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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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Treija, Sandra, Ugis Bratuškins, and Edgars Bondars. "GREEN OPEN SPACE IN LARGE SCALE HOUSING ESTATES: A PLACE FOR CHALLENGE." JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM 36, no. 4 (January 2, 2013): 264–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/20297955.2012.753981.
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The renewal of urban areas by developing green open spaces increases the overall quality of life and helps to reduce social exclusion. Urban green open space can help to constitute a framework where urban society and culture can develop, and to increase identity and a sense of community. It can be used to provide a ground for education and raise an awareness of the way ecosystems function and how urban functions can be integrated into the natural system. Despite the known socio-economic benefits resulting from it, considerations regarding sustainable land use planning often occupy a secondary role when designing city quarters. There exist many pressures – essentially market-related and driven by short-term thinking – for unsustainable development. Housing ownership reform, carrying out denationalization and privatization, along with a core capital for many inhabitants has also created a range of problems – one of them: as a result of denationalisation of land properties, when the land in large-scale residential districts was returned to the previous owners and then provided as the minimum required land to the privatised buildings, the original spatial composition of districts was completely destroyed, creating a legal basis for new construction in large-scale residential districts.
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NEUWIRTH, JESSICA, ROBERT PAYNTER, KEVIN SWEENEY, BRADEN PAYNTER, and ABBOTT LOWELL CUMMINGS. "Abbott Lowell Cummings and the Preservation of New England." Public Historian 29, no. 4 (2007): 57–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/tph.2007.29.4.57.
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Abstract This interview discusses Abbott Lowell Cummings' life and work as a public historian, focusing in particular on his long career at the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (now Historic New England). It deals with the early history of SPNEA under William Sumner Appleton and Bertram K. Little, but focuses particularly on the post-1955 development of the organization after Cummings' arrival and on the refinement of SPNEA's collection of historical buildings through deaccessioning and the establishment of increasingly professionalized standards for preservation, conservation, and interpretation. It also discusses important preservation battles in Boston, such as the fight to preserve the West End from urban renewal and the battle over whether to tear down Victorian architecture on Beacon Hill.
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Petrušonis, Vytautas. "KULTŪRINIŲ ARCHETIPŲ RECEPCIJA PLANUOJANT URBANISTINĘ RENOVACIJĄ." JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM 35, no. 4 (December 31, 2011): 260–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/tpa.2011.27.
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In the planning of urban renovation, interests, intentions and potentials of a large variety of actors of an urban environment must be taken into account. In urban regulations, statements should be formulated on the groundwork of collective psychology rather than on the basis of categories of individual psychology. This can strengthen consensual basis, which is important for effective communication to all actual actors of urban renovation. In this aspect, the role of cultural archetypes is especially important. Thanks to the cultural archetypes, the cultural context – that can encourage more adequate and reasonable comprehension of the meaning of urban environment elements in a renovation process – can be better actualized. The article provides the analysis on the extent the cultural archetypes are reflected in statements of documents fulfilling the regulative function. The critical analysis and evaluation of the conceptual basis of the urban renewal process allow concluding that the reception of cultural archetypes essentially does not occur for the reason of domination of descriptive narratives, which emerge from mythological narratives for the purpose of a creative process required to present and disclose the pre-logic existential experience, which is usually very important. Therefore, chances to achieve consensus with the society on urban renovation based on such regulations are very thin. Alternative approaches for statement formulation to be used in regulative documents are also introduced in the presented article. Santrauka Planuojant urbanistinę renovaciją turi būti atsižvelgta į daugybės subjektų, darančių įtaką miesto aplinkos tvarkymui, interesus, intencijas ir galimybes. Konsensinį pagrindą gali sustiprinti projektavimo eigą veikiančių „teiginių“ formulavimas neapsiribojant individo psichologijos kategorijomis, o tokių informacinių vienetų formavimo procese didesnį dėmesį skiriant kolektyvinės psichologijos plotmei. Būtent tai gali atlikti kultūriniai archetipai, kurie praplečia kultūrinį kontekstą ir paskatina adekvatesnį bei motyvuotesnį renovuojamos urbanistinės aplinkos elementų reikšmės suvokimą. Nagrinėjama, kokiu laipsniu urbanistinę renovaciją veikiančiuose reglamentiniuose teiginiuose atspindima su kultūriniais archetipais susijusi plotmė. Kritiškai išanalizavus ir įvertinus urbanistinės renovacijos proceso idėjinius pagrindus, nustatyta, kad kultūrinių archetipų recepcija iš esmės nepasireiškia, nes dominuoja deskriptyvieji naratyvai, užgožiantys mitologinius naratyvus, labai svarbius egzistencinei ikirefleksinei patirčiai prezentuoti kūrybiniame procese. Aptariami alternatyviniai renovacijos planavimo reglamentavimo būdai.
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Melnik, N. V., A. Ye Demenko, and M. Mirets. "MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT(CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES)." Problems of theory and history of architecture of Ukraine, no. 20 (May 12, 2020): 195–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.31650/2519-4208-2020-20-195-203.
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The article is of a generalizing nature; the authors investigate the problem associated with architectural design in the historical environment. The newly built civilian objects are considered as examples of the organic interaction between “old” and “new” in European cities. The authors’ positions of domestic and foreign professionals regarding the development of the potential of the historical centres of modern cities are considered. In connection with the dynamics of urban growth in the XXI century, the problem of renewal and development of historically established centers arises. Development as a modernization of the historical environment assumes a high-quality level of integration of relevant functions in the unique conditions of authentic urban structures. The cultural aspect of the problem is to solve the main problem of the historical environment -the preservation and protection of the valuable architectural and urban planning heritage. The authors highlight the need for an integrated approach to theproblem and formulation of a development strategy. The experience of Odessa shows the negative results of delay in such matters. Urban space as a living organism presupposes a progressive process of regeneration of both the urban structure and the “tissue” of the city, filling the space and being subordinated to the structure. A scientific approach presupposes discussion, variability and flexibility concerning the protection and development of the historical environment. However, taking into account the whole complex of economic, administrative, and cultural conditions, we can say about two main approaches in relation to the historical architectural environment in Ukraine. One is based on a conservative approach and denies the objects of modern architecture in the historical environment. This approach assumes that a historically formed urban planning formation is an integral urban planning phenomenon and only allows the construction of new objects in historical styles, allows the priority task of restoration and reconstruction of existing objects. Another approach is based on a dialectical approach and allows the introduction into the historical tissue of the city of new objects that meet all progressive achievements of engineering and technology, have modern and current features of the style (stylistic direction). At the same time, an important aspect is the novelty and high aesthetic level of architecture, due to the requirements of modern society. The logic of this approach comes from the very essence ofarchitecture, placed in the classic triad of benefit, strength and beauty. The most important factor that determines the value of the historical core of the city, in particular, the historical centre of Odessa, is the integrity of the historical structure, the interaction of all elements of the architectural complex, and a balanced urban infrastructure. At the same time, the architectural complex consists of objects of different value categories. Some are historical and architectural monuments of the universal, state and local importance. Others are authentic objects of “back-ground” development that contribute to the integrity of the city’s historical tissue. This is the picture that shows a historical accuracy. According to the authors, the scale for determining the objective value of each architectural object in this case is of a relative nature and, to a large extent, in our time is not the primary task of preserving the architectural heritage. The task of an integrated approach to the problem and elaboration of a preservation strategy is a priority task. In recent years, intensive construction has taken place on local fragments of the historical part of the city, which leads to the final destruction of the historical city. In many cases, modern civil engineering works are monotonous and have doubtful cultural qualities, and at the technical level they exacerbate the situation of collapse at the infrastructural level. There is an international, in particular, European experience in solving the problem of the conflict between new and historical in the cities of Germany, Poland, Spain, etc. The destructive cataclysms of the XX century caused great losses to the architectural heritage. The world community has developed norms and rules that allow for a huge number of implementation options in the context of regional features. The problem of a new construction in the historical environment today is not about the question of whether the object is stylized or modernized. The problem is to determine the principles of interaction of the historical environment with new structures, in the degree of “civility” of a new architecture, the ability of the “new” to further develop the potential of urban space.
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Vujosevic, Miodrag. "Collapse of strategic thinking, research and governance in Serbia and possible role of the spatial plan of the Republic of Serbia (2010) in its renewal." Spatium, no. 23 (2010): 22–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat1023022v.
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Early reforms in Serbia (Yugoslavia) were announced immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. From the beginning of the 1990s few attempts of the kind announced have taken place, and, altogether, they still remain more or less uncompleted. To a large extent, this is a result of choices taken by the political and economic elites, in effect without any broader public dialogue undertaken about the strategic directions, contents and means for the implementation of such reforms. So far no overall societal consensus on the key strategic issues has been reached whatsoever, and, therefore, the choices in question have simply been imposed on the society at large by decree. The economic recovery from 2000 onwards, while fairly dynamic, has still been insufficient, and more or less assumes the form of ?growth without development?. Serbia still keeps one of the most dissipating and non-sustainable economies, social services and spatial development patterns in Europe. Its ?post-socialist Argonautics? has been facing a number of difficulties, also exacerbated by a lack of adequate institutional and organizational adjustments, as well as by a lack of proper cognitive and heuristic support. The spatial and environmental planning practice represents a mixture of old habits and substandard approaches, with only some new initiatives. There have been few attempts to redirect the improper development path, however, which have so far either failed of been uncompleted, mostly reflecting the collapse an overall collapse of strategic thinking, research and governance in this country.
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Sotiriou, Matina, Nikolaos Gavanas, and Magda Pitsiava-Latinopoulou. "External costs due to congestion, accidents, energy consumption and emissions before and into the economic crisis: Pilot study along selected roadways of Thessaloniki, Greece." Spatium, no. 33 (2015): 33–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat1533033s.
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Prior to the economic crisis, forecasts indicated a continuous increase of traffic in European cities, highlighting the need of a policy to alleviate the external impacts of transport. The crisis, however, generated pressures on all sectors of activity, with transport being an indicative example. The reduction of income and employment, the increased vehicle maintenance and renewal costs and the transport related taxation seem to affect the transport system and its external impacts. Thus, taking for granted that Europe will eventually achieve ?sustainable recovery? from the crisis, the current period presents an opportunity for promoting sustainable mobility policies and interventions in the most affected by the crisis European cities. Towards this goal, it is essential to capitalise on contemporary techniques for the monitoring of changes in transport external costs. The purpose of the paper is the development of a methodology for the estimation of external costs due to congestion, air pollution, climate change and accidents, based on road traffic data. The methodology is applied along road arteries in Thessaloniki for the period ?before and after? the emergence of the crisis. As a result, an overall decrease in external costs is observed, creating an unforeseen ?surplus? for the society during the crisis.
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Ferrada-Aguilar, Mario. "Estallido social en Chile y procesos de patrimonialización: un paradigma de resignificación de las memorias." Arquitecturas del Sur 38, no. 59 (January 30, 2021): 44–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.22320/07196466.2021.39.059.03.
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In recent years, both globally and locally, a profound change in the paradigm has been seen with respect to what has been traditionally accepted as a manifestation of heritage. In part, this conceptual and methodological transformation is due to the emergence of patrimonialization processes, driven by social conflicts that go against the institutionalized discourses of heritage. This results in resignifications of the stories and memories in the territory, the city and the architecture, associated with new categories of heritage that need to be addressed. This work is about this new paradigm, taking as a case the so-called ‘social uprising, which has affected Chile since October 18th, 2019. Beyond being perceived as a destructive phenomenon, which initially targets aspects of a socio-political nature, the presence of the conflict in Chilean society points to a sharp criticism of the heritage representation system. In its spatio-temporal trajectory, new socio-spatial practices arise that satisfy the memory expectations of the communities regarding a transforming reality. The article aims to contribute to the field of architecture and the built environment, insofar as it allows reflecting on the transformation of meanings and values of heritage that emerges in the daily reality of our cities. Using a descriptive methodology, based on recent media documents, some emblematic situations of the problem are addressed, manifested in the consolidated urban areas of La Serena, Valparaíso, Santiago, Concepción, Temuco, and Punta Arenas. In them, the patrimonialization operations make visible the contrasts between the discourses of the State and those produced by social organizations, the resignification of elements of traditional heritage and the emergence of the city as a space for negotiation of memories. From all this, the renewal of the values and attributes, traditionally assigned to monuments, is inferred, whether in their objectual, architectural or urban condition, as well as the potentiality of heritage, as a channel for dialogue, coexistence, and cohesion in the ongoing debate about conflicting stories and memories.
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Pérez Martín, José Luis Javier. "Management in the conservation of patrimonial architecture and historical centers = La gestión en la conservación de la arquitectura patrimonial y de nuestros centros históricos." Building & Management 1, no. 1 (April 30, 2017): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.20868/bma.2017.1.3522.
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The management of our Historical Centers and in general of our patrimonial architecture needs new professional profiles. The economy focused approaches that the current legislation shed on rehabilitation, regeneration and urban renewal can be an incentive, without any doubt, but if we do not understand the meaning of what it was, it is and it can become, we will transform, deform and finally destroy that what should be preserved. The present work intends to be a warning call to the academic world and general society, to make an effort in the knowledge of the importance that has our built Heritage, and thus, to form a highly qualified professional able to give answers in this specific field of Conservation of our Heritage, without wasting time in adjusting existing professional profiles that are not the answer to a concrete need.ResumenLa gestión de nuestros Centros Históricos y en general de nuestra arquitectura patrimonial, precisa de perfiles profesionales nuevos. Los planteamientos economicistas que la legislación vigente vierte sobre la rehabilitación, regeneración y renovación urbana, pueden ser un incentivo, sin duda alguna, pero si no se entiende y comprende el significado de lo que fue, es y puede llegar a ser, transformaremos, deformaremos y finalmente destruiremos lo que debería ser conservado. El presente trabajo pretende ser una llamada de atención, al mundo académico y a la sociedad en general, para realizar un esfuerzo en el conocimiento del significado que nuestro Patrimonio construido tiene, y así, formar un profesional altamente cualificado capaz de dar respuestas en este campo específico de la Conservación de nuestro Patrimonio, sin perder el tiempo en ajustar perfiles profesionales ya existentes que no son la respuesta a una necesidad concreta.
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Kos, Drago. "Participatory urban renewal." Urbani izziv 16, no. 2 (2009): 141–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2005-16-02-002.
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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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Grad, Nina. "Przedsiębiorczość miejska – lokalne programy rewitalizacji instrumentami odnowy miast." Przedsiębiorczość - Edukacja 7 (January 1, 2011): 207–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.24917/20833296.7.16.
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Owing to widely advertized issue of renewal of urban tissue cities gain their chance for re-birth and “second youth”. These entities struggle with degradation and depopulation through, among others, re-discovering cultural, architectural and historical values alike, restructuring postrailway, post-military and post-industrial areas as well as renovation of old housing estates and other damaged building resources. Next to the degradation of the housing substance, another problem of the cities is demographic crisis. The amount of cities’ inhabitants decreases systematically, the process of ageing of society affects more and more aspects of economy and the decline in population growth as well as mass emigration of young people are not promising. Thus main tasks of cities development became tasks of qualitative revival of material resources and human capital. Considering revitalization as a cities revival tool one have to have in mind it cannot concern only the material structure of a city but has to be spread over the broadly understood social issues. Moreover, the revitalization actions have to be based on a new planning model through involving local societies into planning processes. In this way it can contribute to the integration of residents as well as to the larger identification with place of residence which may be an object of their special care in coming years. To summarise, only such integrated and complex attitude as above may bring expected results of increasing the quality of the cities and the Local Revitalisation Programmes, which are one of the requirements of revitalization programmes studies, may essentially contribute.
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Šašek Divjak, Mojca. "Sustainable aspects of urban renewal." Urbani izziv 12, no. 1 (2001): 123–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2001-12-01-002.
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Holmgren, Steen, and Ole Svensson. "Urban architecture in urban renewal – in dialogue between professionals and residents." URBAN DESIGN International 6, no. 1 (March 2001): 2–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000034.
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Holmgren, Steen, and Ole Svensson. "Urban architecture in urban renewal – in dialogue between professionals and residents." Urban Design International 6, no. 1 (March 2001): 2–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave/udi/9000034.
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Wassenberg, Frank. "Towards Sustainable Urban Renewal in the Netherlands." Open House International 35, no. 2 (June 1, 2010): 15–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-02-2010-b0003.
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Cities and the neighbourhoods within are dynamic and change continuously. Vital neighbourhoods can cope with changing circumstances like outdated use, changing household compositions, consumer preferences and fashions, political turnovers, global trends and economic cycles. Sustainable areas are vital and flexible to changes. Sustainable urban renewal results in sustainable areas. However, what is sustainable urban renewal, and why is quite a lot of renewal policy, as history shows, not very sustainable? European urban renewal policy can be divided into three separate periods, in which different ideas prevailed. This article shows these three periods on four points of view, the contents, the process, the area and a time-focus, and elaborates these on one particular country, the Netherlands.
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Sato, Shunichi. "Urban Renewal for Earthquake-Proof Systems." Journal of Disaster Research 1, no. 1 (August 1, 2006): 95–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2006.p0095.
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In the latter half of the twentieth century we have cities with a population of ten million or more and highly developed rapid transit and freeways. By December 1972, the total population of Tokyo, the Capital of Japan, had grown to 11.6 million. Tokyo, standing with New York City, Shanghai, and London, is now one of the world's largest cities. In the Japan islands, people are moving to bigger cities on a large scale. This may be concluded from the fact that the economic miracle transformed a battered Japan into one of the greatest industrial nations of the world during the last decade. Economic and industrial activity was concentrated in limited areas, especially on the outskirts of large cities which furnished the consumer markets and in the built-up town areas which envelop minor enterprises allied with big industries. As the nation's largest city and its capital, it was only natural that Tokyo's postwar population growth should have outpaced the rest of the country, because it was the center of the world's highest national economic growth. Tokyo also now plays an important role as a center of political power as in it are concentrated the legislative bodies, the judiciary, and the natural administration. The fact that today's national activities in every field including culture and economy are related to the central political activity accerates the centralization of head offices of enterprises in Tokyo where they can best cope with the economic policy of the government. The number of publications from Tokyo, for example, is 80 per cent of the national total. Tokyo is the center of the country. This centralization brings us much benefit and at the same time it exerts an evil influence. Tokyo is suffering from urban problems such as pollution, traffic congestion, housing shortages, etc. which are also major problems in the other big cities in the world. The rapidity of the centralization of people and industries in Tokyo has made matters worse. An administrative report of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government analyzes the situation as follows, "An emergence of super high buildings and coiling freeways in the center of Tokyo has dramatically changed it into a modernized city, but at the same time the change has brought about the by-products of air pollution and traffic jams that threaten our daily life and health. Housing shortages, commuter congestion and rising prices are also detrimental to the goal of a happy citizenry". In November 1972, the World Conference of Great Cities was held in Tokyo; when the Tokyo Declaration was announced stating, "we cannot deny the fact that science and technology which have brought about many benefits to human beings are also having destructive effects in the large cities," it was enough to remind each participant of the seriousness of their urban problems. There is also a saying, "city planning in the twentieth century is a fight against cars and slums." Indeed the city is product of civilized society and it fares well or ill coincidentally with changes in economy and society supported by the civilization. One must not forget that the main host of a city is neither industry nor machinery, but human beings. A city is a settlement designed for human beings. Therefore we must discharge our duty without delay to fight under given conditions for urban reconstruction with co-existing residential, industrial, and commercial zoning making a comfortable city in which to live and work. We can easily imagine the dreadful damage an overcrowded Tokyo will suffer during a great earthquake. The experience of ruinous damage brought about by repeated earthquakes in the past tells us that the continuing sprawl and overcrowding of Tokyo will undoubtedly increase the danger. Even the newest scientific technology cannot prevent earthquakes. We must, therefore, recognize that it is not the mischief of nature, but the easygoing attitude of people that brings much of the ruin and damage by earthquakes. That means that peoples' efforts have been the minimum, and so we are now meeting the challenge of reorganization of the functions and structures of Tokyo from the civil engineering point of view with human wisdom, courage, and technology.
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Yao, Zhou, and Chang Jiang. "Imitation, Reference, and Exploration—Development Path to Urban Renewal in China (1985-2017)." Journal of Urban History 46, no. 4 (January 13, 2019): 728–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0096144218822803.
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In China, the field of urban renewal is one of the core concepts within the disciplines of urbanism and architecture. After decades of economic growth, many issues have been added to the field of urban development, which has diversified significantly. To comprehensively understand the developmental context of urban renewal in China, this paper starts from the urban and architectural disciplines, combined with the international background of urban regeneration, and systematically analyzes the progress of urban renewal in China from 1985 to 2017. Four major research themes are summarized and divided into three stages of development with the aim of chronologically sorting the contexts and trends of urban renewal in the thirty years since China’s “Open Door Policy.”
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Olt, Gergely, Adrienne Csizmady, and Gábor Csanádi. "Recent trends in urban renewal in Budapest." Urbani izziv 21, no. 1 (2010): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2010-21-01-004.
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Deng, Ji Qiu, Yang Xie, Xiao Xiang Chen, and Jun Li. "Design on the Mode of Urban Renewal Public Service Platform." Advanced Materials Research 204-210 (February 2011): 1775–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.204-210.1775.
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For urban renewal, there are a lot of benefit-related subjects and their needs are cumbersome. As a result, the functions and mode of the platform are relatively complicated. In order to build a platform to solve the problem of public service missing in urban renewal, a study about the needs of the subjects and the function requirements of the platform has first been done. According to this study, we proposed the architecture and mode of urban renewal public service platform, and carried out a detailed analysis of its internal structure, service mode and guarantee system. The platform is finally designed as an open and service-oriented distributed system. Through this way, the design is consistent with the actual operation of urban renewal and can be used to build the platform.
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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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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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Akpınar, Figen, Mine Turan, and Özge Deniz Toköz. "Urban protection and renewal dilemma: İzmir Mezarlıkbaşı Abstract." A/Z : ITU journal of Faculty of Architecture 18, no. 2 (2021): 443–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.5505/itujfa.2021.60863.
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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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Shen, Li-yin, Hongping Yuan, and Xiangfei Kong. "PARADOXICAL PHENOMENON IN URBAN RENEWAL PRACTICES: PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION VERSUS BUILDINGS’ SHORT LIFESPAN." International Journal of Strategic Property Management 17, no. 4 (December 9, 2013): 377–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/1648715x.2013.849301.
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The current urban renewal programs in some developing countries, such as China, are at the expense of demolishing a huge number of existing buildings without distinction. As a consequence, the buildings’ short lifespan due to premature demolition and resultant adverse impacts on environment and society have been criticized for not being in line with sustainable development principles. This study therefore examines impacts of urban renewal practices on buildings’ lifespan by referring to a typical urban renewal region in western China – the Gailanxi region of Chongqing city which is considered representative. Findings show in current practices, little consideration is given to the implications of building demolitions across economic, social and environmental horizons collectively. As a result, premature demolition due to requirements of urban renewal has been a major factor leading to the significantly short lifespan of buildings. This is against the core intention of implementing urban renewal, which is promoting sustainability of the cities. Particularly, buildings’ short lifespan results in consequences against sustainable construction principles, such as energy and resources waste, construction waste generation, environmental pollution, and higher lifecycle costs of buildings. Furthermore, building demolitions without distinction lead to losses of valuable historic buildings. Therefore, the urban renewal process presents a paradoxical phenomenon: the promotion of sustainable construction versus buildings’ short lifespan. The dominance of economic consideration in the decision-making on buildings is considered as the underlying reason to the paradox. The learned experience presented in this study should be built into the decision-making process for carrying out future urban renewal programs.
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Lee, Grace K. L., and Edwin H. W. Chan. "A sustainability evaluation of government‐led urban renewal projects." Facilities 26, no. 13/14 (October 17, 2008): 526–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02632770810914280.
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Bizjak, Aleš, and Matjaž Mikoš. "Renewal or rehabilitation of urban river and stream corridors." Urbani izziv 12, no. 2 (2001): 141–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2001-12-02-006.
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Ünlü, Alper. "Urban Regeneration, Renewal or Rehabilitation What for and for Whom ?" Open House International 35, no. 4 (December 1, 2010): 51–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-04-2010-b0006.
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Today central neighborhoods of Istanbul like other cities of Turkey has entered a critical stage in urban preservation and urban regeneration issues. This discussion rather than being an academic argument, it exposes many contradictions about the real life especially in central neighborhoods. The reason for being dilemma for these settings, first, these neighborhoods are typical dilapidated historical environment and they may need urgent decisions for preservation and conservation, second, “the urban transformation law” that we faced for historical environments which is passed from the Turkish Parliament in 2006, coded as 5366. This paper elaborates two set of aspects about the real situation of central neighborhoods. First set is based on the physical and social aspects of the historical environment before the urban regeneration project, the second set of aspects will be related to the aspects of the implementation of the project. The aspects in general sense present insufficiencies in physical and social contexts. These aspects can also be observed in central neighborhoods of Istanbul, like Tarlabasi, Fener, Balat and Zeyrek. The realities which we observed in these neighborhoods force us to conclude that we should rapidly regenerate these neighborhoods that they perceived as the edge of the threshold of “ghetto”. The paper presents contradictions about the aspects of the dilapidated environment, and it also predicts possible aspects in new urban regeneration projects that they might be emerged after application of the new law. The insufficiencies stated in new projects bring out a classical question “does the law coded 5366 efficiently change or regenerate the dilapidated central neighborhoods?”. Will we have better living conditions in central neighborhoods after the implementation of the law coded 5366 ? The paper ends with the discussion on complicated aspects of the central neighborhoods regarding the issues of new living conditions, the implementation of new law and monetary based opportunities for new land or property developers. The paper draws the attention to unseen qualities of the central neighborhoods and it evaluates ongoing manipulations and legal implementations for building blocks based on short term speculations.
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He, Honghao, and Janos Gyergyak. "Enlightenment from street art activities in urban public space." Pollack Periodica 16, no. 1 (March 25, 2021): 169–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/606.2020.00177.
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AbstractWith the continuous development of society and cities, people’s demand for urban public space is constantly changing, and the methods for public space renewal are becoming more and more diverse. As a flexible space renewal strategy, street art activities can not only partially update the space, increase the vitality of the space, but also improve the quality of the space and meet people’s needs. This paper first discusses the concepts and types of street art and clarifies the scope of research, Then, through the analysis of the role and impact of “street art activities intervening in urban space”, and finally summing up the relevant enlightenment, to create a favorable material environment for the future art intervention space.
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AKIYAMA, Takamasa, and Masashi OKUSHIMA. "Evaluation of Urban Renewal Policy with City Model based on Artificial Society." INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING REVIEW 25 (2008): 709–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2208/journalip.25.709.
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Cento Bull, Anna. "Democratic Renewal, Urban Planning and Civil Society: The Regeneration of Bagnoli, Naples." South European Society and Politics 10, no. 3 (November 2005): 391–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13608740500282157.
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Ferlinc, Iva. "Kolizej: Demolition or renewal?" Urbani izziv 16, no. 2 (2009): 70–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2005-16-02-008.
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Zlatanova, Sisi, Laure Itard, Mahmud Shahrear Kibria, and Machiel van Dorst. "A User Requirements Study of Digital 3D Models for Urban Renewal." Open House International 35, no. 3 (September 1, 2010): 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-03-2010-b0005.
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Urban renewal is a multifaceted activity that involves numerous actors, software, and types of data. Design communication tools play an important role in this process. Visual information helps to outline, understand, and choose sustainable solutions for problems in the design, while visual tools should be able to diminish professional differences and establish a common language. Recent 3D geo-technologies offer a great variety of new tools that significantly enrich visualisation possibilities and allow for flexible switching between different 3D representations. However, studies have indicated that particular representations create different perceptions in professional compared to non-professional individuals. This paper discusses the specifics of urban renewal processes in the Netherlands and investigates recently developed 3D geo-information technology, and more specifically multiple 3D representations, that can support this task. The concept of LOD, which uses five levels of information, was evaluated as a very promising approach to agree on abstractions and representations in the different renewal phases. The study did not reveal a lack of digital possibilities for visualisation, but instead showed that the simultaneous visualisation of the proposed alternatives should be a priority. This investigation did reveal that different levels of interactivity could be used for the presentation and communication of project alternatives.
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Wang, Rui Ling, and Shi Rong Li. "The Continuity and Inheriting of Historical Context of Architecture during Urban Renewal in Chongqing." Applied Mechanics and Materials 117-119 (October 2011): 426–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.117-119.426.
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Architecture is one of the most element of urban composition.During urban renewal, how to follow the characteristics of mountain, how to respect for history and local culture, how to continue and inherit historical context of architecture is the purpose of this article.The article puts forward some measures of continuing and inheriting historical context of architecture from planning, creating of mountainous architecture, protecting and managing,etc.
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Hock, Jennifer. "Jane Jacobs and the West Village: The Neighborhood against Urban Renewal." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 66, no. 1 (March 1, 2007): 16–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2007.66.1.16.
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YAMAGA, Toshitaka, Yukihiro KADO, and Masaaki ISHIMOTO. "CONSERVATION OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS BY URBAN RENEWAL USING PUBLIC GRANT IN HOKKAIDO." AIJ Journal of Technology and Design 15, no. 30 (2009): 573–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aijt.15.573.
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Tan, Eugene Kb. "From Third World to First World: Law and Policy in Singapore’s Urban Transformation & Integration." Vietnamese Journal of Legal Sciences 2, no. 1 (September 1, 2020): 96–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/vjls-2020-0012.
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AbstractThe physical transformation of a colonial backwater city, Singapore, in one generation has been described as a feat of urban planning, renewal, and development. Less studied is the political will of the government to create a thriving city fit for purpose. Even less studied is the role of law that provides the powerful levers for the rapid and deep-seated changes to the urban landscape in Singapore. In this regard, the mindset shift that accompanied the massive urban transformation has facilitated a national psyche that embraces the material dimension of progress, for which urban renewal is not just a mere indicator but also a mantra for the fledgling nation-state desirous of change as a mark of progress. This essay examines the multi-faceted role of law in undergirding urban planning, policy, and development in Singapore. Rather than just providing a focus on specific laws that enables the government to shape the processes of urban redevelopment, the essay argues that these laws have to be understood within the context of “urban redevelopment pragmatism” in which pragmatism is as much a planning ideology as it is a driver of urban change and renewal. Furthermore, this planning pragmatism, very much mission-oriented towards national goals, has become a potent source of political and performance legitimacy for the ruling People’s Action Party. The legal regime that provided the wherewithal for urban renewal, economic activity, water quality management, and spatial integration of a polyglot society is now being reconfigured for the urgent aspiration of becoming a global city and a smart nation. The essay also considers the limitations to this planning and redevelopment pragmatism, and how the rapid urban change has somewhat enervated the urban heritage and contributed to a weakening of the collective memory of change amid continuity.
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Gu, S., and H. Meng. "RESEARCH ON THE STRATEGY OF INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE PROTECTION AND RENEWAL." International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLVI-M-1-2021 (August 28, 2021): 279–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlvi-m-1-2021-279-2021.
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Abstract. In the post industrial era, with the development of urban economy and the upgrading of industrial structure, a large number of industrial enterprises in the city transfer from the city centre to the periphery of the city in order to relieve the pressure of urban land shortage and seek their own development. Therefore, the idle land left behind is favoured by the real estate development and emerging industries. As an important space carrier for the continuation of urban context and economic development, the industrial buildings left behind are very popular. Its protection and reuse are related to the development of regional economy and the revival of culture. Under the background of urban renewal, how to properly protect and update the modern industrial heritage to realize the organic integration of the new and old system has become an important topic of heritage protection in China.Today, the transformation of industrial heritage is in full swing. Although the research in the field of industrial heritage in China has started relatively late and the domestic practical experience and related research depth are not enough to form a complete theoretical system, the society has reached a common sense of the protection and renewal of industrial heritage. In January 2018, the first batch of China's industrial heritage protection list was officially released, making China's industrial heritage protection and renewal more scientific and standardized, combining with urban renewal to promote the rapid development of modern urban culture and economy, environmental protection and resource utilization.From the point of view of “protection and renewal”, the paper summarizes the different value cognition of industrial building heritage, and discusses the relationship between the protection and reuse of industrial building heritage, and studies the relevant strategies for the protection and reuse of industrial building heritage, so as to provide reference for the research and development of other industrial building heritage.
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Gatti, Maria Paola, and Giorgio Cacciaguerra. "The First Reinforced Concrete Structures in Urban Renewal in an Italian Provincial City." Advanced Materials Research 133-134 (October 2010): 187–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.133-134.187.
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For reinforced concrete, we may consider two histories: one focuses on the influence reinforced concrete has exerted on the process of renewal of the architecture of twentieth century; the other pertains to the manners in which the development of this material effectively came about in various geographic areas. The research group at the University of Trento analysed the complex of military constructions produced in the city, and, specifically, it undertook in-depth study of the manner in which the use of reinforced concrete spread to civilian architecture.
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Mavrodieva, Aleksandrina V., Ratu Intan F. Daramita, Arki Y. Arsono, Luo Yawen, and Rajib Shaw. "Role of Civil Society in Sustainable Urban Renewal (Machizukuri) after the Kobe Earthquake." Sustainability 11, no. 2 (January 10, 2019): 335. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11020335.
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‘Machizukuri’ is translated by most commentators as ‘place or city making’ and mainly refers to the direct participation of citizens into urban planning and construction. The present paper discusses the concept and evolution of machizukuri from a social movement to ‘soft-infrastructure’ at city level, focused on serving community needs in post-disaster settings. The 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in Kobe is chosen as the main case study, in order to review the role and process of machizukuri in disaster management in the context of urban renewal. This is followed by a discussion on the possibility of replicating this model in other contexts and the challenges which machizukuri and similar bottom-up groups are faced with in ensuring their sustainability. The paper argues that the culture and personal engagement of the citizens, and the commitment of national and local governments to cooperate with civil society groups, are essential in this process. Finally, the study suggests that the utilization of this concept has proved that there are undeniable benefits in engaging civil society in decision-making processes and initiatives, with the ultimate aim to create communities capable of overcoming the catastrophic consequences of disasters.
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Deu, Živa. "The comprehensive renewal of Štanjel." Urbani izziv 16, no. 1 (2005): 108–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2005-16-01-015.
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Weinstein, Liza, and Xuefei Ren. "The Changing Right to the City: Urban Renewal and Housing Rights in Globalizing Shanghai and Mumbai." City & Community 8, no. 4 (December 2009): 407–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6040.2009.01300.x.
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This article examines the changing housing rights regimes amidst the urban renewal currently underway in Shanghai and Mumbai. We examine the policies and regulations that govern residential security and housing tenure, the alteration of policy implementations by electoral and extra–electoral contestations, and the opportunities and strategies for housing activism in each context. We find that political contestations have enabled the construction of a more protective, although precarious, regime in Mumbai than in Shanghai. Despite striking differences, in both contexts housing rights regimes have produced fragmented urban citizenship rights by distributing protections unevenly and inconsistently to urban residents. Finally, although the forms of housing activism differ, residents and civil society groups in both Shanghai and Mumbai employ a variety of strategies in their resistance against demolitions and urban renewal. in the process, they become active urban citizens by articulating their rights to housing and by making new claims to the city.
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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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Allen, Peter. "The End of Modernism?" Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 70, no. 3 (September 1, 2011): 354–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2011.70.3.354.
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The making of People's Park in Berkeley, California, in 1969 was accompanied by some of the most violent student protests of its era. While these events can be seen as an episode in the movement of student radicalism that focused on the Vietnam War, Peter Allen suggests that conflicting visions of architecture and urban space stood at the center of the People's Park violence. The End of Modernism? People's Park, Urban Renewal, and Community Design argues that the movement to create the park was a reaction to a university program of campus expansion, which had razed existing older housing to build modernist high-rise residential towers, and the urban renewal scheme jointly supported by the city and the university. The events drew on new paradigms in planning and architecture, as People's Park attracted the support of many design professors and students. For them, it was a test case for theories of community-based development in architecture and planning, and their story provides a glimpse into profound divisions in the design professions in the late 1960s.
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Abdou, Amy. "Exploring notions of fair practice in urban renewal and the position of post-colonial citizens in Amsterdam’s Bijlmer." Journal of European Studies 47, no. 2 (April 6, 2017): 190–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047244117700075.
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Social scientists in the Netherlands have pleaded for circumspection when using the colonial paradigm to discuss racism, at times ignoring the latent racialization of post-colonial migrants in political and academic discourses throughout the later half of the twentieth century. This has led to a lack of critical reflection regarding the position of the post-colonial migrant in contemporary Dutch society. This paper describes the historical and social contexts surrounding two housing renewal projects in Amsterdam’s Bijlmer to illustrate how presuppositions regarding post-colonial citizens, race relations and neo-liberal urban restructuring have brought about an unequal approach to urban renewal in a historically Afro-Dutch neighbourhood.
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Barber-Keršovan, Alenka. "Musikalische Neubauten des 21. Jahrhunderts." Musicological Annual 57, no. 1 (July 5, 2021): 201–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/mz.57.1.201-227.
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This article deals with the global building boom of new concert halls and opera houses. Their spectacular architecture, often designed by the same star architects, obeys the general rules of globalized urban planning, acts as an indicator of urbanity, supports culturally driven urban renewal and attracts mass tourism. However, in this connection music plays a secondary role.
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Lee, Grace K. L., and Edwin H. W. Chan. "Indicators for evaluating environmental performance of the Hong Kong urban renewal projects." Facilities 27, no. 13/14 (July 3, 2009): 515–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02632770910996351.
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Wong, Francis K. W., Eddie C. M. Hui, Joe T. Y. Wong, and Janice K. M. Wan. "The impact of urban renewal to the labour force in Hong Kong." Facilities 28, no. 13/14 (October 19, 2010): 611–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02632771011083676.
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stomberg, john. "Zhan Wang: Urban Landscape." Gastronomica 7, no. 2 (2007): 9–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2007.7.2.9.
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The artist Zhan Wang replicates the city of Beijing using a variety of mass-produced cookware and his own, hand-molded, stainless steel rock formations. The installation, called Urban Landscape: Beijing, simultaneously extends and significantly alters both the tradition of Marcel Duchamp and the general precepts of minimalist sculpture. His work also addresses current social concerns such as urbanization and globalization. Urban Landscape: Beijing embodies Zhan's expansive worldview. In the context of his work, the artist discusses concerns that range from economics, theology, sociology, urban planning, and architecture to formal art issues, such as the use of found objects and the role of the grid. He encourages our contemplation of rapid modernization in China--and the negative effect it can have on life there--and shares our pleasure in the gleaming surfaces of his materials. Urban Landscape: Beijing evokes both the allure of modern urban culture and the consequences of urban renewal--it offers the sensuous pleasure of modernity and the sting of the price paid.
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Davis, Juliet. "Urban catalysts in theory and practice." Architectural Research Quarterly 13, no. 3-4 (December 2009): 295–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s135913551000014x.
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This paper involves an analysis of the role of architectural projects which can be defined as ‘catalysts’ to urban renewal. The aims of this paper are twofold and the paper is divided accordingly into two main parts. The first aim is to discuss, with reference to the work of a number of urban and architectural thinkers, a range of ways in which the term ‘urban catalyst’ has been both conceptualised and applied. Discussion is structured in relation to the Oxford English Dictionary's definition of a ‘catalyst’ in the field of chemistry as,[a] substance that when present in small amounts increases the rate of a chemical reaction or process but which is chemically unchanged by the reaction; a catalytic agent. (A substance which similarly slows down a reaction is occas. called a negative catalyst.)