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Informationen zum Autor Dr Phil Jones teaches BA Geography at the University of Birmingham. Professor James Evans is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Manchester. Klappentext Fully updated throughout, and with a new chapter looking at regeneration and large scale schemes like the London 2012 Olympics, this is a new edition of a popular and well established book. It's widely adopted across urban regeneration and planning courses, and is well thumbed by practitioners in the field too. This is 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. Zusammenfassung Fully updated throughout, and with a new chapter looking at regeneration and large scale schemes like the London 2012 Olympics, this is a new edition of a popular and well established book. It's widely adopted across urban regeneration and planning courses, and is well thumbed by practitioners in the field too. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
