Urban regeneration & social sustainability : best practice from European cities

335 Pages·2011·9.018 MB·English

by  Andrea Colantonio, Timothy J Dixon

Urban Regeneration
& Social Sustainability
Best practice from European cities
Andrea Colantonio
Research Coordinator at LSE Cities
London School of Economics and Political Sciences
UK
Tim Dixon
Director of the Oxford Institute of Sustainable Development (OISD)
Professor of Real Estate in the Department of Real Estate
and Construction at Oxford Brookes University
UK

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Urban Regeneration
& Social Sustainability
Best practice from European cities

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The intersection of urban regeneration and sustainability has long been separated at birth, with
much of the research, policy and practice focused on linking the two through a greater
understanding of environmental sustainability. Yet social s ustainability, especially in an urban
regeneration context, remains underdeveloped, theoretical and oversimplified when compared
to the progress of the environmental movement. In their new book, the authors now look to
break down more silos and explore the social sustainability side of urban regeneration.
The book highlights a range of best practice from the efforts of governments of major European
cities to those of private investors such as igloo, and is honest about the challenges of isolating
impact and developing indicators that measure the all-important ‘soft stuff.’ I am thrilled that the
authors throw the lid open on the difficulties of past efforts which tried to apply a simplified triple
bottom line framework to urban regeneration. They clearly highlight the need for a more
sophisticated approach that understands the socio-economic needs and complexities of people,
cities and investment.
Bill Boler, Director, Investment and Physical
Regeneration Business in the Community, UK
The 21st century will hold huge challenges for cities from cultural and social perspectives.
Using case studies from across the EU, this book is an essential reference point for those
seeking to understand the issues which need to be addressed.
Pooran Desai OBE, Co-founder, BioRegional
and Sustainability Director, BioRegional Quintain Ltd
This is a big book which raises big questions on a big subject – the challenge of achieving socially
sustainable regeneration in European cities. It provides much important analytical discussion
of – as well as empirical evidence about – this big idea at a European level based on good studies
in five European cities – Barcelona, Leipzig, Turin, Rotterdam, and Cardiff. It clearly outlines the
development of European thinking and policy about the issue. It also has important things to say
about how to measure the elusive ideas implied in the concept as well as the principles and
practices of delivery vehicles. Importantly it brings in the roles, contribution and views of the
private sector – a critical player, but often absent in the discussions of these issues. The EIB has
helped to fill an important gap in a crucial field. So has this book.
Michael Parkinson, Director of European Institute for Urban Affairs
and Author of State of the English Cities, Competitive European Cities:
Where Does the UK Stand? and The Credit Crunch
and Regeneration: Impact and Implications
Social sustainability is often treated as the poor cousin in evaluating the success or failure of
urban renewal projects. This volume offers a comprehensive, systematic and authoritative
overview of the scholarly literature and the practice models relevant to the topic. An illuminating
overview of experiences with Europe’s Structural Funds and Cohesion Funds provides essential
background to five carefully chosen case studies from which “best practice” conclusions are
drawn. The book is essential reading for scholars and practitioners alike.
Steve Rayner, James Martin Professor of Science and Civilization,
University of Oxford and Director, Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities
Regeneration is a difficult task with multiple ambitions and multiple problems. This book
manages successfully to draw 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 Rosewell, Chairman, Volterra Consulting,
Chief Economic Adviser, Greater London Authority
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Urban Regeneration
& Social Sustainability
Best practice from European cities
Andrea Colantonio
Research Coordinator at LSE Cities
London School of Economics and Political Sciences
UK
Tim Dixon
Director of the Oxford Institute of Sustainable Development (OISD)
Professor of Real Estate in the Department of Real Estate
and Construction at Oxford Brookes University
UK

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This edition first published 2011
© 2011 Andrea Colantonio and Tim Dixon
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Colantonio, Andrea.
Urban regeneration & social sustainability : best practice from European cities / Andrea
Colantonio and Tim Dixon.
p. cm. – (RICS research series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4051-9419-8 (alk. paper)
1. Urban renewal–Europe. 2. City planning–Europe. 3. Sustainable urban
development–Europe. I. Dixon, Timothy J., 1958– II. Title. III. Title: Urban
regeneration and social sustainability.
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Acknowledgements
A significant part of the work presented in this volume was carried out during
the EIBURS (European Investment Bank University Research Sponsorship)
project entitled ‘Measuring the Social Dimension of Social Sustainability’
during the period from January 2007 to September 2009. In respect of the
conduct of the work we owe a considerable debt to the European Investment
Bank (EIB) for de facto making the publication of this book possible, and par-
ticularly Mateo Turro (former associate director at Projects Directorate, EIB)
and his team for their support during the duration of the EIBURS programme.
We also would like to thank the numerous project participants from the
municipalities examined as part of this book for sharing their experiences of
urban regeneration with us. In addition we wish to thank Professor John
Glasson (OISD) for his valuable suggestions concerning sustainability assess-
ment and monitoring indicators. We are also grateful to Dr Juliet Carpenter,
Dr Robin Ganser, Austine Ng’ombe (OISD) and Venere Sanna, University of
Rome, for their contributions to important chapters of this book.
At the more personal level, Andrea would like to thank his parents for
their consistent and unconditional support, which they have given over the
last few years. Further appreciation is expressed to Federica for the patience
shown during the writing process of this volume. Tim would also like to
thank his family for their love and support.
Finally, both authors would also like to thank their colleagues for their
support during the process of writing the book.
The material in this book is based on research conducted by the authors dur-
ing 2007–2009 in the O xford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD),
School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University.
The research was funded under the European Investment Bank’s EIBURS
research programme, which the authors would like to gratefully acknowl-
edge. Further details of this research can be found at: http://www.brookes.
ac.uk/schools/be/oisd/sustainable_communities/index.html
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To my parents, Bernardo and Chiara
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To my mother and to my wife (Rachel)
and son (Sam) for all their love and support.
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