Editorial

This pnd issue Productive Processes grapples with the social, economic, and physical relevance of industrial lands and their activities in cities around the globe. Different contexts, experiences and processes around productivity are discussed from diverse disciplinary backgrounds.

Policies to Support Urban Manufacturing

The article examines policy documents on urban manufacturing to understand how they address issues related to land use, economic development, labor and resources. Based on this, opportunities to support the integration of new forms of manufacturing in urban contexts are identified.

Urbane Produktion in Deutschland

Der Beitrag präsentiert eine räumlich differenzierte Analyse zum Status quo und zur zeitlichen Entwicklung (2000-2017) urbaner Produktion in Deutschland auf Betriebs- und Beschäftigtenebene.

Urban Production in Germany

The paper presents a spatially differentiated analysis of the status quo and the development over time (2000-2017) of urban production in Germany at the business and employee level.

Urban Industry in Vancouver’s False Creek Flats

The article showcases policies and their impact on developments that occurred in the recent past of the cities False Creek Flats industrial area in Vancouver, Canada. 

Institutional Innovations in Multi-Stakeholder Redevelopment Projects

This contribution discusses an experiment that explores the use of a two-step scenario planning method, that facilitates a process of social learning as a way to employ spatial planning as a tool for positive societal change. 

Industrial Lands Densification and
Intensification

This article provides a current synopsis of industrial lands densification/intensification trends within the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada.

Big Mix

Anhand eines Referenzraums in Aachen Nord wurden Großstrukturen für gemischte, urbane Gebiete am Stadtrand entwickelt. Dieser Beitrag präsentiert sieben Testentwürfe als übertragbare Lösungsansätze für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung von Randzonen. 

Big Mix

Based on a reference area in Aachen North, large-scale structures were developed for mixed, urban areas on the outskirts of the city. This paper presents seven test designs as transferable solution approaches for a sustainable development of outskirts.

Grün statt Grau

Dieser Beitrag präsentiert Erfahrungen aus dem Verbundprojekt Grün statt Grau – Gewerbegebiete im Wandel. Im Fokus stand dabei die Umsetzung von Begrünungsmaßnahmen zur Förderung der Biodiversität in Gewerbegebieten .

Green Instead of Grey

This article presents experiences from the joint project Green Instead of Grey - Commercial Areas in Transition. The focus was set on the implementation of greening measures to promote biodiversity in commercial areas.

Productive Processes

Inspired by ongoing discourses for the productive city, this article argues for a shift in focus towards productive processes through a strong process view. The work draws on efforts from the pilot project on the Sustainable Adaptation of (Peri)Urban Industrial Lands (SAIL) to explore initial frameworks that might guide the analysis of future and empirical work.

Brownfield? Yeah!

Dieser Artikel gibt einen groben Überblick über das Phänomen der urbanen Obsoleszenz und präsentiert Teilergebnisse aus dem interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekt Die Obsolete Stadt.

Brownfield Yeah! 

This paper gives a broad overview on the phenomenon of urban obsolescence and presents parts of the findings from the interdisciplinary research project Die Obsolete Stadt.