scholarly journals Assessing Sustainability in Housing LED Urban Regeneration: Insights from a Housing Association in Northern England

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Dean ◽  
Claudia Trillo
Keyword(s):  
Housing Association ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Current Assessment ◽  
Social Spillovers ◽  
The City ◽  
Regeneration Processes

How far do current assessment methods allow the thorough evaluation of sustainable urban regeneration? Would it be useful, to approach the evaluation of the environmental and social impacts of housing regeneration schemes, by making both hidden pitfalls and potentials explicit, and budgeting costs and benefits in the stakeholders’ perspective? The paper aims at answering these questions, by focusing on a case study located in the Manchester area, the City West Housing Trust, a nonprofit housing association. Drawing from extensive fieldwork and including several interviews with key experts from this housing association, the paper first attempts to monetize the environmental and social value of two extant projects – a high-rise housing estate and an environmentally-led program. It then discusses whether and how a stakeholder-oriented approach would allow more engagement of both current and potential funders in the projects at hand. Findings from both the literature and the empirical data that was gathered show how in current housing regeneration processes, room for significant improvements in terms of assessment methods still exist. Findings additionally show that the environmental and social spillovers are largely disregarded because of a gap in the evaluation tools. This may also hinder the potential contributions of further funders in the achievements of higher impacts in terms of sustainability.

Site-specific television as urban renewal: Or, how Portland became Portlandia

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Morgan Parmett
Keyword(s):  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Television Industry ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Television Production ◽  
Local Alternative ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
The City

This article addresses the rise of what I call ‘site-specific television’, where the dispersion of television production outside traditional centers results in shooting locations that also serve as the crux of the televisual narrative. I argue that site-specific television constitutes ‘TV renewal’, in which on-location shooting practices are constitutive of urban regeneration efforts that draw on local, alternative, and creative cultures of production to help promote, rebrand, and revitalize marginalized city spaces with, often, gentrifying implications. Taking up Portlandia as a case study of site-specific television, I argue its on-location production practices depend on decentralized and embedded practices of production that align with recent economic and cultural changes in the television industry and in the city.

Evaluation, repair & rehabilitation of 2 flyovers using advance assessment methods – a case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alok Bhowmick ◽  
R. K. Jaigopal
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Structural Condition ◽  
Condition Assessment ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Expert Committee ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Assessment Techniques ◽  
Critical Location ◽  
The City

<p>After the collapse of Majherhat Bridge on September 4, 2018 at Kolkata (India), an expert committee was appointed by the state government to ‘examine’ all the old flyovers in the city. A large number of such flyovers identified by this committee, which needed urgent repairs. Two of these flyovers were investigated by the authors as a part of consultancy services provided to the owner client. Both these grade separators were in distress and needed urgent attention. But carrying out condition assessment on these bridges and carrying out any repair posed a big challenge to the Consultants and Clients due to number of factors, including lack of records of the bridges, volume of traffic and critical location of these infrastructures. This paper highlights the broad details of advance assessment techniques adopted for structural condition of these flyovers. The details of proposed repair and rehabilitation techniques adopted are also discussed.</p>

Housing challenge and urban regeneration: A contribution of faith-based action with special reference to a case study from the City of Tshwane

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezekiel Ntakirutimana
Keyword(s):  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Housing Crisis ◽  
Gauteng Province ◽  
Spatial Justice ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Housing Value ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods Framework ◽  
The City

The main objective of this article is to describe a problem portrayed into critical human conditions in urban margins characterised by the deprivation of most basic human needs, housing in particular. This is undertaken in search of alternative ways that promote a bigger plan of urban regeneration while exploring whether faith-based action makes a special contribution to this goal, both sustainably and innovatively. The article uses a case study of faith-based action from the City of Tshwane in Gauteng province, South Africa. It first begins with constructing an untoward paradoxical narrative of urban marginalisation and housing crisis scenario. It proceeds, responding to marginalisation in light of values of spatial justice and housing. This insight leads the article to sketch a paradigmatic point of departure addressing urban margins, looking at the sustainable livelihoods framework and its basic tenets that mobilise livelihood assets (tangible and intangible) to tackle urban marginalisation from its roots. The article moves on to explore a contribution of faith-based action in urban regeneration through housing value. The penultimate point of the article engages the case study followed by drawing the general conclusion and way forward. The article adds to the existing literature, employing an epistemological approach that integrates multidisciplinary sources and empirical reports on urban marginalisation. Unstructured interviews, participatory observations and personal experience on housing practice help to achieve the main objective of the study.

scholarly journals Increasing Urban Walkability through Citizens’ Participation Processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5835
Author(s):  
Francesco Scorza ◽  
Giovanni Fortunato ◽  
Raffaella Carbone ◽  
Beniamino Murgante ◽  
Piergiuseppe Pontrandolfi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
Local Characteristics ◽  
Cognitive Framework ◽  
Neighbourhood Scale ◽  
Space Syntax Analysis ◽  
The City

The work is focused on the integration of space syntax analysis (SSA) in a process of participatory planning focused on a neighbourhood scale where the challenge of promoting pedestrian-friendly regeneration process is a bottom-up priority. The promotion of active mobility is one of the main themes of the urban regeneration project CAST operating on the western part of the city of Potenza (capital of the Basilicata region, Italy). Both the state of the art of the case study area and the potential effects of the intervention proposed on the basis of the participatory process have been assessed by SSA as a walkability assessment method. By measuring a street network’s syntactic parameters, it was possible to further enrich the cognitive framework relating to the current situation and to simultaneously evaluate the effects (in terms of potential movement and social usage) deriving from design interventions. The paper presents a methodology to evaluate the urban pedestrian environment and to provide an insight for walking-related intervention and improvements in neighbourhood-scale planning, according to a participatory approach. The research, based on specific local characteristics, represents a transferable approach to supporting and informing policy-makers and designers engaged in inclusive and participative urban regeneration projects.

scholarly journals Economic and Environmental Costs and Benefits of Paper Mulberry: A Case Study of Islamabad-Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Anwar Hussain ◽  
Syed Umar Hayat Shah
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Pollen Allergy ◽  
Environmental Costs ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Cost Treatment ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
The City ◽  
Benefits And Costs

Plants and trees make our cities more attractive and provide many ecosystem services but some of these also cost society in the form pollen allergy. According to an estimates 60-70 percent of the trees in Islamabad are of Paper mulberry. Thirty Percent people are effected each year from pollen allergy in Islamabad. This study evaluated age and gender wise effects of Pollen Allergy on health followed by proposing options for the alternatives of Paper Mulberry. The economic and environmental costs and benefits of Paper mulberry and its alternative plants were also quantified. The annual benefits and costs of Paper Mulberry and its alternative plants were estimated through “The National Tree Benefits Calculator”. Descriptive statistics along with expert opinion method was used for the analysis of the data. The pollen allergy affect children more as compared to other age groups and females more as compared to male. Urban respondents were effected more by pollen allergy as compared to rural respondents. Most of the respondents were found effected in the month of March. The average monthly health expenditures of the respondents from pollen were Rs. 879. Pine Rexburg and Kachnar are viable alternatives for Paper Mulberry from both economic and environmental viewpoints. Based on the findings it is concluded that Pine Rexburg and Kachnar are the best alternative for Paper Mulberry in Islamabad. The Capital Development Authority should replace Pine Rexburg and Kachnar with Paper Mulberry in the city. Besides, Government should arrange awareness program especially in the pollen month (March) and should provide free of cost treatment and preventives for the pollen patients.

scholarly journals A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL ON DERELICT BUILDINGS FOR URBAN REGENERATION

2018 ◽  
Vol IV-4/W7 ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
I. Blečić ◽  
A. Cecchini ◽  
M. Minchilli ◽  
L. F. Tedeschi ◽  
G. A. Trunfio
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> We present a decision suppport tool for the comparison and selection of projects of integrated renovation of derelict buildings and areas for the purpose of urban regeneration. Each project is defined as a subset of derelict properties to renovate together with their respective designated use, and is scored by the decision support tool on two criteria: expected effort and estimated effectiveness in terms of improved urban capabilities in the urban area of interest. The expected effort is estimated as a global transformation cost, factoring in legal and management overhead costs as well as possible economies of scale. The effectiveness in evaluated in terms of extension of urban capabilities centred on walkable distances. We have implemented a bi-objective evolutionary search algorithm to address the computational complexity of the problem of search for efficient (non-dominated) projects over the two criteria. For the purpose of illustration, we present an example case-study application on the historical core of the city of Sassari, Italy.</p>

scholarly journals URBAN REGENERATION ECONOMICS: THE CASE OF LISBON'S OLD DOWNTOWN

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Loforte Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Physical Fields

Buildings are one of the biggest assets of Lisbon's central downtown accumulated over a period of several centuries. The efficient use and optimization of the value of these assets are a challenge for both the owners of individual buildings and for society as a whole. Recently, a new regeneration initiative was announced for old urban Lisbon's downtown, covering three fields of intervention: the economic, social and physical fields. This paper presents a case study of the regeneration program for the Lisbon's old downtown including an analysis of the framework used to assess the costs and benefits. Santrauka Pastatai – tai vienas pagrindinių Lisabonos centrinio komercinio rajono turtų, sukauptų per keletą amžių. Efektyvus šio turto naudojimas ir vertės optimizavimas – tai iššūkis ir atskirų pastatų savininkams, ir visai visuomenei. Neseniai paskelbta nauja senojo Lisabonos komercinio rajono atgaivinimo iniciatyva, apimanti tris intervencijos sritis: ekonominę, socialinę ir fi zinę. Šiame darbe pristatomas senojo Lisabonos komercinio rajono atgaivinimo programos atvejo tyrimas, pateikiama sąnaudų bei naudingumo įvertinimo sistemos analizė.

scholarly journals Triggering Active Communities for Cultural Creative Cities: The “Hack the City” Play ReCH Mission in the Salerno Historic Centre (Italy)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 11877
Author(s):  
Maria Cerreta ◽  
Gaia Daldanise ◽  
Ludovica La Rocca ◽  
Simona Panaro
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Historic Centre ◽  
The City ◽  
Regeneration Processes

According to the current European scenario, cultural, creative, and community-led policies play an increasingly important role in influencing local resources, systems, and infrastructures management and demand a novel approach in governing, financing, and monitoring urban regeneration processes. Therefore, cities become contexts where cultural and creative practices can be implemented, integrating social cohesion principles based on communities, shared values, and collaborative decision-making approaches, with particular attention to enhancing cultural heritage, mainly unused or underutilised. The purpose of this research is to explore how the Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor (CCCM) methodological framework, developed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, can be integrated at the local scale to assess the impacts of urban regeneration processes in an interactive and dynamic way, through the data emerging from the monitoring of urban regeneration experiences activated with the communities. The paper describes the “Play ReCH (Re-use Cultural Heritage)” approach, that promotes a process of collaboration, gamification, and innovation in cultural heritage reuse, as an opportunity to test how cultural, creative, and community-led urban strategies can support the enhancement of heritage generating enabling environments and culturally vibrant contexts. The Play ReCH approach and the “Hack the City Salerno” mission, activated in the Salerno historic centre (Italy), open the reflection on some relevant issues related to how citizens become makers of cultural and creative cities’ policies, and contribute to evaluating and monitoring their implementation at diverse urban scales. The Play ReCH mission underlines how new evidence suggests declining the CCCM conceptual framework and related urban policies assessment, co-defining suitable community-based indicators.

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