grzegorz węcławowicz toward a competitive and attractive post-industrial cities of central europe,...
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Grzegorz Węcławowicz
Toward a competitive and attractive post-industrial cities of Central Europe, in the light of the
„ReNewTown” project
Warsaw Regional Forum 2011, Functional regions – towards a new paradigm of territorial
and cohesion policy
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This project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF.
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Main issues – presentation’ structure
Conceptual background:
- industrial and post-industrial cities,
- socialist and post-socialist cities,
- post 1989’ political and economic transformation,
Impact of European integration
- urban issues in Poland and in Central Europe,
- „New post-socialist city: Competitive and Attractive”
ReNewTown project
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Different concepts of the urban origin
City as a product of economic and political system City as a product of technique City as a way of life City as a vision (architectural, social, political)
Different types of the socialist city in Central and Eastern
Europe
Cities in the Soviet Union Cities in the Peoples Republics Cities in the Third World Socialist cities in capitalist countries
The socialist cities as a product of ideology
The post-socialist cities as a product of transformation
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Research strategies:
Search for - distinctiveness of post-socialist evolution in the urban space
Search for - different concepts and models of the post-socialist cities
Search for – solution of the common challenges and problems
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The main urban problems in Poland
Unemployment,
Housing shortage,
Technical, and the social communal infrastructures,
Increase of social disparities and segregation,
The appropriation of public space,
The fragmentation of governance and tenure,
The formation of the gated communities,
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Development’ problems of the Central European cities
1. Low comparative position in EU
2. Insufficient functional relationships between cities
3. Insufficient use of the potential to stimulate the country development.
4. Loss of previously fulfilled socio-economic function
5. The threat of settlement system disintegration
6. The persistence of underdevelopments
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Development’ problems of the Central European cities, cont.
7. Uncontrolled suburbanization and urban sprawl
8. Housing shortage and problems
9. Aging and declining of urban population
10. Improvements in the quality of life
11. Preservation of natural environment
12. Lack of strategic plans and vision
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Operational programme
CENTRAL EUROPE
under the
European Territorial Cooperation Objective,
co-funded by the
European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF)
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What is the CENTRAL EUROPE programme?
It is a European Union programme that encourages cooperation among the countries of Central Europe to
improve innovation, accessibility and the environment and to enhance the competitiveness and attractiveness of their cities
and regions, - financed by the European Regional Development Fund, - runs from 2007 to 2013.
Provide funding to trans-national cooperation projects involving public and private organisations from Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
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Funding for cooperation projects covering four thematic priority areas:
1. Facilitating innovation across Central Europe,2. Improving accessibility to, and within, Central Europe, 3. Using our environment responsibly, 4. Enhancing competitiveness and attractiveness of
cities and regions
Part of the last priority area represents „our” project:
The ReNewTown, New post-socialist city: Competitive and Attractive
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The ReNewTown project’ partners:
Research institutions:
Local and regional authorities:
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The concept of the project comes from the everyday practice of urban areas in Central Europe.
Commonly shared problems of the former socialist countries and general questions:
What to do with the post-socialist cities, particularly with the post-industrial districts inherited from
the socialist era?
How to form them more competitive and attractive for people and investment?
It is assumed that investigation of the shared problems leading to innovative and efficient solutions.
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The aims of the project remains an improvements in life quality of urban dwellers and changing the negative
stereotype of post industrial districts by:
- reduction of social disparities,
- reinforcement the feeling of identity with the place of living,
- renovation of buildings, formation of the new cultural offer,
- creation of meeting places for all,
- creation of attractive public space.
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Main objective of the ReNewTown project
create more balanced territorial development
by reducing the disparities between districts within towns and cities in Central Europe
We focus on reducing these disparities by enhancing the quality in urban area in districts with socialist
heritage.
The project will create useful instruments to correct the detected weaknesses across Central Europe region and will contribute to improvement the quality of life, work
and leisure.
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Issues and investment strategies
The shortage of space for local cultural and social events – the case of ArtZona in Nowa Huta, Kraków,
Poland.The poor quality of buildings and public spaces between
blocks of flats - the case of Velenje, Slovenia.
Low identification with the place of living by local citizens - way of implementing the proposed investments
– voluntary work in Velenje, Slovenia.
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Unemployment and low number of enterprises in the districts – the case of Centre for Small and Medium Enterprises,
Jizni Mesto, Prague, Czech Rep.
Depressing appearance of socialist architecture - mainly grey and reckless buildings - the case of Velenje (Slovenia), Nowa Huta (Poland)
Lack of ideas for new/modern functions for public buildings created in socialist era (1945-1989)
– organization of the Museum of Curiosity in Hnusta, Slovakia.
Issues and investment strategies, cont.
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Why investment in the housing estates in the post-industrial cities?
1. It remain as an important element of the urban housing stock for several decades,
2. The majority of the housing has been modernized,
3. The expected revitalisation policy will bring substantial improvement
4. The physical structure and architecture will be modernised and diversified
5. Demographic trends lead to the reduction of population density
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Products of the project :
- General reports,- market research reports,- good practices reports, - pilot actions reports, - handbook of models, - trans-national manual - trans-national „development strategy”- publications (articles, papers, chapters and books)
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Contact address:
Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Węcławowicz
Polish Academy of SciencesInstitute of Geography and Spatial Organization, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Home page: www.igipz.pan.pl/
Thank you for your attention
More information
http://www.renewtown.eu/
http://www.central2013.eu/
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