Negotiating visions for urban planning The Brussels Canal Zone, one of the most dynamic areas of the city, is an example of post-industrial reconversion, where private and public actors and civil society negotiate visions on future... more
Negotiating visions for urban planning
The Brussels Canal Zone, one of the most dynamic areas of the city, is an example of post-industrial reconversion, where private and public actors and civil society negotiate visions on future renewal. This study looks at visions expressed in spatial planning documents from 1988 onwards and then focuses on four urban development projects: the reconversion of the Tour & Taxis site, the renewal of the Belle-Vue brewery in Molenbeek, the citizens’ movement Platform Kanal and the branding project of the Canal Zone by the regional government. These visions are studied in a qualitative way using urban regime theory, discourse analysis and Lefebvre’s approach on the social production of space.
This book gives a detailed insight on how spatial visions are negotiated in complex urban renewal processes. It provides a transversal, historical and contemporary socio-economic geography of the Brussels Canal Zone. This work proposes a framework that is not only an analytical and comparative tool for researchers, but also an instrument of reflection for policy makers, urban professionals and social movements.
The Brussels Canal Zone, one of the most dynamic areas of the city, is an example of post-industrial reconversion, where private and public actors and civil society negotiate visions on future renewal. This study looks at visions expressed in spatial planning documents from 1988 onwards and then focuses on four urban development projects: the reconversion of the Tour & Taxis site, the renewal of the Belle-Vue brewery in Molenbeek, the citizens’ movement Platform Kanal and the branding project of the Canal Zone by the regional government. These visions are studied in a qualitative way using urban regime theory, discourse analysis and Lefebvre’s approach on the social production of space.
This book gives a detailed insight on how spatial visions are negotiated in complex urban renewal processes. It provides a transversal, historical and contemporary socio-economic geography of the Brussels Canal Zone. This work proposes a framework that is not only an analytical and comparative tool for researchers, but also an instrument of reflection for policy makers, urban professionals and social movements.
Research Interests: Urban Regeneration, Gentrification, Social Production of Space, City Marketing, Urban Policy, and 13 moreUrban And Regional Planning, Strategic Spatial Planning, Brussels, Pubic Policy, Industrial Redevelopment, Waterfront Development, Community participation and engagement, Economic Conversion, Molenbeek, Canal Zone, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belle-Vue Brewery, Brussels, and Platform Kanal, Brussels
The second report of the Brussels Centre Observatory (Brussels Studies Institute) collects 8 new contributions on the Brussels metropolitan city centre, after its pedestrianisation in summer 2015. It highlights new findings on air... more
The second report of the Brussels Centre Observatory (Brussels Studies Institute) collects 8 new contributions on the Brussels metropolitan city centre, after its pedestrianisation in summer 2015. It highlights new findings on air quality, mobility, freight and walkability.
This feeds into concrete suggestions to improve public space, economic dynamics and mobility solutions.
The BSI-BCO proposes to strengthen the pedestrian network between uptown and downtown, and between the two railway stations, Brussels North and Brussels South. 4 axes come to the fore.
This feeds into concrete suggestions to improve public space, economic dynamics and mobility solutions.
The BSI-BCO proposes to strengthen the pedestrian network between uptown and downtown, and between the two railway stations, Brussels North and Brussels South. 4 axes come to the fore.
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Intervenue à la mi-2015, la piétonnisation des boulevards centraux bruxellois, de la Place Fontainas à la Place De Brouckère, est le fruit d’une décision politique majeure qui modifie la physionomie et la dynamique du centre-ville de... more
Intervenue à la mi-2015, la piétonnisation des boulevards centraux bruxellois, de la Place Fontainas à la Place De Brouckère, est le fruit d’une décision politique majeure qui modifie la physionomie et la dynamique du centre-ville de Bruxelles. Le BSI-Brussels Centre Observatory (BSI-BCO), créé en avril 2016 avec l’aide des autorités publiques, a pour mission d’accompagner ce processus de transformation qui, vu son importance et son ampleur, s’inscrit nécessairement dans le temps long. Il livre ici un premier ensemble de contributions dont cet éditorial cerne les contours et les prolongements possibles.
Sinds midden 2015 is een deel van de Brusselse Centrale Lanen autovrij, van het Fontainasplein tot aan het De Brouckèreplein. Deze voetgangerszone is het resultaat van een belangrijke politieke beslissing waardoor de aanblik en dynamiek van het Brusselse stadscentrum verandert. Het BSI-Brussels Centre Observatory (BSI-BCO), opgericht in april 2016 met de steun van de publieke overheid, wil dit transformatieproces op lange termijn opvolgen, omwille het belang en de omvang van dit stadsproject. In dit Portfolio#1 stelt het BSI-BCO haar eerste bijdrage voor. Deze edito kadert het werk en belicht mogelijke pistes voor de toekomst.
Sinds midden 2015 is een deel van de Brusselse Centrale Lanen autovrij, van het Fontainasplein tot aan het De Brouckèreplein. Deze voetgangerszone is het resultaat van een belangrijke politieke beslissing waardoor de aanblik en dynamiek van het Brusselse stadscentrum verandert. Het BSI-Brussels Centre Observatory (BSI-BCO), opgericht in april 2016 met de steun van de publieke overheid, wil dit transformatieproces op lange termijn opvolgen, omwille het belang en de omvang van dit stadsproject. In dit Portfolio#1 stelt het BSI-BCO haar eerste bijdrage voor. Deze edito kadert het werk en belicht mogelijke pistes voor de toekomst.