In most of our market economy cities, industrial land represents approximately 4 to 10 percent of the total surface area, although in some cities it can exceed 25 percent (Bartaud, 2006). In many rapidly growing cities industrial-zoned land is seen as a land bank and due to the implementation of tertiary-based economies and the changes in the industrial production systems, coupled with technological innovations and the emerging patterns of work and consumption, industrial areas are experiencing a rapid transformation into residential neighbourhoods and mixed-use developments.
BY OSCAR CARRACEDO
What should the future of our industrial estates be? How do we adapt them to the new modes of production? Can we integrate productive activities into the city as a part of our neighbourhoods? Or should they be kept segregated from the main civic uses of the city? Can industrial estates be transformed into a new generation of neighbourhoods combining working, living and leisure? Can we transform industrial areas into liveable places? How can we create places for the new economies while making cities and providing workplaces?
indus hoods FROM INDUSTRIES TO NEIGBOURHOODS Renewing and repositioning industrial areas
This book addresses these questions and discusses the role that industrial estates should play in the future of our cities, exploring different strategies for urban renewal and the repositioning of industrial areas to create integrated productive cities.
NUS-JTC (IÂłC) ISBN: 978-981-09-9317-7
NUS-JTC (IÂłC)
EDITED BY OSCAR CARRACEDO