Requalifying the Built Environment: Challenges and Responses(v.4 Advances in People-Environment Studies)

The first objective of this volume is to present the key issues related to these changes, which were discussed at an international symposium of experts organized by the International Association for People-Environment Studies and Housing and CSBE (Culture and Space in the Built Environment) Networks Network in Istanbul. The second objective is to show how concepts and methods in the field of people-environment studies can be successfully applied to study complex questions related to the revitalization of the built environment, both at the small scale of specific buildings and at the larger scale of neighborhoods. The contributions in this volume are centered around the following main themes: Key issues concerning heritage and cultural identity The institutional, economic, and political contexts of revitalization Implementation and how to address the key challenges This volume will be useful to researchers, graduate students, teachers, and professional practitioners in housing design and construction, the maintenance and upgrading of existing buildings and urban areas, conservation management, and the broad field of housing studies. The book is pertinent to people trained in architecture, urban design, environmental psychology, urban sociology, social policy studies, urban planning, human geography, and building and landscape conservation.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents (preliminary) Foreword Introduction Requalifying the Built Environment: Challenges and Responses by Roderick J. Lawrence, Hulya Turgut, and Peter Kellett I Heritage and Cultural Identity: Key Issues The Heritage of the Built Environment as Development: Paradigms, Possibilities, and Problems by Gregory Ashworth Historic City Centres as a Catalyst for Wider Sustainable Urban Regeneration by Amira M. Elnokaly and Ahmed B. Elseragy Case Studies in Renovation and Urban Regeneration: Learning by Doing by Rolf Johansson II Challenges of the Institutional, Economic, and Political Context Ideologies of Gentrification and the Right to the City by Loretta Lees Social and Spatial Re-Structuring in Inner-City Residential Areas: The Case of Fener-Balat, Istanbul by Hulya Turgut and Begum Sismanyazici Who Won the Battle of Beirut Downtown? Revisiting the Crisis of Cultural Identity in Rehabilitating Post- War Beirut by Tarek Saad Ragab III Implementation Addressing Key Challenges Requalifying Aging Suburbs to Counter Urban Sprawl: The Contribution of GIRBa to Cultural Sustainability by Carole Despres, Andree Fortin, and Genevieve Vachon Resident-Led Regeneration: Proposals for Large-Scale Mainstream Self-Build Development in London by Levent Kerimol Social Urbanism: Integrated and Participatory Urban Upgrading in Medellin, Colombia by Camilo Calderon Empowering Local Communities to Revitalise Old Quarters: Cases From Egypt by Maye Yehia Epilogue Requalifying the Built Environment: Moving Forward by Roderick J. Lawrence Authors Index

About the Author :
Roderick Lawrence is professor at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Hulya Turgut is an architect and professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Istanbul Technical University. Peter Kellett is an architect and social anthropologist whose research focuses on the interrelationship between people and their dwelling environments.