Waterfront Regeneration: Experiences in City-building
About this ebook
The book opens with an introduction to waterfront regeneration and then provides a framework for analyzing and comparing waterfront redevelopments, which is followed by individual case study chapters highlighting specific topics and issues including land ownership and control, decision making in planning processes, the role of planners in public space planning, visions for waterfront living, citizen participation, design-based waterfront developments, a social approach to urban waterfront regeneration and successful place making. Significant findings include the difficulty of integrating long term 'sustainability' into plans and the realization that climate change adaptation needs to be explicitly integrated into regeneration planning. The transferable insights and ideas in this book are ideal for practising and student urban planners and designers working on developing plans for long-term sustainable waterfront regeneration anywhere in the world.
About the author
Dr Harry Smith is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Environment and Human Settlements at the Institute for Building and Urban Design, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. With professional experience in architecture and urban planning in Europe, in recent years he has been involved in a number of research projects focusing on the production and management of the built environment. His research experience spans countries in Europe, Latin America and Africa.
Dr Maria Soledad Garcia Ferrari is a Senior Lecturer in architectural design at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh. Professionally qualified in architecture and urbanism in Uruguay, she has taught at Universidad de la Republica in Montevideo and worked as a research consultant, including for the Organisation of American States on coastal growth in Latin American cities. Her main research focus is on current processes of urban development and regeneration in Europe and Latin America.
