Sustainable Urban Revitalization Within A Historical Urban Neighborhood-A Useful Approach To Complete

Authors

  • Md. Mustafizur Rahman 1Department of Architecture University of Palermo, Italy. 2Department of Architecture, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • Dr. Francesco Lo Piccolo Professor, Department of Architecture University of Palermo, Italy.
  • Dr. Giulia Bonafede Professor, Department of Architecture University of Palermo, Italy.

Keywords:

Sustainability, Revitalization, Boro Bazaar

Abstract

The historically important urban neighborhoods are practically a significant entity, a rich reservoir of social and economical milieu and cultural inheritance. Though, it faces many problems due to the rapid growth of population and the steady increases in the new requirements with concern of decompose this historical urban neighborhood. Presently sustainable urban revitalization is a theory to integrate inclusive concept of sustainability into urban revitalization process. Therefore to fix up such theory into true practices, a useful approach of urban revitalization planning should be worked out at the start. To work out how urban design would affect inclusive sustainable theory i.e. economy, environment, social equity and cultural values of urban revitalization schemes within Boro Bazaar Area (Khulna city, Bangladesh), a study investigating this issue is initiated. The paper highlights different approaches and strategies taken by different interview, questionnaire and field survey towards the methodologies of assessing, refurbishing and adding new value to the study areas, in view of increasing not only the quality of economical and social significance but also the quality of public spaces and services, for a better excellence of life of the society and neighbourhood.It is also believed that the research findings of this paper can strengthen the understanding of local developers, urban designers and government officials on how to plan a sustainable urban revitalization scheme afterwards.

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Published

2019-04-08