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Bowen, P, Peihua Zhang, R and Edwards, P (2021) An investigation of work-related strain effects and coping mechanisms among South African construction professionals. Construction Management and Economics, 39(04), 298–322.
Ershadi, M, Davis, P and Newaz, M T (2021) Important academic interventions for promoting resilience: The perception of construction management undergraduates. Construction Management and Economics, 39(04), 340–55.
Hiete, M, Stengel, J, Ludwig, J and Schultmann, F (2011) Matching construction and demolition waste supply to recycling demand: a regional management chain model. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 333–51.
Johansson, B O H (2011) The post-war destruction of Swedish cities. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 412–29.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: building stock; demolition; destruction; heritage; cities; slum clearance; urban renewal; Sweden
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2011.573722
- Abstract:
The post-war redevelopment of Swedish inner cities entailed a radical destruction and rebuilding programme to reshape the centre of Swedish cities. The scale of this programme was significant and led to a major loss of building stock. The extent and underlying drivers of the regime precipitating mass demolition are explored as a confluence of many different vested interests. These included planning and architectural theories, the disregard for heritage, the cult of modernity, strong pressure groups formed by big business, including national retail chains, banking and insurance, and the oil?automotive complex. Technical obsolescence, spatial quality or diversity of property (real estate) were strong arguments for demolition. As a result of the extensive demolition and rebuilding, new national retail businesses flourished for a short period, while existing small businesses and workshops were destroyed and local people displaced. Preservation of buildings was limited to a few exemplary ones (partly due to weak preservation laws) with the loss of much of the historic fabric as well as the diversity of spaces and rental markets. The particular case of post-war Sweden suggests that the wholesale demolition was unnecessary in practical terms but undertaken to fulfil vested interests and ideological beliefs.
Mallach, A (2011) Demolition and preservation in shrinking US industrial cities. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 380–94.
Thomsen, A and van der Flier, K (2011) Understanding obsolescence: a conceptual model for buildings. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 352–62.
Uusitalo, P, Lappalainen, E, Seppänen, O, Pikas, E, Peltokorpi, A, Menzhinskii, N and Piitulainen, M (2021) To trust or not to trust: is trust a prerequisite for solving design quality problems?. Construction Management and Economics, 39(04), 279–97.
van den Berg, M, Voordijk, H and Adriaanse, A (2021) BIM uses for deconstruction: an activity-theoretical perspective on reorganising end-of-life practices. Construction Management and Economics, 39(04), 323–39.
Wallace, D and Wallace, R (2011) Consequences of massive housing destruction: the New York City fire epidemic. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 395–411.
Wassenberg, F (2011) Demolition in the Bijlmermeer: lessons from transforming a large housing estate. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 363–79.
Williams, C C and Kayaoglu, A (2021) Explaining the supply of home repair and renovation services in the undeclared economy: lessons from Europe. Construction Management and Economics, 39(04), 356–68.