The Desert is Alive – Engagement in Aging Districts of Single-Family Housing
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2017-05-02
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In the discourse surrounding the prospects of districts of single-family housing built between
the 1950s to the 1970s1, their assumed perspectives range from dramatic vacancy
scenarios all the way to successful self-regulation of the market. A uniform trend is not
recognizable in one direction or in the other. It is clear, however, that not all neighborhoods
from this period will be able to accomplish a problem-free change of generations and
that upheavals and therefore also new challenges will present themselves in the structure
and composition of the neighborhoods. At the same time, these upheavals also bring
along chances that especially arise from the residents of single-family housing neighborhoods.
The present article draws on this point and, by focusing on civil engagement
in these areas, aims to initiate a change of perspectives and illustrate approaches to developing
these aging districts into sustainable neighborhoods. This article was preceded
by a study that specifically dealt with the involvement of residents in aging single-family
housing districts which the authors compiled by order of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia’s
initiative “StadtBauKultur NRW 2020”.
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single-family housing, stakeholder constellation, community, neighborhood engagement, Germany
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Gudewer, S.; Utku, Y. (2017): The Desert is Alive – Engagement in Aging Districts of Single-Family Housing. Four Examples from North-Rhine Westphalia. In: Kadono; Y.; Beilein, A.; Polívka, J.; Reicher, C. (Eds.): Maturity and Regeneration of Residential Areas in Metropolitan Regions - Trends, Interpretations and Strategies in Japan and Germany. city & region, vol. 2. Dortmund, pp. 190-203