Managing Revitalization to Conserve Cultural Heritage Kampong in Kauman Surakarta

Kelurahan Kauman is one of the cultural heritage kampong in Surakarta, formerly inhabited by abdi dalem ulama Keraton and batik entrepreneurs. Kauman developed when Pakubuwono III built the Great Mosque in 1757, the kampong then developed into a batik industrial center in the early 1800s, shown by the number of luxury homes built by batik entrepreneurs that year. But in 1939 to 1970 batik companies went bankrupt; Therefore, the ancient houses and buildings were damaged and became a slum neighborhood. Revitalization of the area has been done since 2006, the economy rose again but the environmental conditions have not been optimal. The purpose of this study is to manage the revitalization program that has been done to find a better settlement strategy. The research was conducted by qualitative rationalistic approach. Data were collected through literature studies, interviews and field surveys. The sample selection is purposive, the sample being studied is the impact of revitalization on physical and non-physical environment and community activities of Kauman. Revitalization management is needed to make Kauman more comfortable in the future as a healthy settlement and can be developed into a tourist kampong to improve the welfare of the people who live in i

Enhancing repopulation in a decaying historical neighborhood through collaborative networking: A Dynamic Performance Governance approach

Historic centers, as the internationally recognized heritage of the cities, and among the most valuable assets in urban Italy, have been underutilized, devitalized, and wasted (Pellegrini & Micelli, 2019). In fact, urban degradation has been pervasive and remaining also in other industrialized countries (Serrano et al., 2016). Many historic centers have been affected by urban deterioration and depopulation for the past two centuries (Pough & Wan, 2007), and the problem persists today. This research underlines the importance of employing a collaborative governance perspective in designing policies, in terms of not only fostering effective local governments' agendas but also promote active citizenship approaches, which focus on the socioeconomic the context in the historical urban area of Vucciria (Italy). To achieve sustainable local repopulation through fostering urban revitalization, tourism attractiveness, and collaborative management, the study employs a desired outcome-based Dynamic Performance Governance (DPG) approach. The framework explains how inter-organizational objectives, performance drivers, and shared strategic resources can be identified and mapped in order to provide desired community results that eventually contribute to sustainable local repopulation

Business Improvement Districts: A Systematic Review of an Urban Governance Model towards City Center Revitalization

For some time, business improvement districts (BIDs) have entered into the discourse and practice of academics and urban planners. This model for town centre revitalization was created in North America, whose success has led to its transfer to a growing number of countries. This evolution highlights the importance of BIDs as an urban planning practice, as well as an object of study for academics interested in new models for intervening in central urban areas. BIDs are public–private partnerships, framed within an entrepreneurial logic of urban management that aims to increase the cities’ competitiveness. In this article, we aim to unfold the main research subjects of the literature focused on BIDs. We develop a systematic review for said endeavor, resorting to the established PRISMA protocol. After the screening and analysis of selected articles, four main research subjects were documented: (i) urban governance; (ii) urban policies: mobility and transfer; (iii) activities/axis of intervention; and (iv) types of BIDs/places of intervention. The selected literature enhances the contradictory nature of BIDs, ranging from the economic revitalization of city centres to the occasional exclusionary stance, in which it is developed. Our analysis also points to the important role of different actors in all stages of the policy transfer and implementation.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Project-Based Urban Renewal and Transformation of Urban Landscape in Turkey

Nowadays, the effects of capital-based decisions and, therefore transformation has effects on the structure of the existing city, the physical, social, and economic future of the people living in that city, and consequently all the traditions of the city. In this process, the urban landscape rapidly changes and the public urban landscape areas are replaced by the private landscape areas in many cities. In the recent period, within the scope of space’s meaning changing for the capitalism and capital accumulation, the cities are rapidly renewed with a model that can be named “project-based urban renewal.” The objective of this research is to determine the problems of project-based urban renewal approach and to examine the effects on the urban landscape in Turkey. For this purpose, Kayseri city that comes to the forefront with its planned development history since the proclamation of the Republic in Turkey was selected as the study area. In the study, the project-based renewal projects built in Kayseri province and the changes in the urban landscape were comparatively examined at urban level and structure level in terms of uniform structuring, increase in the density, devastation in the green system, privatization of the public space, and gentrification

Evaluating the impact of urban competitive advantages on economic revitalization of deprived inner cities through a case study held in istanbul

Thesis (Doctoral)--Izmir Institute of Technology, City and Regional Planning, Izmir, 2008Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 279-289)Text in English; Abstract: Turkish and Englishxviii, 291 leavesThis dissertation assesses the impact of Urban Competitive Advantages in deprived inner city areas in Turkey and strength of the potential for marketability of those advantages, for economic revitalization in the case of Turkey. .The Urban Competitive Advantages Approach., compliant with latest discussions on urban economic regeneration, is a strong economy-based approach focusing on the need for recognition of inherent advantages of distressed inner cities and relies on the development of specific marketing mechanisms to promote those advantages in order to stimulate private inward investment. Accepting true contribution of the approach to urban regeneration, the thesis first examines several projects from abroad to determine key indicators in assessing the competitive capacity of a locality and then, makes use of those indicators in a case study in Istanbul in order to illustrate to what extent the present advantages contribute to stimulation of reinvestment in inner cities given the political uncertainties, economic instability, available financial mechanisms together with legislative and institutional capacities in Turkey. Finally, it is observed that resulting remarks on case study analyses support the main hypothesis of the thesis that .national policy directions and current regulatory, organizational and financial framework for urban regeneration in Turkey can only help finding best economic use of distressed inner city spaces when reformulated in the way they market competitive advantages of concerned spaces.. The dissertation concludes by recommending innovations and reviews through policy directions and necessary mechanisms in legislative, organizational and financial issues for Turkey

Governance and Creativity on Urban Regeneration Processes

Governance has become a central topic among policymakers. There is an international consensus that policymaking is evolving from a traditional top-down government approach towards a system of governing that focuses on engaging the citizens within an area (Cabus, 2003). New forms of governance targeting urban competitiveness are increasingly oriented to vertical (between lower and high levels of government and cooperation forms between entities and firms along the production chain) and horizontal (between firms or different municipalities or public and private entities) cooperation (OEDC, 2005). Based on a study research methodology, this article seeks to contribute to answer to the following research questions: i) what is the role of governance in the processes of urban regeneration?; ii) what is the role of governance in the development of creative processes for urban regeneration? and iii) what is the potential of governance to support urban regeneration strategies based on creativity and creative industries?Territorial governance, Creativity, Urban regeneration.

Form follows experience: the revitalization of postindustrial sites by carnivalesque

Recent decades are the times for intense socio-economic changes that have significantly influenced the forms of modern shaped public spaces. Freed brownfield sites, prior to transformation are spatial barriers by not integrated communication systems and are deprived of the existing functionality. This brings a risk of devastation and escalation of difficulties with the implementation of the new use. Over the years we have grown accustomed to the program that changes in the areas abandoned by the industry mainly due to the preferences and priorities of their managers and is a consequence of property rights. Models of revitalization strategy are based on the designation of the subject who rules, establishing core groups of beneficiaries to form planning regulations that are less strict than usual1. Significantly, this has a direct impact on the style of architectural intervention, the type of key investments and their functional program.Peer Reviewe

Planning for Nature in the City: The Restoration of the Mouth of the Don River as a Case Study

The Don River once travelled from the Oak Ridges Moraine, through dense forests, to empty into a large marsh at its mouth in Lake Ontario. The Don River now travels through some of the most urbanized parts of the Greater Toronto Area, to its final destination at the Port Lands, where it empties into the Keating Channel. The Don Mouth Naturalization and Port Lands Flood Protection Plan (DMNP) is a plan to restore and realign the mouth of the Don River so as to return it to a semblance of its former self, while simultaneously revitalizing the Port Lands and providing essential flood protection for downtown Toronto. The DMNP holds the potential to undue a legacy of environmental degradation in the lower Don River while forging an important connection between the built and natural environments. Additionally, the DMNP plans to transform the Port Lands from an industrial site to an urban mixed-use community with a realigned and restored mouth of the Don River running through the centre of the community. For these reasons it must be recognized as an important city building moment for Toronto. This paper examines the proposed restoration of the mouth of the Don River using a framework established by Eric Higgs. This examination looks to the future, at the eventual implementation of the DMNP plan, and identifies potential strengths and weaknesses associate with the restoration project. An ecosystem approach is applied which places the project within the larger natural and built environments within which it is situated and whose processes have an impact. A political ecology approach is applied which reveals the political influences and decisions surrounding the planning process for the restoration project. This inquiry reveals that the DMNP plan possesses both strengths and weaknesses when it comes to the likely outcome of the restoration. The DMNP planning process to date has been rife with complexities and intricacies of a social, political, and environmental nature. How the plan will progresses through to implementation will depend on such influences and will greatly impact the outcome of the restoration. The intent of this research paper is to provide an analysis capable of informing those interested in the project so that they may derive inspiration, learn from its mistakes, and gain knowledge to guide future work

Sustainable adaptive reuse – economic impact of cultural heritage

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the positive externalities of adaptive reuse of heritage buildings and the economic impact on adjacent residential property prices as adaptive reuse is emerging as a significant heritage management and cultural heritage conservation practice recognized by the International Council on Monuments and Sites. Design/methodology/approach Through mixed methodologies of hedonic price model and case studies of three tenement houses in Hong Kong, this paper argues that the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings increases the values of residential properties within the district and revitalizes the area economically and culturally because of the positive externalities generated from the cultural heritage. Findings The findings have identified key cultural heritage values of adaptive reuse via the case studies as well as the major intangible cultural values associated with the heritage assignment. On the other hand, the hedonic regression also verifies that key variables such as heritage completion and distance from heritage show significance to the property prices of adjacent residential units. Practical implications The research is useful for heritage conservationists, policy makers and urban planners in other cities with regards to management and implementation of sustainable cultural heritage revitalization schemes for economic benefits. Originality/value The research is original in its scope and context, and is one of the first of its kind for a high-density metropolitan context in Hong Kong and is significant in demonstrating the economic impact of the heritage practice of adaptive reuse

National Policies for Local Urban Sustainability: A New Governance Approach?

Cities have become a focal point for efforts to transition towards a more sustainable, low-carbon society, with many municipal agencies championing ‘eco city’ initiatives of one kind or another. And yet, national policy initiatives frequently play an important – if sometimes overlooked – role, too. This chapters provides comparative perspectives on four recent national sustainable city programmes from France, India, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The analysis reveals two key insights: first, national policy is found to exercise a strong shaping role in what sustainable development for future cities is understood to be, which helps explain the considerable differences in priorities and approaches across countries. Second, beyond articulating strategic priorities, national policy may exercise a ‘soft’ governance function by incentivising and facilitating wider, voluntary governance networks in the effort to implement sustainable city projects locally. This innovative role, however, depends on the ability of national policy to produce resonance among societal actors and on its effective interaction with formal planning processes