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2017 An Urban Example The fall and rise of Sheffields Lower Don Valley Ian D Rotherham Sheffield Hallam University UK Ebenezer Elliot 1836 Don like a weltering worm lies blue below ID: 566741

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‘An Urban Example: The fall and rise of Sheffield's Lower Don Valley’

Ian D. RotherhamSheffield Hallam University, UKSlide2

Ebenezer Elliot, 1836‘Don, like a weltering worm, lies blue below, And Wincobank, before me, rising green,Calls from the South the silvery Rother slow,And smile on moors beyond, and meads between,Unrivall’d landscape’Slide3

In 1546, the ancient chapel at Attercliffe was still in use and the curate of Rotherham, the major town and main ecclesiastical centre, would come to his flock when it was too wet for them to come to him‘…….. to mynistre to the seke people, as when the waters of the Rothere and Downe [DON] are so urgent that the curate of Rotherham cannot to them repayre, nor the inhabitants unto hym nether on horseback or bote……’ (Hunter, 1819). Slide4

Positive Planning Interventions & TransformationEnvironmental improvement & greeningStrategic infrastructural transformation Sport mega-eventsLeisure retailEntertainment Image & Perception transformationSlide5

Welcome to Sheffield, South Yorkshire and the River DonSheffield is a remarkable city It grew in under 200 years, from around 10,000 people to over 300,000. A capital of world industry it covers around 300 square kilometres of varied landform – centred around a series of river valleys and hills.Over 80 ancient woods, extensive heather moorland and bog, urban relict grasslands, and remarkable post-industrial sites. Slide6

A City of Rivers and Valleys running from the high western ground down to the lowlandsLike the spokes of a wheel and converging on the city centreForms a network of natural green corridors and allows the persistence of semi-natural wildlife areas into the heart of the CitySlide7

Sheffield and South Yorkshire - the English north midlands - POWERHOUSE OF THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. Slide8
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Lower Don Valley

Sheffield City Centre

Peak National ParkSlide10

The greater city regionSlide11

The Consequences of SuccessEconomicSocialEnvironmental Slide12

A DIRTY CITY

in a GOLDEN FRAMESlide13

The Legacy 250 years of heavy industryWidespread legacy of depopulated and derelict urban industrial lands Slide18

Heavy Metals etcSlide20
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In the 1970s and 1980s ……It was the river that provided the focus for the first community action to clean and green the valley and to reclaim the watercourse for access and recreation.Slide26
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Housing abandoned and demolished Huge tracts of dirty, derelict and despoiled land and water Some contamination was so bad that site access - where people formerly lived and worked – now restricted to decontamination workers + protective bodysuits. Serious economic decline + unemployment 20-30%Poor self-image

Cleaner air – eventuallyAfter catastrophic smogs of industrial and domestic coal burning killed thousands of people in the 1950s and legislation was enacted to control emissionsSlide29

FILMS: The Full Monty (1997) Brassed Off (1996) Slide32

A Post-industrial Renaissance Slide33

New buildings ……..Slide35

Key Drivers:Social TriggersEnvironmental TriggersEconomic Catalysts Slide41

These included:Greening the industrial heartlands such as the Lower Don Valley Development private sector led retail experiences particularly at Meadowhall Shopping CentreHosting the World Student Games in 1991

The establishment of the short-lived Sheffield Development Corporation (in 1988) with government money to grant-aid projects and with fast-track planning powers Slide42

And…….Establishing Countryside Management Areas (1984) to support environmental improvements and community projectsEstablishing the South Yorkshire Community Forest (in 1991) with government grant aid to support community and environmental renewalAccessing government Derelict Land Grants to clean up and green the derelictionSlide43

Economic Triggers:Branding Sheffield as the UK CITY OF SPORT and hosting major events and also long-term coaching and training centres for elite athletes

Promoting major cultural events such as concerts and festivals in the facilities provided by the WORLD STUDENT GAMES 1991 Slide44

Transformation Completed?Restoration and reclamation of derelict lands – turning liabilities into assets New housing and changed socio-economic profiles – long-term regional transitionsNew environmental initiatives

New investment and growth of emerging economic sectors Slide45

People and Communities TransformedSlide46

Key Economic Growth Hubs:EDUCATION - with two major universities and 50,000 students – many tourists from overseasTOURISM - educational tourism, cultural and sports tourism, countryside tourism and recreation, National Park visiting, heritage tourism, nature reserves

SPORTS – events, tourism, training & education, community-engagement, businessRETAIL LEISURE

– Meadowhall etcSlide47

Examples of Key Growth-poles for New Economic Drivers: PEAK NATIONAL PARK – 25 million visitors per year

MEADOWHALL SHOPPING CENTRE – biggest shopping mall in Europe

SHEFFIELD ARENA – major sporting, entertainment and events venue

DON VALLEY STADIUM

– major sporting, training, entertainment and events venue

– now gone!!!!!

MAGNA

– museum, venue and exhibition centre in former steel worksSlide48

FUTURE CHALLENGES ‘Ecosystem services’ ‘Green infrastructure’ Slide49

Assessment and Evaluation SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT’ (SD)‘TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE’ (TBL)– economy, environment and society Slide51

Sheffield ‘Fright Night’

Trigger the Benefits

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need to engage local peopleSlide52

FROM THISSlide53

TO THISSlide54

CHALLENGESNeed to invest - CAPITALNeed to create ‘opportunities to spend’ - REVENUE

PARTNERSHIPS to achieve thisSlide55

And finally, what of the River?Slide56
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Urban Figs, Knotweed and Otters

A recombinant ecology Slide59
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Break Slide61

Local regeneration? Slide62

Project champions?Slide63

Actors, Players, Partners?Slide65

Partnerships & Collaborations?Slide66

Planning interventions? Positive Planning Interventions ……..PPIsFacilitation Slide67

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