In times of increasing environmental awareness, the port-city relationship has gained a new meaning since ports have been seen as the origin of both negative and positive externalities affecting the public wellbeing. While the former are the result of port expansion, the latter are the result of...

Over the last decade, turkey has initiated several regulatory and institutional reforms to better mitigate and reduce disaster risks, with a focus on seismic risk. The Squatter (Gecekondu) Law No. 775 (1966) was the first regulatory effort to produce housing for low-income groups in Turkey, and...

Visions : Smart urban planning / Simon Huston, Arvy Jadevicus and Zafir Sahin ; Green infrastructure / Will Manley and Sophia Price ; Food, waste and water -- the urban paradox / Richard Baines ; Place and community consciousness / Negin Minaei -- Institutions : Local innovation in emerging...

The book reflects on how intelligent urban regeneration can be an extraordinary driver of sustainable social and economic progress. It provides a friendly, evergreen and flexible thinking methodology that can serve as a reference guide to address a wide range of initiatives creating the...

Distressed urban areas threaten social cohesion in urban regions, the very centre of our economies. This problem can be traced to no single cause; rather it represents a combination of environmental, economic, social and cultural circumstances that take spatial form in different parts of inner...

Belfast is at a turning point in its history. If it is to succeed as the peace process advances, the achievements of past urban regeneration efforts need to be evaluated in order to set in place effective policies and strategies for the future. Beginning with environmental priorities, Laganside...

This study of Berlin, after German unification, examines and makes proposals for distressed areas where there is a need for targeted regeneration measures. Building on previous urban renaissance studies, this report adds a new dimension to the lessons learned about urban regeneration through a...