Age-friendly cities, knowledge and urban restructuring

In the last few decades, many governments have implemented urban restructuring programmes with the main goal of combating a variety of socioeconomic problems in deprived neighbourhoods. The main instrument of restructuring has been housing diversification and tenure mixing. The demolition of low-quality (social) housing and the construction of owner-occupied or private rented dwellings was expected to change the population composition of deprived neighbourhoods through the in-migration of middle- and high-income households. Many studies have been critical with regard to the success of such policies in actually upgrading neighbourhoods. Using data from the 31 largest Dutch cities for the 1999 to 2013 period, this study contributes to the literature by investigating the effects of large-scale demolition and new construction on neighbourhood income developments on a low spatial scale. We use propensity score matching to isolate the direct effects of policy by comparing restructured neighbourhoods with a set of control neighbourhoods with low demolition rates, but with similar socioeconomic characteristics. The results indicate that large-scale demolition leads to socioeconomic upgrading of deprived neighbourhoods as a result of attracting and maintaining middle- and high-income households. We find no evidence of spillover effects to nearby neighbourhoods, suggesting that physical restructuring only has very local effects.

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Producing space, the confrontation between abstract space and everyday life: ‘I wunder if heaven got a ghetto”

Architectural Research Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s1359135513000493 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 139-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tonia Carless

Keyword(s):

Urban Space ◽

Historical Analysis ◽

Uneven Development ◽

Abstract Space ◽

Late Capitalism ◽

Urban Restructuring ◽

The Social ◽

Macro Scale ◽

Local Space ◽

Cardiff Bay

This paper is intended as a contribution to current debates about the changing conditions of urban space and uneven development. It will analyse the functions of the architectural professions in this process and how their productions prefigure the social and economic arrangement of space. It will examine these notions through analysis of Cardiff Bay and will analyse the changes occurring under late capitalism in the shift to Post-Fordist modes of accumulation. While the paper will examine the local space of Cardiff Bay, the analytical ground will be extended to the ongoing restructuring of space under the new global economies at a macro scale.Urban restructuring is most evident in the decentred metropolis of the post-modern city, the new cities for consumption. The growth or collapse of multinational capital needs to be seen as framing the occupation of space, its investment and disinvestment, and as an ongoing process, part of a systematic reprogramming of space that can and should be examined at every stage of its operations.Relocating the economic, political and social into considerations of space means that the paper will also incorporate historical analysis of modes of production and social formations. To consider space as ideological means that transfigured space must also be considered. The paper will therefore raise ideas that are directed towards the transformation of social and political space, and will examine that which identifies Lefebvre's distinction between appropriated and dominated space.

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The post-socialist urban restructuring of Ljubljana: Strengthening identity

The GeoJournal Library - The Post-Socialist City ◽

10.1007/978-1-4020-6053-3_21 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 427-445 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kaliopa Dimitrovska Andrews ◽

Breda Mihelič ◽

Ivan Stanič

Keyword(s):

Urban Restructuring

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Reestruturação urbano-regional amazônica e seus reflexos na produção do espaço urbano de Imperatriz-MA / The amazon regional urban restructuring and its reflections in the production of the urban area of imperatriz-MA

Caderno de Geografia ◽

10.5752/p.2318-2962.2018v28n52p79 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (52) ◽

pp. 79

Author(s):

Jailson Macedo SOUSA

Keyword(s):

Essential Elements ◽

Amazon Region ◽

Point Of View ◽

Commercial Activity ◽

Urban Restructuring ◽

Cultural Changes ◽

Urban Dynamics ◽

Education And Health ◽

Socioeconomic Data ◽

Regional Restructuring

Neste artigo, discutimos elementos essenciais do processo de urbanização presente na região amazônica e suas implicações na dinâmica urbana de Imperatriz. As mudanças socioeconômicas, demográficas e culturais presentes nessa macro-região desde 1950, foram motivadas pelos processos de modernização regional. Teve destaque nesse cenário, a difusão das estratégias de ocupação e povoamento orientadas através dos projetos de colonização, mínero-metalúrgicos, agropecuários e atualmente o dinamismo socioeconômico assumido por algumas cidades. Ressaltamos nesse contexto, a participação da cidade de Imperatriz que localiza-se na porção oriental dessa região. Entre as décadas de 1960-1980, Imperatriz registrou notável crescimento demográfico e econômico. A partir da década de 1980, verificaram-se mudanças significativas na sua estrutural funcional, sendo orientadas pelas atividades terciárias, em particular, a consolidação da atividade comercial e o desenvolvimento dos serviços de educação superior e saúde. Do ponto de vista metodológico, as reflexões aqui realizadas foram guiadas a partir de uma análise de dados socioeconômicos organizados por órgão oficiais. É o caso do IBGE, IMESC e Fundação João Pinheiro e ainda por uma revisão bibliográfica que destaca os significados das cidades médias no contexto da região amazônica.Palavras-chave: Reestruturação urbano-regional; Urbanização Amazônica; Imperatriz-MA.Abstract In this article, we discuss essential elements of the process of urbanization present in the Amazon region and its implications in the urban dynamics of Imperatriz. The socioeconomic, demographic and cultural changes present in this macro-region since 1950, were motivated by the processes of regional modernization. In this scenario, the diffusion of occupation and settlement strategies was oriented through the colonization, mining-metallurgical, agricultural and livestock projects, and the socio-economic dynamism assumed by some cities. We emphasize in this context, the participation of the city of Imperatriz that is located in the eastern portion of that region. Between the decades of 1960-1980, Imperatriz registered a remarkable demographic and economic growth. From the 1980s, there were significant changes in its functional structure, being driven by tertiary activities, in particular, the consolidation of commercial activity and the development of higher education and health services. From the methodological point of view, the reflections carried out here were guided by an analysis of socioeconomic data organized by official bodies. This is the case of the IBGE, IMESC and João Pinheiro Foundation, as well as a bibliographical review that highlights the meanings of medium-sized cities in the context of the Amazon region.Keywords: Urban-regional restructuring. Amazonian Urbanization. Imperatriz-MA.

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Tracing post-communist urban restructuring: Changing centralities in central and eastern European capitals

Urbani izziv ◽

10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2016-27-01-002 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 113-122 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jasna Mariotti ◽

Janez Koželj

Keyword(s):

Eastern European ◽

Urban Restructuring

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Dancing Youth

10.14361/9783839456347 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sandra Kurfürst

Keyword(s):

Hip Hop ◽

Gender Relations ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Gender Norms ◽

Global Studies ◽

Urban Restructuring ◽

Diverse Range ◽

Digital Ethnography ◽

And Gender

Breaking, popping, locking, waacking, and hip-hop dance are practiced widely in contemporary Vietnam. Considering the dance practices in the larger context of post-socialist transformation, urban restructuring, and changing gender relations, Sandra Kurfürst examines youth's aspirations and desires embodied in dance. Drawing on a rich and diverse range of qualitative data, including interviews, sensory and digital ethnography, she shows how dancers confront social and gender norms while following their passion. As a contribution to area and global studies, the book illuminates the translocal spatialities of hip hop, produced through the circulation of objects and the movement of people.

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