Problem
Single-use urban areas
Other Names:
Sterile business districtsSanitized urban development
Inadequate mixed-use urban redevelopment
Nature:
The development in modern cities has resulted in the emergence of single-use areas, dictated by the narrow monetary interests of bankers and developers. Such areas consist of a collection of glossy buildings unrelated to the locality. There is no provision for street-related activity and the buildings do not address the street. There is therefore a form of no-man's-land which is exceedingly alienating to anybody who has no purpose relating to that single use. Complexity of use and need, including the role of the ordinary citizen in the daily economic, cultural, social and political life of the city, has been increasingly neglected.
Broader Problems:
Inadequate town planning Narrower Problems:
Impersonality of public squares in cities Aggravates:
Fear of the cityPsychological stress of urban environmentUnrelated buildings in urban environmentsMonotonous and unaesthetic architecture and design Strategies:
Planning citiesReducing sterility of business districtsResearching causes of sterile business districtsImproving mixed-use urban redevelopment Subject(s):
Amenities → UrbanCommerce → Business enterprises
Development → Development
Government → Municipalities
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST