Aufgabe als Aufgabe. Entwurf und Strategie im perforierten Raum

Christiaanse, Kees; Michaeli, Mark; Rieniets, Tim

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“…Only if foresighted plans are implemented can shrinking cities be designed in the most effective and sustainable way. As Christiaanse et al (2007) argue, this "proactive" planning would have to include different aspects: longterm urban planning, enabling adaptation of the urban fabric to the future needs of a shrinking city; long-term planning of ownership structures, because the ownership of lots and sites is a major obstacle for reorganizing urban patterns; and long-term financial planning to support urban restructuring, even if it cannot be financed by a growth surplus. However, this way of thinking in no way reflects the imperatives of current political and economic decision making, where emphasis on growth appears inevitable.…”

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Shrinking Cities: Causes and Effects of Urban Population Losses in the Twentieth Century

Rieniets¹

2009

Nature and Culture

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In the past two centuries, urban growth has increased at a rapid pace, mainly driven by the demographic impact of industrialization. Besides urban growth, as this article argues, effects of industrialization have likewise intensified urban shrinkage. Cities of the industrial age have experienced unprecedented economic crises followed by waves of out-migration; they have suffered from violent destruction, made possible by the mechanization of war; they have been drained by suburbanization driven by an industrialized building sector and increasing private car ownership; and they have undergone processes of deindustrialization followed by losses of workplaces and population. This article outlines the historic development of urban shrinkage in the twentieth century, with a particular focus on the aged industrial countries. Based on an extensive evaluation of historic population data, the article provides an overview of the most relevant causes of shrinking cities, and offers an outlook on future demographic trends.

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Section: Post-socialist Conditionsmentioning

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Shrinking Cities: Causes and Effects of Urban Population Losses in the Twentieth Century

Rieniets¹

2009

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Post-industrial urban strategies

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Schädler

2012

The Sustainable City VII

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In times of the continuous transformation of urban structures in terms of growth and shrinkage, sprawl and the compact city, adaption and individuality, the only possibility for planners to cope with these circumstances while considering steadily changing parameters, is a strategic design approach. This means developing concepts based on variety, flexibility and stability at the same time: On the one hand, the intactness -or wholeness -referring to the existent context, on the other, the openness for future trends.Life cycles of cities and buildings are decreasing. Especially infrastructural systems which were generously created in the post-war period significantly shaping our landscapes are now shifted, transformed or revitalized. These spaces, together with the numerous industrial wastelands that are occurring, open up opportunities to become motors of city developments.It might be that the deficits in frequently criticized modern urban design practices are less related to the quality of individual buildings but rather in the neglect of gaps and the spaces in between them. As cities cannot be planned as a whole, but with subspaces being optimized partially independent from each other, the lack of coherence tends to create landscapes made of isolated fragments with an insular character, dominated by commercial districts, shopping malls, airports or museums.Strategic approaches for the post-industrial city pursue the re-appropriation of abandoned sites. With the means of innovative and unusual utilization concepts (temporary uses, promotion of public spaces, urban agriculture and others), formerly separated quarters can become part of a coherent spatial network -and therefore create a vibrant urban fabric appealing to its citizens.

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Aufgabe als Aufgabe. Entwurf und Strategie im perforierten Raum

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Shrinking Cities: Causes and Effects of Urban Population Losses in the Twentieth Century

Shrinking Cities: Causes and Effects of Urban Population Losses in the Twentieth Century

Post-industrial urban strategies

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