City regeneration means to recreate urban areas so they become more efficient and practical. Jane Jacobs writes about the complexities of city planning, and the difficulties in predicting the final functions of a planned space. She uses simple examples, such as a street or a park, to demonstrate the range of effects a single construct can have on one space. She also notes that although reconstruction plans are meant to better serve people, they may also adversely affect nature.
The site shown below links to a list of news articles released in the early 2000’s related to city regeneration plans in Baltimore, MD. The articles help highlight some of the intricacies involved in urban planning. Topics presented cover serious environmental issues, some of the many financial and litigation aspects of building, as well public opinions. Many of the ideas in these articles are the same as those presented in every city in the world.
Caleb Oliven
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The traditional roles of a physical city have
non changed much over the centuries. In fact, I assert that only several basic activities/abilities allow for most of our city life.
The ability to store and ship food goes hand in hand with farming. Whether its the water wheel in 1856 or some grand corn meal plant in 2012, or a mortar and pestal in 769 the process of refining corn has existed for a long time.
We may buil;d fancier builings today, but the innovation of fermenting cement, that can be mixed, poured, and set, had driven our cities since its advant. Think the ancient breakwaters in the mediteranian. Those cities depended on protection from the sea, much as we depend on energy from the hoover dam.
Who is in this group and what is the purpose of this blog? Try to include at least a couple annotated resources.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting that Jacobs tries to predict the final function of a planned space. I can only imagine how difficult that must be, especially trying to predict for urban areas, since new trends are always occurring.
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