015-0035.
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Purpose This study aims to identify the motivations, challenges and desires of the various actors working in contemporary downtown revitalization in mid-sized cities. Design/methodology/approach Using Spokane, Washington, as a case study, 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted with key players in downtown redevelopment, including public administrators, private developers and non-profit representatives. Findings Results indicate that those conducting renewal projects are primarily motivated by economics, but additionally cite heritage preservation values and community development as significant factors. Moreover, contemporary renewal projects are found to be small-scale endeavours, undertaken by individual private investors, as government involvement has significantly diminished. Revitalizers tended to express frustration with a lack of investor and public awareness regarding renewal opportunities, suggesting that increased information dissemination might promote further renewal work within mid-sized urban downtowns. Originality/value Findings provide insight into issues with neoliberal policies in addressing contemporary urban issues, and suggest a more nuanced understanding of contemporary urban development processes beyond the narrowly defined profit-driven paradigm.
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Turk, Sevkiye Sence, Sezen Tarakci, and Nevra Gürsoy. "A large-scale urban renewal project in a vicious cycle of commons and anticommons: The Fikirtepe case (Istanbul, Turkey)." Habitat International 102 (August 2020): 102209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102209.
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Cao, Kexin, and Yu Deng. "The impact and interactive effects of multi-level spatial policies on urban renewal: A case study of Shenzhen, China." Habitat International 142 (December 2023): 102952. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102952.
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Koyoo, Edwin, and Ida Breed. "Capturing landscape identity in the context of urban renewal: The case of Kisumu City, Kenya." Town and Regional Planning 83 (December 6, 2023): 18–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.38140/trp.v83i.7469.
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Urban renewal is undertaken to respond to the physical deterioration of built forms in postcolonial Africa, with renewal works affecting current cities’ identities. Globalisation trends have cities striving to be unique, with a growing awareness of the importance of identity. Landscape identity is adopted in this study as the overall term that includes other identities and is interpreted as residents’ perception of the special features that help them differentiate between places. This study postulates that a city’s uniqueness lies in its landscape identity and that this should not be neglected. The article investigates the concept of landscape identity in the context of a case study of the city of Kisumu, Kenya, which has recently undergone urban renewal. The aim of the study was to identify the main aspects that constitute the formation of landscape identity in Kisumu. A mixed-methods approach was used, which included field investigations, a survey with 384 participants, and four key informant interviews. The survey results revealed that the city’s location along Lake Victoria, which represented an element of the natural environment, gave it the highest rating. The proximity to Lake Victoria and views of the hills were regarded as the most outstanding features of the city, while the lake was the highest ranked element with symbolic meaning that evoked individual and collective memories. These findings suggest that the urban landscape identity in Kisumu is strongly connected to features of the natural environment.
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Yang, Shen, Qingming Zhan, Kaili Zhang, and Hurex Paryzat. "Urban Texture Identification and Characteristic Analysis Based on Percolation Theory—A Case Study of the Second Ring Road Area in Wuhan City." Land 13, no. 5 (May 20, 2024): 717. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land13050717.
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The urban texture is the physical manifestation of the urban form’s evolution. In the rapid process of urbanization, protecting and reshaping the urban texture has become an essential means to sustain the overall form and vitality of cities. Previous studies in this field have primarily relied on image analysis or typological methods, lacking a quantitative approach to identify and analyze the urban texture on a large scale. Moreover, the hierarchical structure and networked organization of the urban texture are gradually being elucidated and emphasized. This study takes a complex network perspective and applies percolation theory to identify and analyze the urban texture. The hierarchical evolutionary characteristics of the urban fabric and the underlying mechanisms driving the scale-dependent differences are analyzed, and the toughness of the urban texture is evaluated based on hierarchical connections. The research findings reveal the key scale in the cross-scale evolution of urban textures, with variations in scale dependence and hierarchical evolution characteristics among different types of urban texture. The traditional urban texture displays sensitivity to scale changes, maintaining its integrity and internal connectivity at small scales. On the other hand, the texture characteristics of modern and contemporary urban areas are only discernible at larger scales. The emergence of large-scale texture clusters at specific scale levels can be explained using multiple index systems. This study has reference significance for the preservation and renewal of the urban fabric in urban renewal processes.
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Martins, Joao Carlos. "Culture-led urban regeneration and local expectations of urban void renewal in eastern Lisbon." Culture Unbound 14, no. 1 (June 22, 2022): 51–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.1094.
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This article will analyze the ongoing culture-led regeneration processes of abandoned, informal and vacant areas, often considered by residents, local associations, and public officials to be urban voids. Our territorial framework is in Marvila, a semi-peripheral riverside area in Lisbon, strongly affected by informal activities, high levels of youth unemployment, an elderly population, and the existence of urban spaces with non-planned uses, seen as undesirable by the local ecosystem of stakeholders and particularly by residents. Our analysis will be centered around a social and spatial understanding of Lisbon’s municipal urban policy (funded by the 3.5.6. program of the European Union on Cultural Heritage), which has supported the reoccupation of some these so-called urban voids. We will focus on the use of a Pilot Project methodology, its exploratory and prototype nature, the local bureaucratic planning system, and the soft Planning techniques implemented as new ways of addressing long-term decayed and informal urban spaces. We will examine the regeneration results of two EU-H2020 funded pilot projects, under the ROCK project, which supports this research. The first pilot project “Loja Com Vida” (“store with life” or “store invites”), supports the municipal objective of creating a new urban centrality in Marvila, encouraging a diversification of its users, operationalizing the reuse of municipal ground floor spaces. The second project, “Jardim para Todos” (‘Garden for all’), corroborates a municipal urban policy on environmental sustainability goals, promoting, with the help of local agents, a learning and sharing process centered around green knowledge and the creation of a future agriculture hub and leisure area. The acknowledgment of these pilot project results will constitute an interesting case study for other urban areas with similar conditions, incorporating a better understanding of participative urban regeneration processes, outside the traditional and formal planning perspectives and achievements.
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Poole, Lauren A. R., and Douglas R. Appler. "Building a Local Preservation Ethic in the Era of Urban Renewal: How Did Neighborhood Associations Shape Historic Preservation Practice in Lexington, Kentucky?" Journal of Urban History 46, no. 2 (December 22, 2018): 383–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0096144218816650.
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The federal urban renewal program had wide-ranging consequences for American cities of all sizes and locations. Among the most consequential was its catalyzing effect on the historic preservation movement nationwide. While preservation practice at the dawn of the urban renewal era emphasized historic monuments, by its end in the mid-1970s, preservationists were much more concerned with neighborhoods, districts, and larger swaths of urban fabric, thus, becoming relevant to all manner of future city shaping and revitalizing efforts. While this expansion took place nationwide, the paths taken by individual cities varied considerably. Because of its large number of historic downtown residential neighborhoods, and its long involvement with historic preservation, Lexington, Kentucky, provides an ideal case study to explore this transformation, highlighting the ways in which neighborhood associations and local preservation organizations collaborated to set the stage for widespread adoption of local historic districts in the 1970s.
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Labus, Agnieszka. "Smart age-friendly city in the context of seasonal migration of senior residents. The case of Benidorm." Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum 22, no. 2 (June 16, 2023): 169–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.31648/aspal.8438.
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Benidorm is one of the most popular Spanish destinations for seasonal migrants, especially seniors, in the winter season. This article discusses the evolution of age-friendly smart cities in the context of the seasonal migration of the elderly on the example of Benidorm. Benidorm is one of the global leaders in implementing the concept of a smart city and a smart destination (SD) (Coban & Aydın, 2020). The aim of the article was to confront the urban renewal programs implemented in Benidorm with the concept of an age-friendly city according to the definition proposed by the WHO (2007). The concept of an age-friendly city and a smart destination was defined, and the presented results can assist European tourist destinations in targeting their urban renewable policies at seasonal migrants in response to the progressive aging of the population.
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Biddulph, Mike. "The limitations of the urban village concept in neighbourhood renewal: a Merseyside case study." URBAN DESIGN International 8, no. 1-2 (June 2003): 5–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000090.
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Park, Sungnam, and Dongwook Sohn. "The roles of urban design in urban regeneration: case studies of the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder area in Newcastle, UK." International Journal of Urban Sciences 17, no. 3 (November 2013): 316–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/12265934.2013.822627.
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