With the development of brownfield and rust areas, tens of thousands of homes could be built, serving the housing needs up to decades in advance.
It is an excellent idea to rehabilitate and utilize these areas – but the main question is what role local governments can play in the decisions, and whether, in addition to utilization, we should strive to reconnect livable parts of the city to the bloodstream. What about areas outside the rust zone? What service mix are needed? Who and when will develop the infrastructure?
In a significant urban development issue, it is important to mention that we can think of the problem to be solved with a planning approach as a large coherent system (such as a capital city), or locally in smaller systems (such as a district or part of a city). The interests of these systems of different scales do not always coincide, but it is essential to reconcile the two’s interests in urban development.
Suppose there is a change of technology in an area (transformation, cessation of industry). If it is a smaller area, it is automatically absorbed by the city’s growth and development; if it is a larger old industrial area, it can only be shaped, developed, and rehabilitated.
Each situation should be analyzed first:
- the environment of the area with rust fields
- the public transport availability
- service provision
- how much remediation is needed at the local level, etc
Increasing the green space in connection with the recycling of rust zones can always be considered first. A system of parks and pedestrian streets – today it is still in patches, but large areas of green space would also be needed. The development of the city’s green network is of paramount importance in supporting the green ecosystem, and landscaping can also avoid the replacement of contaminated soil. In this way, even soil cleaning can be solved, which can be used and built on after 10 – 15 years.
Another idea that arises is to design with a compact city approach because if a part of the city is to be rehabilitated, sufficient infrastructure must be built next to it. Otherwise, serious problems may arise within 5 to 10 years. Where residential buildings are being built, there is also a need for jobs, an appropriate mix of services, and educational institutions. In the absence of these, we generate a greater burden on urban transport, as people have to drive to work, relax, shop, and take their children to school due to a lack of services.
There is no custom for the development and rehabilitation of rust zones yet; we can find all kinds of solutions worldwide, which is why a unique strategy must be developed for each area. With digital tools, many possibilities open up for us: analysis with drone recordings, algorithmic design by data, service mix analysis, statistical analyzes, analyzes of environmental spatial data, etc. With these tools, the development processes can be accelerated.
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/2020.10.04/
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