Masterplanning futures / Lucy Bullivan

Introduction 1. Post-Industrial Urban Regeneration-- 2. City Centre and Waterfront Neighbourhoods-- 3. Science and Technology Districts --4. Post-Disaster Urban Regeneration 5. Social Equity-- 6. `Eco-Eities' --7. Landscape and Landscape Infrastructure-Driven Urban Plans --8. The Water City-- 9. Urban Growth

In the past, spatial masterplans for cities have been fixed blueprints realized as physical form through conventional top down processes. These frequently disregarded existing social and cultural structures, while the old modernist planning model zoned space for home and work. At a time of urban growth, these models are now being replaced by more adaptable, mixed use plans dealing holistically with the physical, social and economic revival of districts, cities and regions. Through today's public participative approaches and using technologically enabled tools, contemporary masterplanning instr.