Social Inclusion by Revitalisation? The Potential of Disused Industrial Areas as an Opportunity for Mitigating Social Polarisation

Otto, Marius; Chmielewska, Marta

doi:10.2478/quageo-2014-0020

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“…One example is the Maximilian Park in Hamm, situated on a former colliery site, which has a wide infrastructure especially aimed at children and which has created space for various events. Here the admission is 10 euros for a family per day (OTTO & CHMIELEWSKA, 2014).…”

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Revitalisation of spoil tips and socio-economic polarisation – a case study of Ruhr area (Germany)

Chmielewska

Otto

2014

Environmental &Amp; Socio-Economic Studies

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The paper discusses issues about the revitalisation of spoil tips, socio-economic polarisation and social exclusion in the field of municipal recreational activities based on an example of the largest post-industrial region in Europe – the Ruhr area in Germany. Revitalisation of brownfield areas very often leads to the creation of leisure facilities of various types (with a range of entrance fees) and because of this it may mitigate, or exacerbate, the severity of these negative phenomena. In the Ruhr area there are 104 spoil tips of different origins (mine tips, slag heaps, rubbish dumps), sizes and shapes (from conical heaps, through table mountains shaped tips and intentionally shaped for landscape tips, to major tips) and state of preservation. The research has shown that it is possible to use the majority of these spoil tips in the Ruhr area (87 of them) as leisure facilities as they have been changed into green areas, parks, playgrounds, locations for sports activities and tourist attractions after their restoration. Furthermore, they are mostly accessible free of charge and may serve a wide range of people – from locals to visitors, from children to senior citizens etc., regardless of their income. As such they may mitigate the socio-economic polarisation tendencies in the region.

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“…Finally, these phenomena are particularly visible in regions in transition e.g. former industrial areas where the closing of unprofitable industrial plants result in rising unemployment rates and social fragmentation (see OTTO & CHMIELEWSKA, 2012, 2014.…”

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Revitalisation of spoil tips and socio-economic polarisation – a case study of Ruhr area (Germany)

Chmielewska

Otto

2014

Environmental &Amp; Socio-Economic Studies

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“…A fine example is provided by the Emscher-Zukunft Masterplan drawn up in 2006, and put into effect in the nearly two decades since along the valley of the Emscher -a river flowing through the very heart of the industrialised Ruhr. Numerous individual transition projects have been pursued in that area (Chmielewska & Otto, 2013;Otto & Chmielewska, 2014) -and the solution overall can be considered a model one worth following as other mining regions make their own efforts to move forward.…”

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Editorial: The transformation of post-industrial areas and territorial aspects of Just Transition Fund implementation

Sitek,

Chmielewska

2022

Europa XXI

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An introductory text discusses the Just Transition Fund’s core assumptions and origin, in the process revealing stages to the evolution of the approach taken – in the direction of ‘green economy’ assumptions. Activities financed within the framework of the Fund are identified, in respect of the restructuring of Poland’s mining regions. Examples of fields of intervention are then discussed by reference to the Terytorialny Plan Sprawiedliwej Transformacji Województwa Śląskiego 2030, i.e. the 2030 Territorial Plan for the Just Transition of Poland’s Śląskie Voivodeship, in Silesia. A particularly important aspect here is the timetable for closures of mines and conventional power plants. The material also presents selected data on the significance of mining and the extractive industries in both their social and economic dimensions. Particular attention is here paid to the labour-market consequences of the Just Transition. The references are to levels of pay in the sector referred to, as well as the wealth characterising the relevant Polish gminas (areas of local-governmental administration) – as an alternative way of looking at the entire process. The article also points to a large number of research aspects linking up with transitioning in the economy and requiring further study and analysis. Overall, the work points to the challenges that regions subject to restructuring are going to be faced with.

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“…However, a large proportion of the cities experiencing this are actually within the CEECs (Mykhnenko and Turok, 2008;Rink et al, 2010;Haase et al, 2013). In this region, struggling with the consequences of political transformations since the 1990s, a territorial polarisation is very clearly visible (Krišjāne, 2001;Nagy, 2005;Vaishar, 2006;Burneika, 2012;Lang, 2012;Otto and Chmielewska, 2014;Pociūtė-Sereikienė et al, 2014).…”

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Spatial exclusion in Lithuania: peripheries as “losers”, metropolitan areas as “winners”

Pociūtė-Sereikienė¹,

Baranauskienė²,

Daugirdas³

2019

Prz. Geogr.

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This paper reports on a comprehensive evaluation of socio-spatial inequalities as a means of analysing spatial exclusion in line with demographic, social and economic components expressed using 20 key indicators. The utilised method of grouping into quartiles was able to demonstrate increasingly pronounced polarisation trends in Lithuania, with widening disparities to be noted, both between the major cities of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda and their regions, and between peripheral areas of the country. The level of spatial exclusion is seen to be highest in Lithuania’s north-eastern and southern regions, which have been identified as problematic. It is to these regions that a majority of the attention in this work has been paid.

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Social Inclusion by Revitalisation? The Potential of Disused Industrial Areas as an Opportunity for Mitigating Social Polarisation

Cited by 5 publications

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Revitalisation of spoil tips and socio-economic polarisation – a case study of Ruhr area (Germany)

Revitalisation of spoil tips and socio-economic polarisation – a case study of Ruhr area (Germany)

Editorial: The transformation of post-industrial areas and territorial aspects of Just Transition Fund implementation

Spatial exclusion in Lithuania: peripheries as “losers”, metropolitan areas as “winners”

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