Reflections on the Reurbanism Paradigm: Re-Weaving the Urban Fabric for Urban Regeneration and Renewal

Haas Tigran () and Locke Ryan
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Haas Tigran: School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Locke Ryan: School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2018, vol. 37, issue 4, 5-21

Abstract: 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: urbanism; urban design; urban paradigms; urban decline; urban regeneration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/quageo-2018-0037

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