Urban Regeneration and Industrial Conservation. Heritage for Smart Communities in China
Author: Caterina Pietra
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9788891632388
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Heritage-led Urban Regeneration in China
Author: Jing Xie
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-11-13
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 1317378431
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUrban planning, regeneration and design is an essentially cultural practice with the outcomes often depending upon an understanding of and engagement with the past. As cities in China strive to be competitive and attractive on the world stage, their decaying historical urban fabrics are being transformed into vibrant places through historical-cultural led urban regeneration, however, the impact of their rapid development has escaped serious scrutiny. Heritage-led Urban Regeneration in China presents the detailed evolution of three well-known historic streets in China: the Southern Song Imperial Street in Hangzhou; the residential Pingjiang Street in Suzhou; and the commercial Tunxi Old Street in Huangshan. From their original formation to their more recent regeneration, this book offers a critical evaluation of historical-cultural led urban regeneration projects in China and provides theoretical guidelines for contemporary practice in relation to its tangible and intangible urban heritage. Using interdisciplinary research in architecture, urban design, history and cultural studies, Jing Xie and Tim Heath provide a detailed analysis of the conservation and regeneration efforts of China as an emerging and pivotal world power. An invaluable resource for urban designers, urban planners and architects interested in and working in China, Heritage-led Urban Regeneration in China helps its readers to engage with the essential and invisible factors that produce these revitalised places while forming a critical view towards these projects.
Heritage Conservation and Urban Regeneration
Author: Wing-Yee Kwan
Publisher:
Published: 2017-01-26
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781361171301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis dissertation, "Heritage Conservation and Urban Regeneration: Promoting Sustainable Tourism and Sustainable Community in Hong Kong: a Case Study of Sheung Wan Fong" by Wing-yee, Kwan, 關詠儀, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3126127 Subjects: Cultural property - Protection - Planning - China - Hong Kong City planning - China - Hong Kong - Citizen participation Toruism - China - Hong Kong
The Urban Regeneration of Fatou City
Author: Anna Irene Del Monaco
Publisher: Edizioni Nuova Cultura
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 886134724X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTransforming Industrial Heritage Sites in Major Chinese Cities
Author: Yifei Lu
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 111
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChina is a nation evolving through post-industrialization towards a cultural and innovation based society. In turn, its urban form is grappling with a number of preserved industrial heritage sites in major urban centers such as Beijing and Shanghai. The People's Republic of China has implemented policy through a culture-led approach in preservation and reuse, resulting in artist communities, museums, and creative offices. However, these sites have either become artifacts frozen in time or heavily commercialized tourist attractions that threaten to displace the creativity within. This thesis investigates alternative approaches to preservation and reuse of these sites, especially how to integrate 21st century productive uses as a means of urban regeneration. The spirit of industriousness can be preserved within these sites by allowing new productive activities to occur. There is potential to bring high-tech industries into these sites which can benefit from the existing creative environment while increasing longterm economic viability and promote innovation. Collaboration is needed between the government and private developers to control the development direction of the site while allowing flexibility for innovative solutions. Opportunities exist in industrial heritage sites in major Chinese cities today that can bring them back into the life of the city.
Smart Urban Regeneration
Author: Simon Huston
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-09-01
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 1317388429
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe role of real estate in our cities is crucial to building sustainable and resilient urban futures. Smart Urban Regeneration brings together institutional, planning and real estate insights into an innovative regeneration framework for academics, students and property professionals. Starting by identifying key urban issues within the historical urban and planning backdrop, the book goes on to explore future visions, the role of institutions and key mechanisms for smart urban regeneration. Throughout the book, international case studies and discussion questions help to draw out global implications for urban stakeholders. Real estate professionals face a real challenge to build visionary developments which resonate locally yet mitigate climate change and curb sprawl, and foster biodiversity. By avoiding the dangers of speculative excess on one side and complacency on the other, Smart Urban Regeneration shows how transformation aspirations can be achieved sustainably. Academics, students and professionals who are involved in real estate, urban planning, property investment, community development and sustainability will find this book an essential guide to smart urban regeneration investment.
Urban Regeneration
Author: Cathy Yu
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith the accelerated pace of urbanization, China is undergoing a process of face-lifting changes, speaking in terms of city space and social structure. This has caused some devastating and severe consequences to a large amount of historical architectural heritage, including industrial heritage. With a growing interest shown in the concept of industrial heritage conservation, the notion of Industrial heritage conservation has often appeared and brought up by many of the contemporary architectural related literature; it has become one of the hot topics being discussed today. The process of space transition is often underpinned by the changes in value and perception of the participants'. By the influence of contemporary culture and new values, people nowadays are searching for ways to improve their living standards; as one of the leading industry, creative industry has made a prominent contribution to the development in the post-industrial age; it is still developing with an increased market demand ensured by strong grounds accumulated from high interest and desire for a higher standard of living condition shown by the current market. Art Zone is a special case and it is a combination of the two thought-provoking concepts. It is a site with diversity, malleability and flexibility. It is one of the rarely seen and well retained genuine Bauhaus style industrial building complexes worldwide and is perceived as a historical product of the planning economy period in China. Thus, it can be perceived as a valuable piece of art with historical, cultural, economic, social and aesthetic values that needs to be well preserved and reused for future development. This thesis attempts to illustrate the transformation of 798 from a former electronic factory to a contemporary incubator for the creative industry. This paper questions how to deal with 798's current situation and conditions in ways to explore feasible possibilities to create and search for strategies to best integrate the two concepts of conservation and reuse, in order to achieve a satisfactory result, as to build a healthier and benign environment while preserving the existing fabric of 798; yet given 798 a new definition by giving it a clarified recognition through the process of research, study and analysis of current site conditions and past precedents in order to quest for a pertinent solution of a harmonious design outcome.
Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
Author: Adriano Bisello
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-04-25
Total Pages: 692
ISBN-13: 3319757741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book comprises a selection of the top contributions presented at the second international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2017”, held in March 2017 in Bolzano, Italy. Featuring forty-six papers by policy-makers, academics and consultants, it discusses current groundbreaking research in smart and sustainable planning, including the progress made in overcoming cities’ challenges towards improving the quality of life. Climate change adaptation and mitigation of global warming, generally identified as drivers of global policies, are just the “tip of the iceberg” when it comes to smart energy transition. Indeed, equally relevant towards this current transformation – and key topics in this volume – are ICTs, public spaces and society; next economy for the city; strategies and actions for good governance; urban-rural innovation; rethinking mobility. The book’s depth in understanding and insightfulness in re-thinking demonstrate the breaking of new ground in smart and sustainable planning. A new ground that policy-makers, academics and consultants may build upon as a bedrock for smart and sustainable planning.
Smart Environment for Smart Cities
Author: T.M. Vinod Kumar
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-04-04
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9811368228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book discusses the design and practice of environmental resources management for smart cities. Presenting numerous city case studies, it focuses on one specific environmental resource in each city. Environmental resources are commonly owned properties that require active inputs from the government and the people, and in any smart city their management calls for a synchronous combination of e-democracy, e-governance and IOT (Internet of Things) systems in a 24/7 framework. Smart environmental resources management uses information and communication technologies, the Internet of Things, internet of governance (e-governance) and internet of people (e-democracy) along with conventional resource management tools to achieve coordinated, effective and efficient management, development, and conservation that equitably improves ecological and economic welfare, without compromising the sustainability of development ecosystems and stakeholders.
Mapping Urban Regeneration
Author: Ali Cheshmehzangi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-09-30
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9819935415
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is an unusual attempt to study urban regeneration. First, it is based on mapping the realities of urban regeneration case study examples and their impacts on people, places, and city life experiences. Second, it is context-specific, exploring only a particular region rather than covering one country or multiple locations. Hence, the aim is to avoid generic and global solutions but rather focus on local pathways and directions. Third, it delves into specific case study examples that could share some lessons for research, practice, and academia, particularly in the field of urban regeneration. This book is the first of (hopefully) many more on the way in urban mapping studies with various themes and focus areas. The ultimate goal is to ensure urban mapping is recognized well and practiced extensively in research and education. It is essential to map realities in cities and communities, those that we usually witness but should be experienced, perceived, and touched—not just via desk research. Mapping techniques are more than just common tools in urbanism, urban geography, urban studies, urban planning, etc. They are not just tools but inventive ways of understanding cities, places, communities, experiences, and people. Thus, in this book, we try to understand more about people and places through life experiences and mapping the urban regeneration projects of multiple cities in Yunnan Province. This collection is based on a very concise context-specific research focused on only one region. The decision to do so is intentional, just because contextual, cultural, and local attributes need to be looked at more accurately, considerably, and dexterously. Hence, this collection delves into case study examples of an inspiring location where traditions remain, resources are plenteous, and cultures are diverse. Yunnan is one of the few provinces left in China that offers a lot for comprehensive research studies at the urban, rural, and township levels. The experiences we gained from mapping studies, observations, and multi-stakeholder engagements are exceptionally rich and vibrant, allowing us to think more holistically and find ways and suggestions beyond just the generic globalized models elsewhere. We hope the book will be useful to various stakeholders, particularly urban specialists, researchers, and students. It is also a valuable collection for policymakers, decision-makers, and governmental authorities, who should refrain from top-down processes and bring back people to the heart of urban regeneration processes.
