Sustainable Urban Development (Brenta masterplan + Genk)
- Submitting institution
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University of East London
- Unit of assessment
- 13 - Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
- Output identifier
- 36
- Type
- K - Design
- Open access status
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- Month
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- Year
- 2016
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The research includes two case studies developed with the same methodology focusing on two European territories which face their own unique set of financial and environmental challenges: -the first case study relates to the development of a series of guidelines for sustainable (slow) tourism in the Riviera del Brenta territory in Italy. The second case study relates to the city of Genk in Belgium and the reinvention of an ex-mining railway track and the public spaces of the city centre. Without the necessity of huge investment how can co-design approaches develop resilient local economies and enable local communities to actively, reshape their own identities?
Segantini uses territorial mapping and civic engagement to design a tailored vision with proposed guidelines and design interventions for both areas. Interdisciplinary mapping was conducted on the following aspects:
-mapping of the historic evolution;
-mapping of the territorial economic transformations;
-mapping the natural resources;
-highlighting of knowledge and skills;
-mapping of the void or underutilized built
and unbuilt spaces
From this Segantini designed maps which identified the potential of the areas alongside this organized labs were delivered which engaged local communities in investigating their sense of belonging and redefining the identities of the two territories. These maps were rre-presented to the community and completed collaboratively before presentation to the Authorities.
In 2016 the SoprintendenzaRegionale del Veneto extended to the Riviera del Brenta the preservation area including tangible and intangible heritages and landscapes, using the Brenta mapping as the defining document for the new designation. In 2017 the City of Genk presented publicly the Belgian work with an exhibition (The City of Youth, Uhasselt, De Stadt Genk) and the publication of a book as a strategy for future development. Both research portfolios were shared with the Institutional Regional Offices
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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