Urban Regeneration in the UK

Abstract

Chapter 1: Introduction Defining 'urban regeneration' The scale of change From boom to bust Chapter 2: Policy Framework Introduction: origins of the neoliberal shift Innovations during the New Labour period, 1997-2010 Contemporary policy in England Devolution Chapter 3: Governance Definition: from government to governance Understanding the state Different forms of governance The new institutionalism Community involvement Regional regeneration and the European Union Chapter 4: The Competitive City Deindustrialisation and the competitive city Funding economic regeneration Regenerating cities in practice The financial crisis and its impact on regeneration funding The entrepreneurial city Chapter 5: Sustainability Sustainable development and regeneration The policy framework Social sustainability The brownfield development agenda Climate change, cities and carbon Sustainable construction Chapter 6: Design and Cultural Regeneration The urban design agenda Cultural regeneration Chapter 7: Regeneration Beyond the City Centre The suburban question Regenerating social housing suburbs New build suburbs The great eco-towns disaster Chapter 8: Scaling up London Olympics 2012 Mega-regeneration in the Thames Gateway Chapter 9: Conclusions Glossary