Blue-Green Rehabilitation (eBook)

Urban Planning, Leisure and Tourism in River Cities

Philip Hayward (Herausgeber)

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2025
430 Seiten
CAB INTERNATIONAL (Verlag)
978-1-80062-529-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Blue-green corridors can benefit residents and provide attractions for urban tourists. This book presents international case studies that illustrate both examples of best practice (in terms of ecological restoration and access provisions) and problems that can arise from blue -green corridor restoration in urban areas.

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In recent decades there has been a burgeoning interest in the development of blue-green corridors: areas where waterways are complemented by adjoining green spaces and related paths and leisure facilities. Urban planners have increasingly favoured such zones as a means of refreshing inner-city spaces. In many cases, such projects have involved the rehabilitation of former industrial and/or otherwise polluted waterways and adjacent land. These newly configured blue-green spaces have benefitted residents and provided a substantial attraction to tourists through in- and on- the water options (e.g., swimming, kayaking, fishing, cruise boat transit etc.), waterside relaxation and a range of riverbank activities. The establishment of managed green spaces has also seen the return of a variety of native species to such areas and the re-presentation of former waterside industrial features as heritage artefacts has also added value and appeal to such corridors.
The anthology comprises nine international case studies that illustrate examples of best practice and/or the problems that can arise from such rehabilitations, such as gentrification (forcing housing prices up and dispersing established communities) and de-industrialisation that leads to reduced livelihood opportunities. Individual studies in the volume analyse the dynamics of neglect and rehabilitation, contrasting stakeholder agendas, destination branding and regional-national orientations. Collectively, the volume comprises an important reference point for future blue-green rehabilitation projects and the conclusion offers an agenda for the development of just and sustainable blue-green initiatives.

Autor

Philip Hayward is an adjunct professor in the School of Community, Culture and Global Studies at the University of British Columbia, Kelowna. He is editor of the Environmental Humanities journal Shima, a strategic advisor to the international River Cities Network and co-coordinator of the Flowzones project in northern New South Wales (Australia). He has written widely on riverine and related aquatic topics in various journals and his latest volume is Aquapelagos: Integrated Marine and Terrestrial Assemblages, co-edited with May Joseph (Pratt Institute, New York) and published by Routledge in December 2024.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2025
• Co-Autor: Nancy M. Abdel-Moneim, Ramon Benedicto A. Alampay, Dang Ngoc Anh, Alberto Barausse, Alejandro Camargo, Jennifer Cortés, Alex Faccin, Christian Fleury, Mary Gearey, Peter Goggin, Jose Neil M. Hortillo, Faisal Mallum, Pablo Pachón, Mary Rose G. Rebueno, Arianne Reis, Parisa Nourani Rinaldi, Clara Roa-García, Daniela Rubiano, Sankha Subhra Nath, Lisa Zecchin, Carl A. Zimring
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: blue-green planning and development • health and well-being in urban areas • leisure on urban water ways • River cities • Tourism geography • urban environment • urban regeneration and tourism • urban tourism
• ISBN-10: 1-80062-529-4 / 1800625294
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80062-529-7 / 9781800625297