A thorough update of what was already an excellently written, accessible and well-used book. Coverage of the key issues to impact on regeneration in the UK since the 2008 financial crisis is comprehensive, and ensures that this latest edition will remain a key reference work for students and practitioners alike.
– Dr David Jarvis, Coventry University and Deputy Director, Applied Research Centre in Sustainable Regeneration (SURGE)
‘An accessible text for students that provides an excellent summary of the challenges facing the UK regeneration sector up to and including the present age of austerity.’
– Dr Lee Pugalis School of Built Environment, Northumbria University
An engaging, systematic guide to the most dramatic transformation of our urban landscape since post-war reconstruction. This new edition has been fully revised to include:
- Improved pedagogical features, including an expanded glossary and increased visuals, as well as key learning points, useful websites and suggestions for further reading
- More content on local sustainability and issues linked to climate change
- A new chapter, ′Scaling Up′, which examines how regeneration operates when considering very large schemes, such as the London 2012 Olympics.
Table of Content
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
About the author
Professor James Evans is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Manchester.
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