Resourceful Urbanism reimagines how cities can thrive through
constraints, whether environmental, economic, or spatial, by
harnessing ingenuity, local knowledge, and innovative design. This
book focuses on how adaptive reuse, circular thinking, and
participatory governance might lead to urban resilience rather than
high-tech fixes or significant advancements. It makes the case that
being "resourceful" in the urban context means changing our values for
things like relationships, materials, ecosystems, and lived experience
in addition to getting more done with less. The transformative tactics
that influence the urban futures of both Global North and Global South
contexts are examined in this book in a current and fact-based manner.
It combines several approaches, i.e., formal and informal, grassroots
and institutional, to show how locally rooted activities may make
cities more regenerative, inclusive, and adaptable. The book is
structured around four central themes that collectively define
resourceful urbanism: “Community-Led Innovation”, “Adaptive
Reuse and Retrofitting”, “Circular Resource Management”, and
“Multifunctional Urban Spaces”. Each theme is illustrated through
two in-depth case studies, one from a developed context and one from a
developing context, showing how contextually tailored interventions
can drive systemic transformation.
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Designing Regenerative Cities through Adaptive Reuse and Circular Innovation
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9789819541386
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
Springer Nature
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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