Urban regeneration processes in Portugal Contribution for the Parnu Seminar.

1. Urban regeneration processes in Portugal Contribution for the Parnu Seminar.

2. Most of the Portuguese towns are based on urban historical structures. These prototypical forms are into two basic groups: littoral and inlands forms.

3. Walled cities, ports and rossioswere the fundamental basis for the transformations of these towns and landscapes along last centuries.

4. Walled cities, ports and rossioswere the fundamental basis for the transformations of these towns and landscapes along last centuries.

7. Important changes happened during the 20th century: Urban expanded shapes provoked a large quantity of brownfields and gentrification processes in the traditional and historical areas.

8. littoral urban forms created a historical process where relationships between port and city provoked several formal solutions

10. SETÚBAL

11. Portuguese initiatives for the urban regeneration

12. PRONORTE for the developing of thematic networks A large quantity of initiatives was developed along these thirty years

13. PRONORTE for the developing of thematic networks IORU operational interventions for the urban renewal A large quantity of initiatives was developed along these thirty years

14. PRONORTE for the developing of thematic networks IORU operational interventions for the urban renewal URBAN program for new dynamics in fields as the unemployment, equipments and infrastructures A large quantity of initiatives was developed along these thirty years

15. PRONORTE for the developing of thematic networks IORU operational interventions for the urban renewal URBAN program for new dynamics in fields as the unemployment, equipments and infrastructures A large quantity of initiatives was developed along these thirty years for the renovation and recuperation of the buildings REHABITA and RECRIA

16. PRONORTE for the developing of thematic networks IORU operational interventions for the urban renewal URBAN program for new dynamics in fields as the unemployment, equipments and infrastructures A large quantity of initiatives was developed along these thirty years for the renovation and recuperation of the buildings REHABITA and RECRIA POLIS engine of all initiatives that aim an urban and environmental qualification of the cities

17. COIMBRA

18. COIMBRA SETÚBAL

19. COIMBRA BADAJOZ SETÚBAL

20. COIMBRA CoimbraPolis is the new company responsible for all the works. The first capital for the firm was ten million euros, and at least 51% of this funds must be controlled by Public Institutions

21. 80 Ha land

22. We can remark some goals

23. The proposal for a better value for the pedestrian axes

24. New green urban park at Mondego river  Recuperation of the Historical heritage

32. SETÚBAL The Polis Setubal project provided environmental and urban regeneration of an area of 64 hectares, between the former barracks of the 11th Infantry Regiment and the beach of Albarquel

33. Setúbal- Polis The Ministry of Environment and the Setúbal Council were partners in this company: 60% and 40% respectively

34. BADAJOZ

43. The most common resource for the successful result was based on a strong urban public spaceEventual private initiatives were completing the total proposal

44. Final results were better when private residential areas were implemented, into a mixed concept.

45. Mixed activities are essential to get a successful regeneration.

46. At the end an excessive regeneration can be a serious problem. Identity problems were important when regeneration strategies included gentrification activities.

47. Scale of the proposal is definitively an important question. Problems about brownfields are coming from this perspective.

48. Old industrial areas, disabled port areas are generally too big for the scale of the town and the urban society is not able to absorb it.

49. Thanks! Filipa and José