The Impact of the 1940s-1950s Redevelopment of the Industrial City of Glasgow on Subsequent Urban Spatial Reorganization

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine how redevelopment in Glasgow from the 1940s to the 1950s has characterized the subsequent reorganization of urban space. The results show that although the redevelopment of Glasgow from the 1940s to the 1950s was intended to solve urban problems, in reality it focused on the number of stock and neglected quality, resulting in the expansion of problematic areas. In such areas, vacant and abandoned land is often left unutilized on the sites of demolished houses.