The complex institutional, economic, and societal trends that have characterized the post-socialist transition in Central and Eastern European countries have drastically reshaped urban development. The case of Budapest shows that three decades of nearly exclusive market-driven urban policies have resulted in a variety of social, spatial and environmental deficiencies. This paper presents the paradigm of creativity-driven urban regeneration and proposes an approach to implement this paradigm, with a key role for urban design interventions, to successfully address these challenges, specifically, the regeneration of industrial brownfields, in an integrated manner and to create more inclusive, just, and sustainable cities. ... Read more

In veel Midden- en Oost-Europese steden liggen direct rond het centrum brownfields: restanten van industriële complexen uit de socialistische tijd met verwaarloosde gebouwen en ernstige bodemvervuiling. Beleid om ze te saneren en de gebouwen te hergebruiken ontbreekt veelal. In het Csepel-complex in Boedapest groeit een creatief cluster dat kansen biedt voor bottom-up herontwikkeling. ... Read more