Temporary Use of Space as a Factor in the Revitalisation of Brownfield Sites in Urban Areas

In cities the most useless sites are long term abandoned and vacant spaces. Temporary use of buildings and building sites is seen as an informal practice that effectively solves the problems of brownfield sites in urban areas. Professional literature justifies temporary use as positive because of it...

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Main Authors: Tina Cotič, Ljubo Lah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2016-10-01
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Online Access:http://iu-cg.org/paper/2016/IU_CG_04-2016_cotic.pdf
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description In cities the most useless sites are long term abandoned and vacant spaces. Temporary use of buildings and building sites is seen as an informal practice that effectively solves the problems of brownfield sites in urban areas. Professional literature justifies temporary use as positive because of its contribution to practicing more flexible planning and alternative governance of cities. On the other hand, different forms and modes of temporary use of space can initiate a new, innovative and inclusive culture of urban life. The review of key literature points out that, as a rule, traditional procedures of urban planning fail to recognise the benefits of temporary use of space, instead of tolerating allowing and conditioning it as a developmental instrument. Therefore the article focuses on the significance and positive outcomes of temporary use of space as an important factor of economic, social, cultural, and environmental regener-ation of cities. The criteria applied in the selection refer to scientific excellence checked against the SJR (Scimago Journal & Country Rank) portal as well as against WOS (Web of Science) database and the largest database of peer-reviewed literature Elsevier Scoupus.
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spelling doaj.art-cf09f9a5b8b248f9bbfc827adf7e3d632024-04-02T02:35:48ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Igra Ustvarjalnosti2350-36372016-10-014222810.15292/IU-CG.2016.04.022-028Temporary Use of Space as a Factor in the Revitalisation of Brownfield Sites in Urban AreasTina Cotič0Ljubo Lah1University of Primorska, Faculty of Education, Slovenia University of Ljubljana, Faculty of ArchitectureIn cities the most useless sites are long term abandoned and vacant spaces. Temporary use of buildings and building sites is seen as an informal practice that effectively solves the problems of brownfield sites in urban areas. Professional literature justifies temporary use as positive because of its contribution to practicing more flexible planning and alternative governance of cities. On the other hand, different forms and modes of temporary use of space can initiate a new, innovative and inclusive culture of urban life. The review of key literature points out that, as a rule, traditional procedures of urban planning fail to recognise the benefits of temporary use of space, instead of tolerating allowing and conditioning it as a developmental instrument. Therefore the article focuses on the significance and positive outcomes of temporary use of space as an important factor of economic, social, cultural, and environmental regener-ation of cities. The criteria applied in the selection refer to scientific excellence checked against the SJR (Scimago Journal & Country Rank) portal as well as against WOS (Web of Science) database and the largest database of peer-reviewed literature Elsevier Scoupus.http://iu-cg.org/paper/2016/IU_CG_04-2016_cotic.pdfvacant buildingsbrownfield sitesreuse of buildingstemporary use of urban space
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Temporary Use of Space as a Factor in the Revitalisation of Brownfield Sites in Urban Areas
Igra Ustvarjalnosti
vacant buildings
brownfield sites
reuse of buildings
temporary use of urban space
title Temporary Use of Space as a Factor in the Revitalisation of Brownfield Sites in Urban Areas
title_full Temporary Use of Space as a Factor in the Revitalisation of Brownfield Sites in Urban Areas
title_fullStr Temporary Use of Space as a Factor in the Revitalisation of Brownfield Sites in Urban Areas
title_full_unstemmed Temporary Use of Space as a Factor in the Revitalisation of Brownfield Sites in Urban Areas
title_short Temporary Use of Space as a Factor in the Revitalisation of Brownfield Sites in Urban Areas
title_sort temporary use of space as a factor in the revitalisation of brownfield sites in urban areas
topic vacant buildings
brownfield sites
reuse of buildings
temporary use of urban space
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