Sustainable Neighbourhood Transformation

Authors

Vincent Gruis
TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment
Henk Visscher
TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment
Reinout Kleinhans
TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5714-2128

Synopsis

Urban renewal through the large-scale restructuring of post-war neighbourhoods is a major challenge throughout Europe in the decades ahead. Current urban restructuring programmes in the Netherlands focus on the demolition and replacement of the existing housing stock. The motivation behind this strategy is creating a better social mix between ‘poor’ and ‘better-off’ households, to improve the general quality of the housing stock and to create a financially viable restructuring programme. The general aim is to improve various aspects of sustainability in urban neighbourhoods. Are demolition and replacement strategies the most effective and efficient way to achieve this objective? In this book, we examine the effects of demolition and replacement strategies on sustainability from different perspectives. An economic perspective: the market position and the value of the neighbourhoods, a social perspective: the levels of social capital and residential stability, and an environmental perspective: the energy efficiency and the use of materials in restructuring strategies.

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Published

September 11, 2017

Online ISSN

1879-8330

Print ISSN

1574-6410

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Details about this monograph

ISBN-13 (15)

978-1-58603-718-5

Date of first publication (11)

2006-12-01

Physical Dimensions

165mm x 240mm