Reimagining Industrial Land

By Carl Grodach

This book explores the dynamic spaces, people, and enterprises that activate contemporary urban industrial places. While often assumed to be obsolete in an era of AI, digital technologies, and service economies, cities still depend on industrial land. These critical yet misunderstood urban spaces have undergone dramatic transformations in the twenty-first century, but continue to house the essential services that keep cities running, support diverse and specialised employment, and incubate innovative enterprises.

Drawing on extensive research in Melbourne, Australia, and comparative examples from around the world, Carl Grodach reveals the varied and often invisible productive activities that industrial spaces support in contemporary cities, and the forces shaping their futures. In doing so, the book demonstrates the value of industrial land and makes a strong case for its continued importance in urban research, planning, and policy. Challenging assumptions about the "post-industrial" city, it invites readers to reimagine industrial spaces as vital building blocks for more resilient and equitable cities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9819253780
• ISBN13: 9789819253784
• Release Date: March 2027
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan