Urban Regeneration in the UK

Striking transformations are taking place in the urban landscape.The regeneration of urban areas in the UK and around the world has become an increasingly important issue amongst governments and populations since the global economic downturn. This textbook provides an accessible and critical synthesis of urban regeneration in the UK, analyzing key policies, approaches, issues and debates.It places the historical and contemporary regeneration agenda in context.The second edition has been extensively revised and updated to incorporate advances in literature, policy and case study examples, as well as giving greater discussion to the New Labour period of urban policy, and the urban agenda and regeneration policies of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition government elected in 2010.The book is divided into five sections, with Section I establishing the conceptual and political framework for urban regeneration in the UK.Section II traces policies that have been adopted by central gove