Description
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides an accessible and critical synthesis of urban regeneration in the UK, incorporating key policies, approaches, issues, debates and case studies. The central objective of the textbook is to place the historical and contemporary regeneration agenda in context.
Section I sets up the conceptual and policy framework for urban regeneration in the UK. Section II traces policies that have been adopted by central government to influence the social, economic and physical development of cities, including early town and country and housing initiatives, community-focused urban policies of the late 1960s, entrepreneurial property-led regeneration of the 1980s, competition for urban funds in the 1990s, urban renaissance and neighbourhood renewal policies of the late 1990s and 2000s, and new approaches in the age of austerity during the 2010s. Section III illustrates the key thematic policies and strategies that have been pursued by cities themselves, focusing particular
Table of Contents
Section I – The Context for Urban Regeneration 1. Introduction: The Decline and Rise of UK Cities Section II – Central Government Urban Regeneration Policy 2. The Early Years of Regeneration: Physical Regeneration (1945–1968) and Social and Community Welfare (1968–1979) 3. Entrepreneurial Regeneration (1980s) 4. Competition and Urban Policy (1991–1997) 5. Urban Renaissance and Neighbourhood Renewal (1997–2010) 6. Regeneration in the Age of Austerity (2010s) Section III – Transforming Cities: City Level Responses to Urban Change 7. Urban Competitiveness 8. New Forms of Urban Governance 9. Community and Regeneration 10. Urban Regeneration and Sustainability 11. Retail-Led Regeneration 12. Housing-Led Regeneration and Gentrification 13. Culture and Regeneration 14. Regenerating Suburban and Exurban Areas of Cities Section IV – Conclusion 15. Urban Regeneration: Learning from the Past, Lessons for the Future
