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Investigating the Democratic Potential of Temporary Uses in Urban Redevelopment Projects

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Exploring the notion of ‘temporary use’, this chapter sheds light on novel ways of governance and collaboration, observed in current urban redevelopment projects in Europe. Often instated on leftover areas and premises, the projects are driven by municipal authorities, public or private developers who offer parts of the spaces under redevelopment for temporary appropriation by users who conventionally play a secondary if not marginal role in the formation of new urban districts. By drawing on a pragmatic understanding of democracy, the chapter assesses the ambiguities surrounding this phenomenon: is it empowering and democratizing, or does it drive gentrification and normalize precarious forms of rental? The chapter proposes a systematic framework through which such questions can be addressed.

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  1. Department of Urban Studies, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

    Peter Parker

  2. Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning & Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Alnarp, Sweden

    Nina Vogel & Lisa Diedrich

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  1. Danish Centre for Rural Research, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark

    Jens Kaae Fisker

  2. Urban Studies URBEUR, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Letizia Chiappini

  3. University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia

    Lee Pugalis

  4. Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Antonella Bruzzese

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Parker, P., Vogel, N., Diedrich, L. (2019). Investigating the Democratic Potential of Temporary Uses in Urban Redevelopment Projects. In: Fisker, J., Chiappini, L., Pugalis, L., Bruzzese, A. (eds) Enabling Urban Alternatives. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1531-2_5

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