Cities Regrowing Smaller – Facing the Challenge of Shrinking Cities
Folie 1 - Cities Regrowing Smaller
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2 Eight Selected Cases: The object <strong>of</strong> study<br />
Taranto<br />
• Industrial city in Apulia<br />
• Population decrease since 1980 (-21%)<br />
due to low fertility and out-migration<br />
• Steel and iron foundries, oil refineries, chemical plants, commercial and<br />
military ports <strong>–</strong> number <strong>of</strong> jobs declined<br />
• „High environmental risk area” - most polluted city in western Europe<br />
(carbon monoxide, dioxin, etc.)<br />
250.000<br />
240.000<br />
230.000<br />
220.000<br />
210.000<br />
200.000<br />
190.000<br />
180.000<br />
170.000<br />
160.000<br />
150.000<br />
Taranto: Urban structure<br />
Urban regeneration projects:<br />
• Tamburi quarter (78 m € + 46 m €)<br />
• Salinella quarter (13 m €)<br />
• Città Vecchia (6,2 m €)<br />
• Zona Franca Urbana<br />
(Urban free zone with tax incentives)<br />
Source: Wiechmann<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Thorsten Wiechmann <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Regrowing</strong> <strong>Smaller</strong><br />
16.02.2011<br />
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