How can aging inner-ring suburbs remain vital and attract investment from private developers? This book describes the strategies and solutions employed by ten inner-ring suburbs--some experiencing significant redevelopment, and others striving to attract redevelopment. The case studies describe the demographic, locational, and economic characteristics of each suburb, the degree of public involvement, neighborhood opposition, and private development activity.
A comprehensive and detailed overview of the active regeneration, rehabilitation and revitalisation of architectural heritage. The combined processes of globalisation, urbanisation, environmental change, population growth and rapid technological development have resulted in an increasingly complex, dynamic and interrelated world, in which concerns about the meaning of cultural heritage and identity continue to grow. As the need for culturally and environmentally sustainable design grows, the challenge for professionals involved in the management of inherited built environments is to respond to this ever-changing context in a critical, dynamic and creative way. Our knowledge and understanding of the principles, approaches and methods to sustainably adapt existing buildings and places is rapidly expanding. Architectural Regeneration contributes to this knowledge-base through a holistic approach that links policy with practice and establishes a theoretical framework within which to understand architectural regeneration. It includes extensive case studies of the regeneration, rehabilitation and revitalisation of architectural heritage from around the world. Different scales and contexts of architectural regeneration are discussed, including urban, suburban, rural and temporary. At a time when regeneration policy has shifted to the recognition that ‘heritage matters’ and that the historic environment and creative industries are a vital driver of regeneration, an increasing workload of architectural practices concerns the refurbishment, adaptive re-use or extension of existing buildings. As a result, this book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students of architecture, historic conservation, urban and environmental design, sustainability, and urban regeneration, as well as for practitioners and decision makers working in those fields.
This open access book outlines new concepts, development models, governance and implementation processes capable of addressing the challenges of transformative urban regeneration of cities at precinct scale.
Suburban development surged after World War II, drawing residents and retail from the core city. The growth of post-war suburbs was rapid and often occurred with little consideration of physical form and stormwater management. As these suburbs age, they are beginning to lose their appeal to homebuyers and businesses, as the development dynamic and roadway infrastructure is pushing further out to the periphery of metropolitan areas and beyond. Older suburbs -- those that developed prior to world War II -- are better able to retain their competitive edge because they typically have distinctive architecture, walkable neighborhoods, planned green spaces, and access to public transit. All of these features help older suburbs retain their market appeal, even in the face of changing demographics and settlement patterns within a region. In contrast, post-war suburbs tend to lack the architectural character and amenities found in older suburbs. Post-war suburbs also face challenges in dealing with infrastructure, changing traffic patterns, and stormwater management that stem from decisions that were made rapidly and often without adequate planning during periods of growth in the early years of these communities. This paper looks at retrofitting postwar suburbs with a civic and environmental framework that will better enable these places to retain their viability over the long term. The paper includes case studies of Boardman, Ohio (an inner-ring suburb of Youngstown), and Independence and North Royalton, Ohio (both suburbs of Cleveland).
This book examines the policies and problems concerning neighborhood renewal in different countries, highlighting the measures taken across different sectors. Analysis focuses on the interconnections between housing and social welfare, physical infrastructure and economic development. Evaluates a wide range of government programmes and emphasizes the need to address not only the physical but also the social aspects of urban policy. Part 1 discusses a variety of neighbourhood programmes from Western and Eastern Europe, Israel, Canada and the United States while Part 2 concentrates on difficulties of methodology which researchers and policy-makers face.
Architectural Regeneration will address the different perspectives, scales and tools of architectural regeneration by means of detailed overviews of the current state of thinking and practice, with case studies from around the world used as examples to support the theoretical arguments.
This book examines the changing nature of metropolitan areas through a comprehensive analysis of the historical, demographic, geographic, economic, and political issues facing the US in the twenty-first century.
Striking transformations are taking place in the urban landscape. The regeneration of urban areas in the UK and around the world has become an increasingly important issue amongst governments and populations since the global economic downturn. This textbook provides an accessible and critical synthesis of urban regeneration in the UK, analyzing key policies, approaches, issues and debates. It places the historical and contemporary regeneration agenda in context. The second edition has been extensively revised and updated to incorporate advances in literature, policy and case study examples, as well as giving greater discussion to the New Labour period of urban policy, and the urban agenda and regeneration policies of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition government elected in 2010. The book is divided into five sections, with Section I establishing the conceptual and political framework for urban regeneration in the UK. Section II traces policies that have been adopted by central government to influence the social, economic and physical development of cities, including early town and country and housing initiatives, community-focused urban policies of the late 1960s, entrepreneurial property-led regeneration of the 1980s, competition for urban funds in the 1990s, urban renaissance and neighborhood renewal policies of the late 1990s and early 2000s, and new approaches since 2010 which have sought to stimulate enterprise and embrace localism in an age of austerity resulting from the global economic downturn. Section III illustrates the key thematic policies and strategies that have been pursued by cities themselves, focusing particularly on improving economic competitiveness, tackling social disadvantage and promoting sustainable urban regeneration. Section IV summarizes key issues and debates facing urban regeneration in the early 2010s, and speculates upon future directions in an era of economic and political uncertainty. Urban Regeneration in the UK combines the approaches taken by central government and cities themselves to regenerate urban areas, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of the field. Each chapter also contains case studies, study questions, suggested further reading and websites, making this an essential resource for undergraduate students interested in Urban Studies, Geography, Planning and the Built Environment.
