<p>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.</p>

- Dr David Jarvis,

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 readingMore content on local sustainability and issues linked to climate changeA new chapter, ′Scaling Up′, which examines how regeneration operates when considering very large schemes, such as the London 2012 Olympics. Jones and Evans draw together a mass of information around key themes in governance, sustainability, competition and design - from policy reports to academic studies - into a single coherent text, making this essential reading for anyone studying or working in the field of urban regeneration and planning.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781446208137
Publisert
2013-02-18
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications Ltd
Vekt
500 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
170 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Om bidragsyterne

Dr Phil Jones teaches BA Geography at the University of Birmingham.  Professor James Evans is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Manchester.