scholarly journals (Re)discovering Toronto's waterfront: infrastructure and connectivity in a post-industrial landscape

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geordie Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Processes ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
Industrial Landscape ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Waterfront Redevelopment ◽  
Industrial Use ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The Impact ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

The transition of waterfront land use from industrial to post-industrial is a global phenomenon. There are several forces that are driving this change, including the advancement of shipping technology and the relocation of industrial processes to areas with greater availability of land. In place of industrial uses, many cities have undertaken, or are in the process of undertaking the redevelopment of their waterfront. As a result of past industrial use, there often exists, a significant amount of transportation infrastructure that isolates the city from the waterfront. This paper establishes the context for waterfront redevelopment, before examining the impact of infrastructure urban forms by using the work of Kevin Lynch as a tool for analysis. Several case precedents are used to examine the course of action that other North American cities have pursued to mitigate the impact of infrastructure forms on the waterfront and how they may influence the way Toronto deals with its waterfront infrastructure.

scholarly journals (Re)discovering Toronto's waterfront: infrastructure and connectivity in a post-industrial landscape

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geordie Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Processes ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
Industrial Landscape ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Waterfront Redevelopment ◽  
Industrial Use ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The Impact ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

The transition of waterfront land use from industrial to post-industrial is a global phenomenon. There are several forces that are driving this change, including the advancement of shipping technology and the relocation of industrial processes to areas with greater availability of land. In place of industrial uses, many cities have undertaken, or are in the process of undertaking the redevelopment of their waterfront. As a result of past industrial use, there often exists, a significant amount of transportation infrastructure that isolates the city from the waterfront. This paper establishes the context for waterfront redevelopment, before examining the impact of infrastructure urban forms by using the work of Kevin Lynch as a tool for analysis. Several case precedents are used to examine the course of action that other North American cities have pursued to mitigate the impact of infrastructure forms on the waterfront and how they may influence the way Toronto deals with its waterfront infrastructure.

scholarly journals Tourism Development in Post-Industrial Facilities as a Regional Business Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2028
Author(s):  
Marek Jóźwiak ◽  
Patrycja Sieg
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
Business Partnership ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

In the article presented, the authors have attempted to define the development of post-industrial facilities, on the example of a thematic trail located in Bydgoszcz, as well as to assess the impact of this route on the city’s attractiveness. The TeH2O thematic trail is an example of a business model that utilizes post-industrial facilities for the development of a business partnership between the route facilities, the objects located in the vicinity, as well as the route participants. The article discusses the use of post-industrial facilities for tourist purposes and the legal aspects associated with the process of transforming such facilities. This paper presents the results of a research carried out on two groups of respondents, i.e., the residents of the city of Bydgoszcz and the tourists who have visited or are about to visit the city of Bydgoszcz. As a result of the research carried out, it has been found that the thematic trail examined affects the attractiveness of the city of Bydgoszcz. Both the respondents from the city of Bydgoszcz as well as the tourists visiting the city acknowledged it. The TeH2O thematic trail is more popular among the inhabitants of Bydgoszcz than among the visitors.

scholarly journals CONFLICTS IN URBAN SPACE AND POST-INDUSTRIAL URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS

2021 ◽  
pp. 62-71
Author(s):  
Liudmylа NIEMETS ◽  
Olha SUPTELO ◽  
Maryna LOHVYNOVA ◽  
Kateryna SEHIDA
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Population ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
High Level ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Conflicts

Kharkiv is a modern city in the transition to post-industrial development, with significant migratory attractiveness, high level of urbanization, binational and bilingual population, implementation of a number of socio-economic development projects. Today, the city is not only the localization of many opportunities for the development of society and man, but also an area of increased conflictogenity. The purpose of the study is to identify the main urban conflicts during the post-industrial transition, which arise as a reaction to urban transformations and the action of external national processes and the establishment of the main stakeholders of urban changes and conflicts. The study found that the manifestations and degree of conflictogenity in the city depends on its place in the global urban gradation, and therefore, Kharkiv has a high level of conflictogenity, which is confirmed by the frequency of urban conflicts. The study identified factors of high conflictogenity in Kharkiv, which are due to its historical, cultural and socio-economic development. The following conflicts arise in the city: migration, which are caused by pendulum migrations of the population from peripheral areas to the city, forced migrations from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine; ethno-national, due to the competition of the Ukrainian-Russian population, conflicts with national minorities living in the city; urban and property conflicts, which arise mainly between representatives of local authorities, stakeholders and the local population. Urban conflicts affect urban processes, change the urban landscape and reduce the city’s attractiveness. We emphasize the need for further comprehensive socio-geographical studies of urban processes in cities, in particular the emergence of conflicts, identifying factors of conflict, the impact of urban conflicts on the socio-geographical landscape and developing models to find effective solutions to conflicts in the city.

scholarly journals Waterfront yrban regeneration in post-industrial Shanghai: plublicness and policy suggestions for making more inclusive public spaces

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Wang ◽  
◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
Industrial Areas ◽  
The Public ◽  
Industrial Sites ◽  
Industrial Age ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
Waterfront Redevelopment ◽  
Industrial Compounds ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The City

Waterfront areas in the city were occupied by industrial factories and freight ports in industrial age because of their convenience for transporting materials and resources by waterway. In the post-industrial era, as the role of the city gradually shifts from the ‘production centre’ to ‘consumption centre’, redeveloping waterfront industrial areas has become a global trend. In China, the city of Shanghai begins to redevelop its waterfront industrial areas since 2002. A main goal of the redevelopment in Shanghai is to ‘return the river to the public’, namely to open up the enclosed industrial compounds and transform industrial sites in the waterfront areas to public spaces. Focusing on the waterfront redevelopment and regeneration in Shanghai, this paper quantitatively assesses the publicness and quality of the newly created public spaces in three selected waterfront areas in the city. Drawing on the results of the empirical assessments, the paper argues that Shanghai has not achieved its goal of returning the river to the public yet. In response, the paper proposes some suggestions for policy-making aiming at improving the publicness and inclusiveness of public spaces in post-industrial redevelopment areas in Shanghai and other cities in the global south.

scholarly journals Urban Inequality: The City after the 2007 Crisis

Urban Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús González-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Urban Inequality ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
The Impact ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

After the impact of the 2007 crisis and post-crisis austerity policies, cities are being reconfigured under the auspices of inequality. Social divides are widening, and there is a growing population of excluded and poor people. The urban and welfare state crises of the 1980s are currently being replicated, albeit even more acutely, given that the welfare state in many countries is very weak and there are worrying signs of a crisis of democracy. In the present urban order of globalization, new players have emerged from the financial sector, including investment funds and the so-called vulture funds. Our contribution to this Special Issue is an analysis of urban inequality today based on theoretical and empirical research. The issue includes articles on social movements and resistance in Latin American cities, vulnerability in crisis-hit Spanish cities, and the segregation and quality of basic services in US cities.

scholarly journals Beyond the post-industrial city: Valuing and planning for industry in London

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (14) ◽  
pp. 3380-3398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Ferm ◽  
Edward Jones
Keyword(s):  
Policy Framework ◽  
Housing Crisis ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Industrial Use ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The City

This paper examines the challenges that planners face if industry is to survive and thrive in a growing ‘post-industrial’ city. It examines London, where the difference between the value of land for residential and industrial use, and the pressure to address the housing crisis, is leading to the rapid loss of industrial land and premises. The paper first explores the role of industry in a high-value city such as London, arguing that trends in manufacturing in advanced economies are increasing the benefit for firms of an urban location, whilst at the same time, cities continue to need industry if they are to be economically and socially resilient, sustainable and vibrant. The paper then explores current approaches to planning for industry in London, identifying impacts of a policy framework that anticipates and plans for its decline. Finally, it focuses on the question of how to plan for a productive and inclusive city: we explore the arguments in favour of integrating industry into the urban fabric as well as the benefits of separating land uses and retaining employment land designations, and reveal how urbanists are divided. We argue that if London is to continue to prosper, and meet the needs of all Londoners, then we need to strategically and proactively plan for industry in the city, to experiment with innovative ways of integrating it with other city uses, whilst protecting land for industry, where required. We put forward a critical research agenda to effectively meet this challenge in the future.

‘New’ migrations transforming the city: East European settlement in Glasgow

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-178
Author(s):  
Rebecca Kay ◽  
Paulina Trevena
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
East European ◽  
European Settlement ◽  
The World ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
State Socialist

This chapter explores the ways in which 21st Century migrations from Eastern Europe have transformed Glasgow. A city of emigration for much of the 20th century, Glasgow has more recently become a city of destination. Globally and regionally occurring economic and political developments which go beyond the ‘post-industrial’ form the backdrop to this new migration: the collapse of state socialist regimes, EU expansions and free movement, the impacts of globalisation and neoliberalism on labour markets around the world. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 31 Eastern Europeans living and working in Glasgow in 2014-15 this chapter discusses the effects of recent migration from Eastern Europe on Glasgow as well as the impact of the city on its new residents, particularly with regard to experiences of employment, housing and longer-term settlement in particular neighbourhoods within the city.

scholarly journals Urban Form and Natural Hazards: Exploring the Dual Aspect Concept of Urban Forms on Flood Damage

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9007
Author(s):  
Seungwon Kang ◽  
Jaeweon Yeom ◽  
Juchul Jung
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Flood Damage ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
Present Complex ◽  
Urban Problems ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

The purpose of the paper is to explore the dual aspect concept of the impact of urban forms on flood damage. Theoretically, urban form has the dual aspect concept of increasing or decreasing flood damage. Recent issues such as climate change and pandemics are increasing the need to re-discuss the relationship between urban forms and natural hazards. By revisiting the dual aspect concepts of urban forms such as aggregation and dispersion, we can effectively respond to specific urban problems that present complex issues at the city level. Accordingly, this paper once again considers what is a more resilient and ideal urban form for natural hazards by exploring dual aspect concepts of urban form for flood damage spatially and quantitatively from a macroscopic point of view.

scholarly journals Efficacy of Mass Quarantine as Leverage of Health System Governance During COVID-19 Outbreak: A Mini Policy Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Taghrir ◽  
Hossein Akbarialiabad ◽  
Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
Infectious Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Health System Governance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Health Policymaking

On January 23, 2020, the Chinese government announced the city lockdown of Wuhan. Since then, there have been controversial debates among experts about the efficacy of mass quarantine, the oldest and probably one of the most effective methods for controlling infectious disease outbreaks. The impact of health policymaking section of health system governance becomes visible to all stakeholders and the public in such emergency contexts. The success and failure of such policies should be evaluated in order to find the proper course of action for the local and international communities. In this review, we aim to investigate the efficacy of mass quarantine in China during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We found good quality evidence for the effectiveness of mass quarantine during the current stage of COVID-19 pandemic, and these strategies seem to have been highly effective in controlling the spread of the disease.

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