Resource description:
Innovative approach for housing development by fostering the evolution of active and sustainable communities.
Author/Contact:
TURAS
Expert contact: Lucelia Rodrigues
Advantages:
- To deliver more sustainable dwellings and communities, the approach to housing development is in need of a review. A Public Private Partnership (PPP) between the local council and developer is suggested to design and build affordable good quality housing
- Main outcomes: physical improvements, stakeholder integration, community empowerment.
Constraints:
- The lack of availability of affordable good quality sustainable housing is common to many European countries and indeed to other countries around the world. While there is a growing market for ecologically sustainable construction, there are special issue
Uses of this resource:
In recent decades, the replacement of former labour-intensive manufacturing industries with services has resulted in a loss of employment opportunities for many people and the rise of vacant industrial sites. Additionally, much of the existing housing stock has become obsolete due to changing user requirements, revisions to building regulations, and even technological advances. Many post-industrial cities are still affected by growing populations. This coincides with an increasing development pressure and rising land prices in the inner city areas with the majority of new developments occurring in the suburbs outside of the city boundaries. This has resulted in "hollowing out" the city centres and in a polarization of the population. This ongoing transformation affects the socio-economic and spatial make-up of the city. The proliferation of derelict manufacturing sites that have yet to be brought back into beneficial use for city inhabitants coincides with a need for more aspirational housing in order to attract high-quality talent to the city and create intercity competition for talent.
Additional information:
WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED?
FACILITATORY (PUBLIC) BODIES:
community development department; planning and development department; urban regeneration department; environmental and sustainability department; energy and waste department
LOCAL TASK FORCE:
local and regional authority; investor; professional expert; community group; entrepreneur; business
SUITABLE FOR:
urban region; underused urban site & building; brownfield development site; (sub-)urban communities
MAIN NECESSARY RESOURCES ARE:
monetary investments; space; expert knowledge; local knowledge; public institutional set-up; community trust
Licence:
- Free, no licence
Development stage:
- Full, working product