Blue-Green Rehabilitation

Urban Planning, Leisure and Tourism in River Cities

Philip Hayward

• Publisher: CAB International
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781800625297
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Industry
• Index: Business

In recent decades there has been a burgeoning interest in the development of blue-green corridors: areas where waterways are complemented by adjoining green spaces and related paths and leisure facilities. Urban planners have increasingly favoured such zones as a means of refreshing inner-city spaces. In many cases, such projects have involved the rehabilitation of former industrial and/or otherwise polluted waterways and adjacent land. These newly configured blue-green spaces have benefitted residents and provided a substantial attraction to tourists through in- and on- the water options (e.g., swimming, kayaking, fishing, cruise boat transit etc.), waterside relaxation and a range of riverbank activities. The establishment of managed green spaces has also seen the return of a variety of native species to such areas and the re-presentation of former waterside industrial features as heritage artefacts has also added value and appeal to such corridors.The anthology comprises nine international case studies that illustrate examples of best practice and/or the problems that can arise from such rehabilitations, such as gentrification (forcing housing prices up and dispersing established communities) and de-industrialisation that leads to reduced livelihood opportunities. Individual studies in the volume analyse the dynamics of neglect and rehabilitation, contrasting stakeholder agendas, destination branding and regional-national orientations. Collectively, the volume comprises an important reference point for future blue-green rehabilitation projects and the conclusion offers an agenda for the development of just and sustainable blue-green initiatives.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Blue-Green Vision, Rhetoric and Realisation
• 1 Environmental, Social and Economic Enablers and Constraints for the Revitalisation of Urban Waterways: The Case of Padova (Italy)
• 2 From Bayou Heritage to Blue-Green Corridors: The Development and Contemporary Urban Functions of New Orleans’ Bayou St. John and Lafitte Greenway
• 3 Arts and Recreation as Environmental Activism: Reimagining Brooklyn’s Newtown Creek and Gowanus Canal in the 21st Century
• 4 Blue-Green Infrastructure, Tourism, Leisure and Lifestyle Changes: A Case Study of the Iloilo River Esplanade Development
• 5 Mamsha Ahl Misr: A Blueprint for Sustainable Urban Revitalisation along the Nile River in Cairo
• 6 Blueing and Greening the Brown and Beige: Phoenix’s Rio Salado and Imagined Riparian Renaissance
• 7 “Turning Our Face to the River”: Leisure, Nature and Politics in Barranquilla, Colombia
• 8 Sydney’s Central River City: The Dynamics and Complexities of Parramatta’s Blue-Green Reorientation
• 9 Blue Rejuvenation and Reconciliation: Belfast’s Titanic Watery Renaissance
• 10 An Agenda for Optimising the Social and Environmental Benefits of Blue-Green Rehabilitation Projects
• Index
• Back Cover