Planning the Productive City: Rethinking Urban Industrial Spaces - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032981482 ISBN 13: 9781032981482

Publisher: Routledge, 2026

Synopsis

Planning the Productive City focuses on the overlooked role of industry and industrial land in contemporary urban development. Bringing together detailed studies of over 25 cities in 14 countries (including the US, the UK, Canada, Italy, Germany, South Korea, and Türkiye), this comprehensive volume puts the diverse forms, geographies, and conflicts over urban industrial land and productive activities at the center of discussions around the future of cities. The chapters collectively reconsider the role of industry in the city, arguing that industry can play a critical role in promoting socially equitable, economically resilient, and climate-sensitive places. This edited volume is the first to comprehensively explore the challenges and opportunities of achieving these goals through planning the productive city. This book is essential for students, researchers, and professionals across the range of urban studies fields (geography, urban planning, architecture and urban design, urban economics, and urban politics).

Chapter 12 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 license.

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About the Author

Carl Grodach is Foundation Professor of Urban Planning and Design at Monash University, Australia. His research focuses on economic development and land use planning in relation to urban manufacturing, industrial lands, cultural industries, and circular economies.

Jessica Ferm is Associate Professor in Planning and Urban Economies at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK. Her research expertise is in the planning and governance of diverse and inclusive economies, and she has published widely on industrial land use planning, sustainable urban manufacturing, and affordable workspace.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032981482
• ISBN 13: 9781032981482
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Grodach Carl, Ferm Jessica