governance, sustainability and community in a global city /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Rob Imrie, Loretta Lees and Mike Raco.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 353 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. London's regeneration / Rob Imrie, Loretta Lees and Mike Raco -- 2. Planning London : a conversation with / Peter Hall -- 3. Regenerating a global city / Tim Butler and Chris Hamnett -- 4. Governing London : the evolving institutional and planning landscape / Mark Tewdwr-Jones -- 5. Figuring city change : understanding urban regeneration and Britain's Thames Gateway / Michael Keith -- 6. 'An exemplar for a sustainable world city' : progressive urban change and the redevelopment of King's Cross / Rob Imrie -- 7. Local government and the politics of flagship regeneration in London : the development of Paddington / Mike Raco and Steven Henderson -- 8. 2012 Olympic Games and the reshaping of East London / Gavin Poynter -- 9. rebirth of high-rise living in London : towards a sustainable, inclusive, and liveable urban form / Richard Baxter and Loretta Lees -- 10. London's Blue Ribbon Network : riverside renaissance along the Thames / Mark Davidson -- 11. promotion of London as a 'walkable city' and overlapping walks of life / Jennie Middleton -- 12. Social housing and regeneration in London / Paul Watt -- 13. Regenerating the South Bank : reworking community and the emergence of post-political regeneration / Guy Baeten -- 14. disputed place of ethnic diversity : an ethnography of the redevelopment of a street market in East London / Nick Dines -- 15. From a 'society of fear' to a 'society of respect' : the transformation of Hackney's Holly Street Estate / Tony Manzi and Keith Jacobs -- 16. Young people and the regeneration of the King's Cross Ten Estates / Nina Brown and Loretta Lees -- 17. London : regeneration or rebirth? / Allan Cochrane.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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'Regenerating London' explores latest thinking on urban regeneration in one of the fastest changing world cities. Engaging with social, economic, and political structures of cities, it highlights paradoxes and contradictions in urban policy and offers an evaluation of the contemporary forms of urban redevelopment.