Regenerating London Governance Sustainability and Community 1st Edition by Rob Imrie ISBN 0415433673 978-0415433679

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ISBN 10: 0415433673 

ISBN 13: 978-0415433679

Author: Rob Imrie

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.

Table of contents: 

Part 1: The dimensions of urban change in London  

1. London’s regeneration Rob Imrie, Loretta Lees and Mike Raco 

2. Planning London: a conversation with Peter Hall, the Editors 

3. Regenerating a global city Tim Butler and Chris Hamnett  

4. Governing London: the evolving institutional and planning landscape Mark Tewdwr-Jones  

Part 2: Prestige projects and the sustainable city 

5. Figuring city change: understanding urban regeneration and Britain’s Thames Gateway Michael Keith 

6. ‘An exemplar for a sustainable world city’: 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. The 2012 Olympics Games and the reshaping of East London Gavin Poynter  

Part 3: Sustainability, inclusion and social mixing  

9. The 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. The promotion of London as a ‘walkable city’ and overlapping walks of life Jennie Middleton 

12. Social housing and regeneration in London Paul Watt  Part 4: Community governance and urban change  

13. Regenerating the South Bank: reworking community and the emergence of post-political regeneration Guy Baeten  

14. The 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  

Part 5: Conclusions 

17. London – regeneration or rebirth? Allan Cochrane

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