Industrial heritage consists of the remains of industrial culture, which are of architectural, social and technological value. The adaptive reuse of industrial heritage involves the conversion of an industrial site, building or precinct from its former use to a new one. This plays a key role in realising sustainable urban regeneration because it gives renewed life to a site, building or precinct. However, management of abandoned industrial heritage is a difficult task requiring complex cooperation between the government and local community as well as collaboration of policy makers, planners, architects and designers. Therefore, this publication will aim to highlight the contribution of the adaptive reuse of industrial heritage to urban regeneration by focusing on several successful cases and major policies in Europe and Korea. In particular, it will explore the following questions.
• What is the adaptive reuse of industrial heritage?
• What is the relationship between the adaptive reuse of industrial heritage and urban regeneration?
• How could the adaptive reuse of industrial heritage contribute to the social, environmental and economic development of the city?
• What lessons could Korean cites learn from their European counterparts?