TY - JOUR
T1 - Constructing the future of the city centre
T2 - realizing visions
AU - Rogerson, Robert J.
AU - Giddings, Bob
AU - Jefferies, Marcus
N1 - Funding information: This research was conducted under a UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council Research Grant (Research Networking AH/R006881/1). The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the partners from the Future of the City Centre project, and the input from Northumbria University (UK), University of Strathclyde (UK) University of Newcastle (Australia), UNISA (South Africa) and UFPB (Brazil).
PY - 2024/2/1
Y1 - 2024/2/1
N2 - As cities are being asked to transition to a new future shaped by significant social, economic and environmental challenges, renewed attention is being given to the urban development process, and on how this process has to be more inclusive, and the outcomes more coherent. With past notions of masterplans as a single, fixed visionary document being replaced with guiding strategies, open to interpretation, there is a greater need for different disciplines to engage together throughout the development process. This paper explores opportunities and needs for construction management to be more actively involved in the reshaping of the city centre, from the envisioning of its future to the realization of change. Through the lens of the process of change in four city centres across the world, this paper outlines how discussing construction management could beneficially engage with other urban disciplines to create a shared vision for centres as part of local governance. It argues for construction management adopt a wider spatial and temporal perspective that looks beyond specific buildings, site and projects to situate development in the urban and regional systems and to help be part of the envisioning process. Along with more critical engagement in the policy, design and construction processes for construction management, the paper points to a need for more local sensitivity and adaptation including an appreciation of the contribution of public spaces and a different approach to urban development if the city centre is to be more sustainable in future.
AB - As cities are being asked to transition to a new future shaped by significant social, economic and environmental challenges, renewed attention is being given to the urban development process, and on how this process has to be more inclusive, and the outcomes more coherent. With past notions of masterplans as a single, fixed visionary document being replaced with guiding strategies, open to interpretation, there is a greater need for different disciplines to engage together throughout the development process. This paper explores opportunities and needs for construction management to be more actively involved in the reshaping of the city centre, from the envisioning of its future to the realization of change. Through the lens of the process of change in four city centres across the world, this paper outlines how discussing construction management could beneficially engage with other urban disciplines to create a shared vision for centres as part of local governance. It argues for construction management adopt a wider spatial and temporal perspective that looks beyond specific buildings, site and projects to situate development in the urban and regional systems and to help be part of the envisioning process. Along with more critical engagement in the policy, design and construction processes for construction management, the paper points to a need for more local sensitivity and adaptation including an appreciation of the contribution of public spaces and a different approach to urban development if the city centre is to be more sustainable in future.
KW - city centre
KW - Construction management
KW - sustainability
KW - urban design
KW - urban planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165067253&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01446193.2023.2222190
DO - 10.1080/01446193.2023.2222190
M3 - Article
SN - 0144-6193
VL - 42
SP - 131
EP - 147
JO - Construction Management and Economics
JF - Construction Management and Economics
IS - 2
ER -