| Title |
The Mixed-use Waterfront Development for Urban Regeneration and Regional Revitalization: A Case Study of Brindleyplace Birmingham |
| Keywords |
Brindleyplace ; Waterfront ; Urban Regeneration ; Regional Revitalization ; Culture ; Leisure ; Openspace ; Pedestrian District |
| Abstract |
The opportunity provided for a longer view of a vision and strategy for waterfront development and the evaluation of its success in cultural, leasure and regeneration terms, is the purpose of this paper. Brindleyplace is a mixed-use waterfront development situated between the Birmingham's city centre and the western edge of Birmingham. This project, the largest master-planned waterfront development ever attempted in the UK, features cultural-leisure regeneration as it seeks to revive a former industrial and waterfront site surrounding Birmingham canals. The paper reviews an assessment of how it adapts affect and exploits an existing urban pattern and concludes with the establishment of the design method of mixed-use waterfront development: the implementation of organic distinguishing and connecting between downtown and extension area in response to proposals for the new identity and use of the whole regeneration; the extent to cultural and leisure input to the waterfront area in proportion to openspaces and pedestrian districts; the impacts of the factors contributing to urban regeneration and the evidence of their effects on the waterfront. |