Redeveloping Industrial Sites: A Guide for Architects, Planners, and DevelopersThe ultimate resource on strategies for redeveloping abandoned urban sites Architects, urban planners, urban designers, developers, city officials, and all those interested in revitalizing their post-industrial cities will find the tools they need here. Redeveloping Industrial Sites delivers solutions to complex issues concerning urban planning, design, and financing to reveal lessons on ways to successfully convert decaying land and buildings into vibrant parks, stimulating cultural destinations, and active commercial complexes. In addition, carefully chosen real-world examples illustrate topics such as sustainability, public policy, and developer know-how to form a complete picture of the elements involved in planning and executing urban redevelopment projects. Redeveloping Industrial Sites:
Providing historical context as well as current perspective, Redeveloping Industrial Sites offers clear direction on repurposing derelict and polluted wastelands and warehouses into vital, living extensions of their communities. |
Contents
PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIAL SETTLEMENT | |
THE EMERGENCE OF AN INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE | |
PUBLIC POLICY AND URBAN EVOLUTION | |
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND DEVELOPMENT | |
DEVELOPMENT FINANCING PROGRAMS | |
CULTURAL PROJECTS | |
RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND MIXEDUSE DEVELOPMENTS | |
OPEN SPACE AND PARKS | |
AFTERWORD | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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Redeveloping Industrial Sites: A Guide for Architects, Planners, and Developers Carol Berens No preview available - 2010 |