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Changing Old Industrial Areas into Attractive Living Environments Presentation by John Bury

Tallinn City Vision Conference. Changing Old Industrial Areas into Attractive Living Environments Presentation by John Bury Glasgow City Council 13th September 2005. Historical Context Glasgow Today Early Regeneration Initiatives Current Projects Wider Issues Summary.

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Changing Old Industrial Areas into Attractive Living Environments Presentation by John Bury

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  1. Tallinn City Vision Conference Changing Old Industrial Areas into Attractive Living Environments Presentation by John Bury Glasgow City Council 13th September 2005

  2. Historical Context • Glasgow Today • Early Regeneration Initiatives • Current Projects • Wider Issues • Summary

  3. Historical Context

  4. Historical Context • Glasgow was described as the Second City of the British Empire. • Prosperity grew around Mercantile and Engineering and Maritime activities. • City reached peak industrial production in 1900. • In 1914, the City produced: • 71% of the worlds Locomotives, and • 18% of world shipping. • Population peaked at 1.1 million in 1939

  5. Historical Context Clydeside Shipbuilding – 1950s

  6. Historical Context Cowlairs Locomotive Works– 1920s

  7. Historical Context Engineering works, Bridgeton

  8. Historical Context Legacy The decline in Heavy Engineering and Manufacturing has had a profound impact on the City’s Economy and left a legacy of: • High Unemployment • Extensive areas of Vacant or Derelict Land • Land contaminated from previous industrial use. • Poor Living Conditions

  9. Historical Context Derelict Land, Dalmarnock

  10. Historical Context Derelict Industrial Site

  11. Historical Context Poor Housing Conditions, Anderston - 1961

  12. Glasgow Today

  13. Glasgow Today • 4th largest City in the UK • 12% of Scottish population (600,000; 1.2 million in wider metropolitan area) • 17% of Scottish employment • 16% of Scottish non domestic rates • €2.8b private sector investment completed or under construction 2004/05 • Another €2.0b worth of investment in the pipeline

  14. Glasgow Today • largest retail centre outside of London • third largest centre of HE/FE education in the UK • largest centre of public transport outside of London • recently voted third best business centre in Europe

  15. Glasgow Today Vacant & Derelict Land 2005 Motorway Network Proposed Motorway Vacant & Derelict Land 1313ha

  16. Glasgow Today • Vacant and Derelict Land • 7.5% (1313ha) of Glasgow’s land area is currently classified as vacant or derelict. • Significant investment by public and private sector has led to a reduction in the area of Vacant and Derelict Land. • 1996 – 1,620 Hectares • 2005 – 1,313 Hectares • About 10% of this land (130ha) is potentially contaminated from previous uses. • 37.24ha previously industrial use is now proposed for residential use, much lower than in the 1980’s

  17. Glasgow Today • Ground Conditions • About 10% of City’s Vacant and Derelict land potentially contaminated. • €4.4m budget to treat contaminated land. • Significant parts of the City affected by old mine workings. • Over 900 recorded mineshafts within the City. • Central Government Tax Breaks for decontaminating Land.

  18. Glasgow Today 1952 1963 1968 1973 1976 1983 1991 1997 2002 2010

  19. Glasgow Today

  20. Glasgow Today

  21. Early Regeneration

  22. Early Regeneration Housing Led Regeneration Motorway Network Proposed Motorway GEAR Maryhill Corridor

  23. Early Regeneration G.E.A.R. (Glasgow Eastern Area Renewal) • Multi Agency Partnership 1976 – 1987 • Largest Urban Regeneration Project in Europe • Established to address accute problems of • Economic Decline • Social Deprivation • Environmental Decay • Project delivered:- • 4000 new jobs • 3000 new homes • Total spend €9.1 Billion

  24. Early Regeneration GEAR - Clydebridge Steelworks 1950

  25. Early Regeneration GEAR – Calton 1970s

  26. Early Regeneration Maryhill Corridor • Maryhill Corridor Project 1978 – 1987 • Joint City Council/Regional Council Project • Established to address: • Social • Economic • Environmental Conditions

  27. Early Regeneration Maryhill Road – 1960s

  28. Early Regeneration Maryhill Road Regeneration

  29. Early Regeneration Maryhill Road Regeneration

  30. Current Projects

  31. Current Projects Policy Framework Set: • Metropolitan Vision (2003) • Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan (2002) • Glasgow City Plan (2003) • Masterplans Providing certainty and promoting confidence

  32. Current Projects Brownfield Sites for Housing Partnership Project between City Council and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow. Project identified in 1995 to:- Promote the re-use of former industrial sites or previous housing sites for residential development. At June 2005 • Public Sector Investment €120m • Private Sector Investment €255m • Delivered 4,032 residential units on 115 Hectares of brownfield land.

  33. Current Projects Brownfield Sites Delivered - Graham Square

  34. Current Projects Residential Development • Housing Completions in Glasgow average 3,200 units per annum. • Between 1995 and 2005 • 13% of Residential Units were developed on sites previously used for industry. • (6,509/48,683) • 11% of the Land developed was previously used for industry. • (108/944 Hectares) • Residential developments on past Industrial sites tend to be to a higher density.

  35. Current Projects New Housing on Industrial Site, Partick

  36. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront Motorway Network Proposed Motorway Clyde Waterfront

  37. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront • regeneration strategy • world class quality waterfront buildings / public spaces • new transport mode to link residential, commercial, and leisure uses • action being taken to address riverbank and flooding issues • €110m public sector investment • €1.8b private sector investment has planning approval or is on site Clyde Waterfront Glasgow Harbour SECC Campus Pacific Quay Broomielaw Tradeston

  38. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront Meadowside – 1930s

  39. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront Meadowside Granaries

  40. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront Site Preperation, Meadowside

  41. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront New Housing, Glasgow Harbour

  42. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront Finnieston Street – 1950s Finnieston Street - today

  43. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront New Housing, Gorbals

  44. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront Housing Opportunity - Tradeston Proposed Housing - Tradeston

  45. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront Museum of Transport – Artist’s Impression Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre Campus Masterplan - Artist’s Impression

  46. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront Riverside Dining River Festival

  47. Current Projects: Clyde Waterfront Proposed New Translink System

  48. Current Projects: Clyde Gateway Motorway Network Proposed Motorway Clyde Gateway

  49. Current Projects: Clyde Gateway • Multi Agency project identified in 2003 • Project covers 830ha of the City’s East End • Project aims to deliver: • 21,000 jobs • 10,000 new homes • 400,000 sq m of industrial & business space • Remediation of 350ha of derelict or contaminated land • Total investment of €2.8 billion over 25 year period

  50. Current Projects: Clyde Gateway Dalmarnock – 1950s

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