- Remaking Post-Industrial Cities : Lessons from North America and Europe (2016, Paperback) download ebook EPUB, TXT
9781138899292 English 1138899291 Remaking Post-Industrial Cities brings together leading urbanists from around the world working on revitalizing post-industrial cities. It showcases 11 transformative case studies from North America and Europe which were developed out of the Remaking Cities Congress, where Prince Charles was the Honorary Chair and keynote speaker. Combined these cases present a holistic approach to restoring post-industrial cities. The book discusses key issues and recommendations for post-industrial cities in five thematic areas: repositioning the post-industrial city in the global economy post-industrialism and the physical city the 21st century city as an innovation hub urban systems and infrastructure and planning and social innovation. The cases also cross-cut these themes with issues crucial to the resilience of post-industrial cities including sustainability; doing more with less; public engagement and equity (social, economic and environmental), the most important issue cities face today and for the foreseeable future. Remaking Post-Industrial Cities provides essential "lessons learned" and is an invaluable resource for practitioners in planning, urban design, urban redevelopment, economic development and public and social policy as well as students training to work in these areas., Remaking Post-Industrial Cities: Lessons from North America and Europe examines the transformation of post-industrial cities after the precipitous collapse of big industry in the 1980s on both sides of the Atlantic, presenting a holistic approach to restoring post-industrial cities. Developed from the influential 2013 Remaking Cities Congress, conference chair Donald K. Carter brings together ten in-depth case studies of cities across North America and Europe, documenting their recovery from 1985 to 2015. Each chapter discusses the history of the city, its transformation, and prospects for the future. The cases cross-cut these themes with issues crucial to the resilience of post-industrial cities including sustainability; doing more with less; public engagement; and equity (social, economic and environmental), the most important issue cities face today and for the foreseeable future. This book provides essential "lessons learned" from the mistakes and successes of these cities, and is an invaluable resource for practitioners and students of planning, urban design, urban redevelopment, economic development and public and social policy.
9781138899292 English 1138899291 Remaking Post-Industrial Cities brings together leading urbanists from around the world working on revitalizing post-industrial cities. It showcases 11 transformative case studies from North America and Europe which were developed out of the Remaking Cities Congress, where Prince Charles was the Honorary Chair and keynote speaker. Combined these cases present a holistic approach to restoring post-industrial cities. The book discusses key issues and recommendations for post-industrial cities in five thematic areas: repositioning the post-industrial city in the global economy post-industrialism and the physical city the 21st century city as an innovation hub urban systems and infrastructure and planning and social innovation. The cases also cross-cut these themes with issues crucial to the resilience of post-industrial cities including sustainability; doing more with less; public engagement and equity (social, economic and environmental), the most important issue cities face today and for the foreseeable future. Remaking Post-Industrial Cities provides essential "lessons learned" and is an invaluable resource for practitioners in planning, urban design, urban redevelopment, economic development and public and social policy as well as students training to work in these areas., Remaking Post-Industrial Cities: Lessons from North America and Europe examines the transformation of post-industrial cities after the precipitous collapse of big industry in the 1980s on both sides of the Atlantic, presenting a holistic approach to restoring post-industrial cities. Developed from the influential 2013 Remaking Cities Congress, conference chair Donald K. Carter brings together ten in-depth case studies of cities across North America and Europe, documenting their recovery from 1985 to 2015. Each chapter discusses the history of the city, its transformation, and prospects for the future. The cases cross-cut these themes with issues crucial to the resilience of post-industrial cities including sustainability; doing more with less; public engagement; and equity (social, economic and environmental), the most important issue cities face today and for the foreseeable future. This book provides essential "lessons learned" from the mistakes and successes of these cities, and is an invaluable resource for practitioners and students of planning, urban design, urban redevelopment, economic development and public and social policy.