REFLECTIONS ON THE REURBANISM PARADIGM: RE-WEAVING THE URBAN FABRIC FOR URBAN REGENERATION AND RENEWAL

• Authors: Tigran Haas , Ryan Locke
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Within the realm of contemporary urban design theory and practice, a number of authors have conceptualised the trends and processes of city development and planning into a series of urbanisms. This discussion essay examines the overall tenets of the ‘ReUrbanism paradigm’, a paradigm that has long been present in city planning and development but has received limited analysis and criticism and has not gained a more integrated position within the professional and academic worlds. This paper continues a paradigm development outline, leaning on the characteristics of other urbanisms in order to develop and provide a frame of reference and to contribute to the ongoing build-up of taxonomies about the trajectory of contemporary urban design thought. Focusing on the American representative case of Detroit, the authors of this paper argue for a better understanding of this urban regeneration paradigm, which they characterise as a rational urban planning & design approach in the contemporary age of inner city renewal.

Keywords

EN

urbanism; urban design; urban paradigms; urban decline; urban regeneration

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Quaestiones Geographicae
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 5-21

Dates

published

2018-12-30

Contributors

author

Tigran Haas

• School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

author

Ryan Locke

• School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/quageo-2018-0037