Sustainable communities in the case of Dutch deprived neighborhoods: An Urban regeneration strategy for area Bloemhof, Rotterdam south

Sustainable communities in the case of Dutch deprived neighborhoods: An Urban regeneration strategy for area Bloemhof, Rotterdam south

Rajaei, S.

Stouten, P. (mentor)
Westrik, J. (mentor)

Architecture and The Built Environment

Urbanism

Urban regeneration

2012-07-03

Fostering a sustainable community means creating a livable area in which the current residents are able to obtain housing opportunities to their socio-economic characteristics in their own neighborhood, even if these characteristics change (Stouten, 2010). This project elaborates the relation of physical interventions and the criteria’s for fostering a sustainable community within current urban regeneration strategies. The physical interventions have to help for enhancement of livability of the area and socio-economic position of the residents in the developing areas. The interventions should allow local communities to maintain their existing social networks and communities, and improve their sense of belonging to their environment. There might also be issues, which are not to be solved by physical interventions, but they are also important for sustainable regeneration of an area. The final product of this project is an urban regeneration strategy and a design proposal for one of the pre-war areas in Rotterdam.

sustainable regeneration
social sustainability
strategic framework

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Student theses

master thesis

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