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Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability: Best Practice from European Cities / Edition 1
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- 1405194197
- ISBN-13:
- 9781405194198
- Pub. Date:
- 12/13/2010
- Publisher:
- Wiley
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Overview
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.
- Provides a comprehensive European perspective, comparing case studies across five cities and identifying best practice in sustainable urban regeneration by focusing on social sustainability
- Defines and shows how social sustainability (a key aspect in sustainable development) can be assessed, measured and monitored within urban regeneration projects
- Takes a real estate ‘institutional’ focus by examining the role of key stakeholders within the property development industry and the public sector
- Examines detailed studies of urban regeneration projects in Spain (Sant Adria de Besos), Italy (Turin), Netherlands (Rotterdam), Germany (Leipzig), and the UK (Cardiff)
- Sets the research in the context of the recent economic recession and the growth of responsible investment (RI) and corporate responsibility (CR) agendas of investors and developers
- Is based on a major three year independent, funded programme of research through the European Investment Bank’s EIBURS programme.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405194198 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication date: | 12/13/2010 |
| Series: | Real Estate Issues , #32 |
| Pages: | 334 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
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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Table of Contents
The Authors xiiiContributing 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 83Juliet Carpenter
Introduction 83
The EU policy framework 84
The Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund to 2006 88
The URBAN Community Initiative 95
Structural Funds 2007–2013 97
Conclusions 100
6 The Future Regeneration of Roath Basin, Cardiff Bay 102Tim 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 122Venere Stefania Sanna and Andrea Colantonio
Introduction 122
Urban development and decline 124
The policy context 125
Urban regeneration and partnership arrangements 127
Social sustainability 135
Conclusions 141
8 The Regeneration of Turin and Porta Palazzo 143
Introduction 143
Urban development and decline 144
The policy context 145
Urban regeneration and partnership arrangements 149
Social sustainability 159
Conclusions 167
9 The Regeneration of Rotterdam and the ‘South Pact’ 168Introduction 168
Urban development and decline 170
Policy context 171
The regeneration of South Rotterdam and partnership arrangements 174
Social sustainability 179
Conclusions 185
10 Leipzig East and the Socially Integrative City (‘Soziale Stadt’) Programme 187Robin Ganser
Introduction 187
Policy context 188
Funding structures 199
Partnership arrangements 200
Social sustainability 201
Conclusions 204
PART I I I BEST PRACTICES IN URBAN REGENERATION: CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES 207
11 Towards Best Practice and a Social Sustainability Assessment Framework 209
Introduction and context 209
Best practice in social sustainability monitoring systems: igloo’s SRI system 211
The social sustainability assessment framework 215
Conclusions 238
12 Conclusions 240
Introduction 240
Setting the scene: From distressed urban areas to regenerated urban areas? 242
Socially sustainable urban regeneration policy 245
Best approaches and practices to implement and monitor social sustainability 249
Public–private partnerships and emerging urban regeneration delivery vehicles 253
The future of urban regeneration: Moving out of recession and retaining the social dimension 254
Appendices 259
1 Interviews conducted as part of the research process and fieldworks 259
2 Vancouver’s quality of life and social sustainability indicators 262
3 The evolution of sustainable development metrics initiatives by governmental and institutional organisations 263
4 Main CSR and social capital initiatives, tools and techniques 266
5 Assessment of igloo’s SRI policy objectives 270
6 List of comparative baseline basic indicators for La Mina neighbourhood (2001) 273
Bibliography 285
Index 309