What is it about?
This article analyzes an attempt to help retrofit an aging urban industrial district in Phoenix, Arizona. The main policy recommendations are to preserve small-business activities, modernize neighborhoods along industrial park settings with green and environmental strategies (i.e., parasols and solar panels), and encourage growth in the technology manufacturing sector.
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Why is it important?
It focuses specifically on mounting pressures to convert remaining, centrally located, industrial land to non-productive commercial and office uses.
Perspectives
It is argued that the Wedge South Mountain industrial area presents advantages to the local community in terms of urban structure, proximity to labor pools, and good transport networks in the core of the Phoenix metropolis.
Dr. Carlos J. L. Balsas, AICP
Ulster University Belfast
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This page is a summary of: Toward the Meta-Industry City: A Retrofitting Urban Industry Strategy in the U.S. Sunbelt, Land, February 2026, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/land15030366.
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