Urban relocation
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Relocation of inhabitants and infrastructure development is facing many urban areas. There are several reasons for urban relocation; industry development, for instance mining, response to natural disaster, for instance tsunami recovery and social/economical renewal. Urban relocation is complex in that it is spanning a number areas of societies; economic, political, social, cultural, religious, and environmental. While urban relocation has taken place historically, also in large scale, the interest in the field is growing as the need to take individuals and organizations rights, democratic, human and others, are increasing the many parts of the world.
Traditionally the field has been part of planning, but in recent years urban relocation has increasingly being viewed as a design situation.
town of Gällivare
iron ore mining has for centuries been forcing urban relocation. Recent expansion of the mine demands a major relocation, concerning some 3,800 people of the approx. 16,000 living the city of Gällivare.
The project New Gellivare is a joint effort by Gällivare municipality, the mining company LKAB
and the Norrbotten region, also funded by the European Union. This project is based on a co-design
process involving hundreds of citizens and local business. The assumption on urban relocation is that a city is not "moved" but is rather is built new.
In response the region organized the PRBC18 office to develop plans for reconstruction. Because Chile is on a tectonic plate border earthquakes are frequent. Therefore rebuilding similar buildings in the same place is avoided in favor of new designs that will protect people and property. This includes development of tsunami mitigation areas, a redesign of the shorelines of several coastal towns and villages to better resist the effects of future tsunamis.
In the town of Llico a number of stakeholders; citizens, fishermen, restaurant owners came together to co-design
a new ocean front to also support tourism business development. This includes shell fish growths and processing, restaurant locations and tourism area.
Traditionally the field has been part of planning, but in recent years urban relocation has increasingly being viewed as a design situation.
New Gällivare - Urban relocation in response to mining
In the MalmbergetMalmberget
Malmberget is a locality and mining town situated in Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 6,017 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated 5 kilometres from the municipal seat Gällivare....
town of Gällivare
Gällivare
Gällivare is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 8,480 inhabitants in 2005. The town was founded in the 17th century...
iron ore mining has for centuries been forcing urban relocation. Recent expansion of the mine demands a major relocation, concerning some 3,800 people of the approx. 16,000 living the city of Gällivare.
The project New Gellivare is a joint effort by Gällivare municipality, the mining company LKAB
LKAB
LKAB is a Swedish mining company. The company mines iron ore at Kiruna and at Malmberget in northern Sweden. The company was established in 1890, and has been 100% state-owned since the 1950s...
and the Norrbotten region, also funded by the European Union. This project is based on a co-design
Co-Design
Co-design is a philosophy in the American pragmatist tradition, which argues that all people have different ideals and perspectives and that any design process needs to deal with this. Co-Design traces its roots to Immanuel Kant, who in the Critique of the Pure Reason observed that to put a...
process involving hundreds of citizens and local business. The assumption on urban relocation is that a city is not "moved" but is rather is built new.
Earthquake and Tsunami recovery in Chile
The massive 2010 Chile earthquake and the following tsunami destroyed several urban areas along the coast of the Biobio region including the main city of Concepcion.In response the region organized the PRBC18 office to develop plans for reconstruction. Because Chile is on a tectonic plate border earthquakes are frequent. Therefore rebuilding similar buildings in the same place is avoided in favor of new designs that will protect people and property. This includes development of tsunami mitigation areas, a redesign of the shorelines of several coastal towns and villages to better resist the effects of future tsunamis.
In the town of Llico a number of stakeholders; citizens, fishermen, restaurant owners came together to co-design
Co-Design
Co-design is a philosophy in the American pragmatist tradition, which argues that all people have different ideals and perspectives and that any design process needs to deal with this. Co-Design traces its roots to Immanuel Kant, who in the Critique of the Pure Reason observed that to put a...
a new ocean front to also support tourism business development. This includes shell fish growths and processing, restaurant locations and tourism area.