Industrial Transformation and Sustainable Urban Planning in the Pearl River Delta: A Landscape-based Approach

Daniele Cannatella*

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Abstract

Industrialization in the PRD has brought about great economic growth and contributed to the rise and consolidation of this deltaic region as a key global player. However, it also generated severe environmental imbalances and pollution of vital and non-renewable resources, such as soil, water and air. Nowadays, the increasing shift towards service-oriented and innovation-driven sectors makes abandoned and decommissioned industrial areas available for transformation. However, to make the most of the potential of these areas to achieve sustainable urban development, novel approaches in planning and design practise are needed to tackle the complexity arising from the challenges posed by climate change and urbanization. This contribution provides a landscape-based approach to adaptive industrial transformation that looks at the spatio-temporal dimension, leveraging the intrinsic and relational qualities of these sites. The approach is tested through two applications in the Chancheng district (Foshan) and Haizhou (Guangzhou).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdaptive Urban Transformation
Subtitle of host publicationUrban Landscape Dynamics, Regional Design and Territorial Governance in the Pearl River Delta, China
EditorsSteffen Nijhuis, Yimin Sun, Eckart Lange
PublisherSpringer
Chapter11
Pages209-232
Number of pages24
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-89828-1
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-89827-4, 978-3-030-89830-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameUrban Book Series
VolumePart F737
ISSN (Print)2365-757X
ISSN (Electronic)2365-7588

Keywords

  • Adaptive urban transformation
  • Industrial transformation
  • Landscape-based approach
  • Sustainable urban design

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