Introduction
By the year 2050, it is estimated that 70 per cent of the world population will be living in urban areas, up from 55 per cent as of now. As the world continues to see a growing urban population, cities will be at the forefront of in ensuring citizens basic needs are met and providing them a good quality of life and of achieving the ecological and energy transitions.
With the growing urban population trend, cities are increasingly pressured by finite resources, including city space. Each city has space that is underused and underutilized, however, with proper investment and planning these spaces can offer a significant amount of value to the city and citizens. If the true value of the space is recognized, it can lead to a both a greater economic and social and environmental return on investment. Cities have developed complex urban regeneration processes to realize their full potential. Urban regeneration is about revitalising urban spaces, a process to transform the economic, ecological and social geography of a place.
The ISOCARP 56th World Planning Congress Special Session, 'Urban Regeneration Forum' will introduce three case studies of urban regeneration: Doha Qatar, Brussels Belgium and Toronto Canada. Each regeneration project had common and unique challen ...
Virtual Room 1 56th ISOCARP World Planning Congress, Virtual Congress congress@isocarp.orgIntroduction
By the year 2050, it is estimated that 70 per cent of the world population will be living in urban areas, up from 55 per cent as of now. As the world continues to see a growing urban population, cities will be at the forefront of in ensuring citizens basic needs are met and providing them a good quality of life and of achieving the ecological and energy transitions.
With the growing urban population trend, cities are increasingly pressured by finite resources, including city space. Each city has space that is underused and underutilized, however, with proper investment and planning these spaces can offer a significant amount of value to the city and citizens. If the true value of the space is recognized, it can lead to a both a greater economic and social and environmental return on investment. Cities have developed complex urban regeneration processes to realize their full potential. Urban regeneration is about revitalising urban spaces, a process to transform the economic, ecological and social geography of a place.
The ISOCARP 56th World Planning Congress Special Session, 'Urban Regeneration Forum' will introduce three case studies of urban regeneration: Doha Qatar, Brussels Belgium and Toronto Canada. Each regeneration project had common and unique challenges, opportunities and outcomes. A particular focus of this forum will be to examine the public-private-people partnerships and governance structure of each urban regeneration project and the significant role it played in the positive economic social and environmental outcomes.
This session will also introduce the Regent Park World Urban Pavilion (The Pavilion), a collaboration between Urban Economy Forum, UN-Habitat and the Government of Canada. The Pavilion will be a global knowledge and innovation exchange hub for urban regeneration projects and sustainable urbanism.
Session Objectives:
Programme/Agenda
Chairs/Moderators: | Javier Torner, Urban Lab Mexico Coordinator, UN-Habitat Anantha Krishnan, Secretary General, Urban Economy Forum |
13:30 - 13:35 | Opening Remarks Frank D'hondt, ISOCARP Secretary General |
13:35 - 13:50 | Mushreib Downtown Doha, Qatar Regeneration Project Fatima Fawzy, Design Manager, Msheireb Properties Ali A. Alraouf, Professor of Architecture and Urban Theories & ISOCARP Congress 2020 Special Coordinator |
13:50 - 14:05 | Canal Area, Brussels, Belgium Regeneration Project |
14:05 - 14:20 | Presentation on UN-Habitat's SDG Project Assessment Tool |
14:20 - 14:27 | Regent Park, Toronto, Canada Urban Regeneration Project |
14:27 - 14:35 | Introduction of the Regent Park World Urban Pavilion |
14:35 - 15:10 | Moderated Discussion All Session Participants |
15:10 - 15:15 | Closing Remarks Javier Torner, Urban Lab Mexico Coordinator, UN-Habitat Anantha Krishnan, Secretary General, Urban Economy Forum |