The fluid city paradigm : waterfront regeneration as an urban renewal strategy / Maurizio Carta, Daniele Ronsivalle, editors

This book presents a new paradigm of knowledge and action with respect to urban waterfronts and the “fluid city paradigm,” explaining its methodological framework and describing an integrated and creative planning approach in which waterfront regeneration is pursued as a key urban-renewal strategy. It focuses especially on the WATERFRONT project (“Water And Territorial policiEs for integRation oF multisectoRial develOpmeNT”), which was funded jointly by Italy and Malta with the goal of developing common guidelines, strategies, and operational tools for the planning of coastal areas, based on cross-border exchange of experiences. In the described approach, the waterfront is recognized as having a broad identity, acknowledging the complexity of the relationship between seaport and town and taking into account the physical and environmental components of human settlement, infrastructure, and productive and recreational activities. It highlights details of the process of renewal in the port city of Trapani, with discussion of the implemented actions, plans, and programs. The book also examines the practices adopted to transform city–port relationships across Europe in pursuit of innovative and sustainable development. This book presents a new paradigm of knowledge and action with respect to urban waterfronts, the "fluid city paradigm", explaining its methodological framework and describing an integrated and creative planning approach in which waterfront regeneration is pursued as a key urban renewal strategy. The book focuses especially on the WATERFRONT project ("Water And Territorial policiEs for integRation oF multisectoRial develOpmeNT"), which was funded jointly by Italy and Malta with the goal of developing common guidelines, strategies, and operational tools for the planning of coastal areas based on cross-border exchange of experiences. In the described approach, the waterfront is recognized as having a wider identity, acknowledging the complexity of the relationship between seaport and town and taking into account the physical and environmental components of human settlement, infrastructure, and productive and recreational activities. Detailed attention is paid especially to the process of renewal in the port city of Trapani, with discussion of the implemented actions, plans, and programs. The book also examines the practices adopted to transform city-port relationships across Europe in pursuit of innovative and sustainable development Front Matter....Pages i-vii The Fluid City Paradigm: A Deeper Innovation....Pages 1-10 Waterfronts and Tourism....Pages 11-17 The Waterfront Theorem: An Integrated and Creative Planning Approach....Pages 19-29 Harbourscape: Between Specialization and Public Space....Pages 31-44 Waterfront Projects in Italy....Pages 45-53 From the Harbour to the City. The Process of Urban Renewal in Trapani....Pages 55-69 An Atlas of the Mediterranean Waterfronts: An Instrument for Knowledge and Direction....Pages 71-78 Waterfront and Transformation in Contexts of Conflict....Pages 79-86 Definition of the Precincts and Instruments for Shared and Harmonised Planning of Waterfront Areas....Pages 87-98 The Fluid City Experience: An Update....Pages 99-163