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Urban re-industrialization / Krzysztof Nawratek, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban renewal--Economic aspects.
- Urban renewal.
- City planning.
- Commercial policy.
- Economic development.
- Industrial policy.
- Industrialization--Economic aspects.
- Industrialization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Barbara, California] : Earth, Milky Way : punctum books, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Urban re-industrialisation could be seen as a method of increasing business effectiveness in the context of a politically stimulated ‘green economy’; it could also be seen as a nostalgic mutation of a creative-class concept, focused on 3D printing, ‘boutique manufacturing’ and crafts. These two notions place urban re-industrialisation within the context of the current neoliberal economic regime and urban development based on property and land speculation. Could urban re-industrialisation be a more radical idea? Could urban re-industrialization be imagined as a progressive socio-political and economic project, aimed at creating an inclusive and democratic society based on cooperation and a symbiosis that goes way beyond the current model of a neoliberal city? In January 2012, against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis, Krzysztof Nawratek published a text in opposition to the fantasy of a ‘cappuccino city,’ arguing that the post-industrial city is a fiction, and that it should be replaced by ‘Industrial City 2.0.’ Industrial City 2.0 is an attempt to see a post-socialist and post-industrial city from another perspective, a kind of negative of the modernist industrial city. If, for logistical reasons and because of a concern for the health of residents, modernism tried to separate different functions from each other (mainly industry from residential areas), Industrial City 2.0 is based on the ideas of coexistence, proximity, and synergy. The essays collected here envision the possibilities (as well as the possible perils) of such a scheme.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on electronic version of record (viewed on June 1st, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: ‡z 9781947447028
- ISBN:
- 9781947447035
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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