Urban Regeneration

Posted in: Planning, Housing and Economic Development / Urban Regeneration

Regeneration is fraught with a whole swathe of difficulties - from the planning to the social housing system to local government finance. Urban regeneration has all of these problems and more.

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Breathing new life into regeneration
[False, May 17, 2012]

Britain has a long history of regenerating local areas that had, for whatever reason, failed to prosper. From 19th century entrepreneurial civic leaders in the mould of politician and statesman, Joseph Chamberlain, to post-war revitalisation and the property-based policies of Margaret Thatcher's Gov

Local regeneration is about economic and social wellbeing
[False, Apr 26, 2012]

In the first of a series on funding regeneration, the CEO of Localis says local leadership is the key to successful renewal

Deal or no deal?
[False, Mar 27, 2012]

Decades have been spent devoting money to fragmented regeneration projects, but does the future lie with community budgets and deal-making? Alex Thomson asks.

The regeneration game: local authorities broker deals for growth
[False, Feb 17, 2012]

Councils have unprecedented power to make changes in their areas – while juggling cuts and walking a financial tightrope

Regeneration revisited
[False, Feb 9, 2012]

Councils have to look for new ways of regenerating our towns and cities and should consider alternatives to the Private Finance Initiative such as Local Asset Backed Vehicles.

PluggedIN: Regeneration in a time of austerity
[False, Feb 9, 2012]

Alex Thomson says local government needs to rethink its approach to infrastructure investment.

Regeneration
[, Jan 13, 2012]

Localis is undertaking a piece of research into approaches to regeneration. This report provides an analysis of sample regeneration programmes from across the country, with a small number of international comparators. With Localism at the top of the Government’s policy agenda and reduced public sect

Roundtable: Delivering regeneration in a time of austerity
[False, Nov 11, 2011]

Delivering regeneration in a time of austerity (in association with the London Borough of Barnet)

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Spending cuts to drive regeneration to local level
[, Apr 30, 2010]

Councils and their partners will have to take a small scale, practical, “bottom up” approach to renewal in deprived areas in anticipation of cuts to regeneration funding and severe public spending restraint, a thinktank has said.

Regeneration spending cuts to have 'dire' impact
[, Apr 28, 2010]

Cuts to regeneration spending will have “dire” consequences on deprived areas and could prove a false economy by threatening the pace of overall economic recovery, the organisation for UK economic development practioners has warned.

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