Urban regeneration is a key focus for public policy throughout Europe. This book examines social sustainability and analyses its meaning. The authors offer a comprehensive European perspective to identify best practices in sustainable urban regeneration in five major cities in Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. This authoritative overview of the scholarly literature makes the book essential reading for researchers and post-graduate students in sustainable development, real estate, geography, urban studies, and urban planning, as well as consultants and policy advisors in urban regeneration and the built environment.
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Andrea Colantonio is Research Coordinator at LSE Cities,
London School of Economics and Political Sciences, London, UK. He
is an urban geographer and economist who specialises in the
investigation of the complex linkages between urban growth,
sustainability and the geographies of development in both
developing and developed countries. He has worked and researched in
numerous international universities, and he is main author of
Urban Tourism and Development in the Socialist State, Havana
during the 'Special Period' (2006).
Tim Dixon is Director of the Oxford Institute of
Sustainable Development (OISD) and Professor of Real Estate in the
Department of Real Estate and Construction at Oxford Brookes
University. With more than 25 years' experience of research,
education and professional practice in the built environment he is
a qualified fellow of the RICS and of the Higher Education Academy,
a member of SEEDA's South East Excellence Advisory Board, as
well as the editorial boards of five leading international real
estate journals. He has worked on funded collaborative research
projects with UK and overseas academics and practitioners and his
personal research interests revolve around (1) the sustainability
agenda and its impact on property development, investment and
occupation, and (2) the impact of ICT on commercial property and
real estate markets. The research is based on a strong
interdisciplinary approach which incorporates policy and practice
impacts, and futures thinking. He is also a member of the CORENET
Sustainability Working Group, and a member of the Steering Group
for the 'Future of Cities' Research programme, based in
the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University. In 2009
he was awarded Honorary Fellow status of the Institute of Green
Professionals.
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"Regeneration is a difficult task with multiple ambitions and multiple problems. This book manages successfully to draw lessons from a series of case studies to bring out lessons for the slippery concept of social sustainability which will help guide practitioners both in setting up programmes and in monitoring their success."
Bridget Roswell, Chief Economic Adviser, Greater London Authority
"The social sustainability agenda is complex and will be instrumental in shaping the future development of our cities and towns over the coming decades. This book, in drawing together the knowledge base on the subject through generic considerations and best practice examples is a major contribution in raising the level of debate on the understanding and interpretation of social sustainability."
Stanley McGreal, Director of the Built Environment Research Institute, University of Ulster; Plus Bill Boler, Steve Rayner, Bridget Rosewell, Michael Parkinson and Pooran Desai.
Urban regeneration is a key focus for public policy throughout Europe. This book examines social sustainability and analyses its meaning and significance an area of research which has, until now, been comparatively neglected. The authors offer a comprehensive European perspective to identify best practice in sustainable urban regeneration in five major cities in Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, and the UK.
Urban Regeneration & Social Sustainability: best practice from European cities examines the extent to which social sustainability is incorporated within urban regeneration projects in the EU, but also investigates how local authorities, developers, investors and other key stakeholders approach sustainability. The book covers the recent economic recession and the growth of responsible investment (RI) and corporate responsibility (CR) agendas of investors and developers. It also provides a thorough analysis of the current metrics and tools used by the public, private and NGO sectors to implement, measure and monitor social sustainability. A range of urban regeneration models and vehicles are reviewed, with a particular emphasis on public private partnerships (PPPs) and EU structural funds, and a new framework for assessing social sustainability is described.
City-specific case studies examine regeneration projects in which institutional arrangements, financial products and tools, monitoring and measurement systems for social sustainability and stakeholders' participation in PPPs have delivered successful urban regeneration.
This comprehensive, systematic and authoritative overview of both the scholarly literature and current best practice across Europe, makes the book essential reading for researchers and post-graduate students in sustainable development, real estate, geography, urban studies and urban planning, as well as consultants and policy advisors in urban regeneration and the built environment.
Inhalt
The Authors xiii
Contributing Authors xiv
Foreword: Stanley McGreal xv
All chapters authored by Andrea Colantonio and Tim Dixon unless otherwise stated
PART I SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND URBAN REGENERATION 1
1 Introduction 3
Background and context 3
Urban regeneration and social sustainability 7
Aims and objectives 9
Methodology for the research 11
Case study selection 13
Outline of the book 17
2 Social Sustainability and Sustainable Communities: Towards a Conceptual Framework 18
Introduction 18
What is social sustainability? 19
Traditional and emerging themes and dimensions 24
Sustainable cities and communities 30
Conclusions 35
3 Metrics and Tools for Social Sustainability 37
Introduction 37
Impact assessment and social sustainability assessment 38
A brief overview of sustainability indicators and social sustainability tools 47
Traditional social indicators versus emerging social sustainability indicators 50
Conclusions 52
4 Urban Regeneration: Delivering Social Sustainability 54
Introduction 54
A question of definition 55
Evolution of urban regeneration policy 57
Responsible investment practices 62
Institutional involvement in urban regeneration 65
Partnership models 71
Integrating and measuring social sustainability in urban regeneration 77
Conclusions 78
PART I I SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE URBAN REGENERATION IN EUROPE 81
5 Integrated Urban Regeneration and Sustainability: Approaches from the European Union 83
Juliet Carpenter
Introduction 83
The EU policy framework 84
The Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund to 2006 88
The URBAN Community Initiative 95
Structural Funds 20072013 97
Conclusions 100
6 The Future Regeneration of Roath Basin, Cardiff Bay 102
Tim Dixon and Austine Ngómbe
Introduction 102
Historic perspective 103
Regeneration policy: Cardiff Bay 105
Policy and context: Recent developments 110
Regeneration of Roath Basin 112
Conclusions 121
7 The Regeneration of La Mina Sant Adriá de Besós 122
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