Manual for District Centre Managers - the ATCM

MANDIE project areas
Source:
Hochschule für Technik
Stuttgart 2010
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housing). The central shopping area is dominated
by a mix of bulky malls and smaller
shops. Quality of stay in public space is partly
low due to cleanliness, security and crime issues;
often public transport is in need of improvement.
3.2.3 DCM Approaches within MANDIE
From our point of view, the MANDIE partners’
approaches may be divided into two groups:
DCM schemes that pursue a holistic regeneration
approach for the entire district
(e.g. Frankfurt-Höchst, Hagen-Wehringhausen,
Eindhoven-Doornakkers). Besides the
promotion of economic development,
questions of mix of land uses, local housing
offer and housing environment, public
squares, traffic regulation, and the development
and redevelopment key sites are
C – Centres of centrally planned urban extensions
from the 1940s to 1960s (Stuttgart-
Giebel, Eindhoven-Doornakkers). In these
postwar suburban estates, housing in rows or
large blocks of buildings prevails. Shops are
either centrally planned as rows of small shops
or scattered among the district. Often, a centre
cannot be perceived and there is a lack of public
facilities, modern retail and public squares.
part of the regeneration schemes. Usually,
implementation is backed up by strict planning
regulation, formal masterplans, neighbourhood
management and urban marketing
strategies. Funding stems primarily
from large public regeneration programmes.
DCM schemes that focus primarily on selected
aspects of economic development
such as retail, businesses or employment
in the district centre (Antwerp-Bredabaan,