New Urban Landscapes Flashcards
Town centre mixed developments
Strategies to help reverse the decline of city centres including provision of a more attractive shopping environment, shopping malls, improvement in transport links, establishment of marketing teams
Exeter Devon, Princess Hay 60 retail units, 122 new flats
Town centre + -
Developing nightlife such as clubbing
Construction of new offices, many large cities have attracted more visitors
Decisions makers are still worried about the decline of the CBD in smaller cities and urban areas
Cultural and heritage quarters
Attracts visitors and tourists from further and brings financial benefits
Have created higher property values in some areas
Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham
Gentrified areas
Buying and renovating properties in run down areas by wealthier individuals, rehabilitation by individuals rather than organisations
Liverpool, homes sold for £1 aim to improve environment
Gentrified + -
Increasing range of services
Increased local tax income
Physical area improved
Greater employment
low income can’t afford high property prices
Potential loss of business for owners
Fortress landscapes
Landscapes designed around security, protection, surveillance and exclusion
Adopted to reduce crime
Greater use of CCTV and more effective use of street lighting
Manchester, Greenheys redevelopment of housing
Estates have included more windows for better surveillance and gates at the front
Postmodern Western city
Move away from uniformity towards structures being more varied in design
More concerned with art, architecture
For example different styles such as triangular roofs
PWC
Las Vegas
Urban Structure: Lake Las Vegas, 30 min drive into Nevada desert, essentially a gated community with pseudo mediterranean villas
Architecture: Over the top consumerism of American architecture
Strip has undergone a postmodern transformation with constructions of complexes taking Inspo from global landmarks
