Beyond industrial heritage: Reading the future of post-industrial cities

with a review of: Matthew E. KAHN and Mac McCOMAS, Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities, Daniel CAMPO, Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt Icons, and Silvia BARBERO and Axel TIMPE (eds), Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Renewal in Post-Industrial Cities

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  • Gert-Jan Hospers University of Ostrava, Faculty of Science, Department of Human Geography and Regional Development, Ostrava, Czech Republic; Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and University of Münster, Münster, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-7354
  • Alexandr Nováček University of Ostrava, Faculty of Science, Department of Human Geography and Regional Development, Ostrava, Czech Republic image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2704-0761

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.32.2.11

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References

UROPEAN COMMISSION (2020), Nature-Based Solutions, European Commission, Brussels. https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/research-area/environment/nature-based-solutions_en
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KOZINA, J., BOLE, D. and TIRAN, J. (2021), ‘Forgotten values of industrial city still alive: what can the creative city learn from its industrial counterpart?’, City, Culture and Society, 25 (2), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2021.100395
Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2021.100395

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2025-12-31

How to Cite

Hospers, G.-J., & Nováček, A. (2025). Beyond industrial heritage: Reading the future of post-industrial cities: with a review of: Matthew E. KAHN and Mac McCOMAS, Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities, Daniel CAMPO, Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt Icons, and Silvia BARBERO and Axel TIMPE (eds), Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Renewal in Post-Industrial Cities. European Spatial Research and Policy, 32(2), 255–261. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.32.2.11

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