Urban waterfront revitalization, a concept steadily gaining popularity around the world. This is an effort undertaken by cities to redeveloped acreages of their underdeveloped, isolated and contaminated riverfronts that once housed factories and industries which facilitated the prosperity of cities during the industrialization and post-world war period. Waterfront projects are usually master planned with a unified design theme undertaken to broken down into multiple development stages continued over many years. These parcels of land once industrial are rezoned and made viable for a range of different socio-economic opportunities. Considering these factors of long standing disinvestment and the rezoning, the most common challenges to be considered
The Crossroads development has dominated the local conversation in Mahwah for the past 9 months. Over the past few years, the Crossroads Developers had put forth various proposals for development of the site, only to have them rejected by the Mahwah Township Council. This past March, the Developer once again came to the Council in order to ask that their property be rezoned from office use to mixed-use/retail to allow for the construction of a complex of retail stores, restaurants, a movie theater, hotel and office space. Over 400 residents attended the March 31 meeting to express their opposition to the development. This unprecedented turnout by Mahwah residents, unlike any the Council had seen before, should have been enough for the Council to realize that a decision to rezone the property may not be in the best interests of Mahwah residents. Instead, the Council voted 4-2 to allow for the property to be rezoned.
Regenerating London Docklands We know that the London docklands are located, near the CBD (central). business district by the river themes. Its in the bough of "tower" hamlets. The area covers app.
This district was an immense center of bizarre entertainment for miners, entrepreneurs and sailors. After the 1906 earthquake, the city saw an opportunity to clean up the Barbary Coast, transforming it into an acceptable area for the everyday San Franciscans. The Barbary Coast evolves immensely throughout the decades to what we know nowadays as Chinatown, North Beach, and Jackson Square. We will mainly focus on North Beach, a district which preserves his roots and rebuild a new social and environmental determinism throughout the passage of time.
In this article, the author writes about the Urban Renewal Plan and what it did to a community in Oakland, California. The West Oakland community was found in 1852 and had a diverse population living there. That article says that upper-class people would be living next door to working class people. After the World Wars that changed because lower income families started moving to the area looking for jobs. The jobs they had were created because of the war. When the war ended these people lost their jobs. At the same time, the Urban Renewal Plan was put into place. This plan set out to remove slums in urban places. This plan would relocated families, demolish houses and create low-income housing. When a family was relocated they received little
DETROIT, known as the "Automotive Capital of the World," is the largest city in the state of Michigan. The city sits at the heart of an official three-county metropolitan region comprising Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
Cardiff Bay Redevelopment Investigation Cardiff is a city steeped in history and has undergone many changes and influences over 1500 years; initially with the settlements of the Celts in 500BC, and over many years Cardiff became a Roman Fort and Norman stronghold. In 1810 Cardiff was just a growing village of less than 2000 inhabitants surrounded by heavily tidal marshland and fed by two rivers, the Taff and the Ely. Laying closely to the south was Butetown, located in the Parish of Saint Mary's. Back then, Cardiff's main industry was the mining and transportation of coal, mainly by big 25 tonne load barges.
The New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan: Vision 2020, at the time of its production, presented the next steps for planning and developing the New York City’s waterfront. Following the 1992 New York City Comprehensive Plan, which was the first time in the history of New York that a long-range vision plan was created for the entire city shoreline, the 2011 plan rethought the water’s edge as a place not only for commercial and economic purposes but for people and community as well.
The Brooklyn borough is the most populous of the boroughs having a population with roughly 2.62 million people. Collectively New York city has a population of 8.5 million people. The population per square mile is thirty-five thousand and three hundred and sixty-nine, which leads me to believe that there is little room in this borough.Twenty-three-point two percent of the population is under eighteen years old; this statistic shows us that there are a lot of young people in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is known for having a diverse population, 49.3% white, 34.8% black, 12.4% asian, and 19.5% hispanic. These numbers bring the variety of ethnicities Brooklyn inhabits to light. We know that there are many wealthy people living in Brooklyn but, the median
Kenedy & Budiawan. 2001. Value Alignment Process for Project Delivery. Research Program Delivery and Management of Built Assets.
very clean and safe area to be in downtown. When u go just a little bit west
In valuing the developable land at Canary Wharf, there are several factors to take into account. Namely, it is crucial to decide on an appropriate rate at which to discount the projected cash flows for the property. The developable properties of Canary Wharf come with considerable risk. For example, the London office market downturn, as well as significant market hits for the large financial services tenants of Canary Wharf, presents serious tenant lease up and lease covenant negotiation risks. How long will it take to attract quality tenants to the buildings, especially as financial services tenants are currently stressed? Additionally, the requirement for further planning consent on the buildings indicates that construction on three of the sites can not commence for a number of years. How can one accurately predict the market in the future? Will the London Office market significantly improve or continue to decline? What will interest rates look like? Songbird must consider the risk of valuing such sites several years into the future. Further, Songbird must consider the weighty transportation risk. If the Crossrail project does not come to fruition in a timely manner with necessary approvals, development will not proceed as planned, causing cost overruns and heavy construction delays. Assuming that Canary Wharf is able to get the necessary transportation approvals, Canary Wharf's projected cash flows should be discounted at 12.5% in order to mitigate risks to be faced. Given this discount rate, as well as considering all taxes, debt obligations, rents and rent-free periods, and all construction costs, an appropriate bid on the developable sites at Canary Wharf is ₤809,000 (the Net Present Value of the cash flows, discounted at 12.5%). Please see Exhibit 1 for a detailed pro forma of all projected cash flows.
Urban sprawl may be considered as another word for urbanization. It refers to the migration of a population from populated towns and cities to low density development over more and more rural land.
My ideal sustainable neighborhood would be located on a large body of water and be seasonable. However, winter would be very short if at all. It would be planned so that the routes for waste were moving out of the urbanized area if not recyclable and utilized for some energy utilizing technology in the direction that is both away from the water and towards the sunset. That leaves the direction that sun rises and nearer the water open to responsible agriculture, which means no pesticides and no fertilizer runoff. There would be a central urbanized area with a farm market stores, schools, hospital, other public services, and restaurants/entertainment venue. The waterfront would be the main focus of public recreation space, except for the small communal patches that one per square mile dispersed throughout the urbanized area so that you are never too far from some patch of nature as the area expands or your income does not allow you to live next to the water. The waterfront recreational area also is designed so that the wealthy cannot dominate it and exclude others access.
...n be seen as a developing technique for infrastructure projects by using private initiative and funding. Such infrastructure projects include a wide array of public facilities with the primary function to serve public needs, to provide social services and promote economic activity in the private sector. With turnkey contracts, the owner buys a package of site, design and finished building, while the developer secures financing, manages the project flow and coordinates the architect and the contractor. BOT is closer to total product delivery where in addition to financing and development, the supplier is also responsible for the operation of the facility.
Turnkey contract is normally for build from large scale developments to middle and single structures. Term and qualification for tenderers win the bidding will be evaluates based on their experience on the related project and expertise in designing building. In some cases, it may be appropriate to the tender be present to gi...