Book description
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.
- 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.
"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.
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.
