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Urban Design 6. Urban Components: urban transformation and revitalization. Urban transformation and revitalization. Urban renewal is a program of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban land use
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Urban Design 6 Urban Components: urban transformation and revitalization
Urban transformation and revitalization • Urban renewal is a program of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban land use • Economic restructuring refers to the phenomenon of urban areas shifting from a manufacturing to a service sector economic base. • As cities experience a loss of manufacturing jobs and growth of services, sociologist Saskia Sassen affirms that a widening of the social hierarchy occurs where high-level, high-income, salaried professional jobs expands in the service industries alongside a greater incidence of low-wage, low-skilled jobs, usually filled by immigrants and minorities. A "missing middle" eventually develops in the wage structure. Several effects of this Social polarization include the increasing concentration of the poor people.
Examples of urban transformation and revitalization Tarlabaşı is a neighbourhood in the Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, stretching from Taksim Square and in the north to Tepebaşı in the south. It is bordered on the east side by the four-lane Tarlabaşı Caddesi and by Dolapdere Caddesi on the west.Historically, Tarlabaşı was home to a large Greek population; It was grown as a minority settlement up to 5-6th September events. In the 1990s, large numbers of immigrants from eastern Turkey moved into Tarlabaşı mixing in with the local Roman -gypsy population. Today, almost all the historical and residential building stocks have changed hands to lower income residents. More recently, it has become the home to many migrants from neighbouring countries and Africa. Tarlabaşı, Istanbul
The construction of a large boulevard in the late 1980s cut the connection and increased the disparity between Tarlabasi and its immediate surroundings, especially with İstiklal Street, the cultural centre. Today, dilapidated after years of neglect, Tarlabaşı is a highly stigmatised neighbourhood, deemed ‘dangerous’ by the general public. Despite its close proximity to the cultural centre, the area has managed to miss the wave of gentrification and investment that has been taking place since the 1990s around İstiklal Street (i.e. Galata, Cihangir, Asmalimescit). Tarlabaşı were declared a regeneration area by the Council of Ministers in February 2006 following a petition from the local municipality. According to the proposed plan to transform the area into a mixed-use development with luxury residential units, shopping centres, cafes and hotels. Which means current population have to move.
