Eventscape: New possibility of developing urban brownfield in central Duisburg to achieve its cultural identity

A number of industrial cities are striving for new directions for their own development in the post-industrial age nowadays. Most of existing projects on post-industrial cities often focus more on a proper re-development of brown field -- spatially and ecologically -- while less on the urgent condition of social structure of post-industrial...

Revitalization of post-industrial land Brownfield transformation in Xi'an through environmental-led regeneration

Brownfield is becoming a more and more dangerous and urgent problem during China’s fast urbanization process. Based on environmental, economic and social problems, it is important to find a sustainable method for post-industrial land redevelopment instead of current “top-down” mode. The main research question is: What alternative strategies and...

La Petite Ceinture: Reanimating the Urban Fringe

With the constant urge for progress that characterizes our society, there are bound to be some casualties. Disused and forgotten by the people not immediately involved with them, post-industrial areas are often left vacated and are quickly falling into ruin. Old factories, empty shopping malls, abandoned villages and creepy hospitals litter the...

Desktop research into historic automation projects of brownfield container terminals

Container traffic worldwide has shown a growing trend during the last years. Also, the number of containers handled per call has increased for many terminals. This poses challenges to existing terminals for more efficient operations and higher productivity. Automation is a way some terminals have tried to achieve this. Most existing automated...