b'MUDD 24 URBAN NETWORKS|URBAN GATEWAYSWaterfront Redevelopment the HafenCity Hamburg ModelKarl Friedhelm Fischer Visiting Professorial Fellow in Urban Design, FBETo place the waterfront development strategies pursued in Fukuoka in international perspective, this essay directs a spotlight on the example of Hamburgs HafenCity. In the age of containerization and globalized information flows, both cities have been able to learn from the mistakes of early harbour transformation projects such as London Docklands. In HafenCity, the creation of large mono-functional districts and the allocation of land en globo to a small number of developers has been avoided through the development of sophisticated procurement principles and an elaborate mixed-use approach. Professor Karl Friedhelm Fischer The HafenCity strategies can be seen in the context of new windows upon urban development and design as an activity in the 135 interest of the public good, which were opened in Europe in the 1451990s. This led to a re-definition of the role of public and private actors and to the growth of strategies which combine design competitions with innovative forms of land release and tendering processes. Aiming for raised standards of design, improved social outcomes, liveable and lively communities and higher degrees of sustainability, these strategies have added new fields of action. They have also demonstrated that the surplus value generated by applying these strategieswhich are essentially mechanisms not primarily geared towards generating maximum turnovercould not only be seen in superior urban design outcomes; many have been MUDD 24 - Urban Gateways | Urban Networks - Fukuoka Fukuoka design 8pt.indd 22 26/11/2019 5:07:03 PM'