Urban Regeneration in Europe [Paperback]

This book provides a comparative account of the process of urban regeneration and examines the factors influencing these processes, as well as the consequences of their implementation. Through a mixture of theoretical discussion and a series of case studies a thorough examination is made of the extent to which these different European old industrial conurbations are facing similar problems.

Contributors xi

Preface xv

Acknowledgements xvii

Acronyms xix

1 Introduction: the European Context and Theoretical Framework 1
Chris Couch and Charles Fraser

The contemporary European context 1

Issues in international comparative urban research 6

Research methodology 9

The choice of localities 13

The structure of the case studies 16

2 Change in the European Industrial City 17
Charles Fraser

The origins of the industrial city 17

The decline of the industrial city 19

The case for intervention 22

National policy responses 24

The impact of the European Union 30

New challenges 31

The response to the challenge 33

3 Urban Regeneration in Liverpool 34
Chris Couch

The city centre and docklands 37

Vauxhall and North Liverpool 49

Conclusions 54

4 Dundee: a City Discovering Inclusion and Regeneration 56
Greg Lloyd and John McCarthy

Introduction 56

Historic context 58

Decline and change 59

Revival 59