Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability: Best Practice from European Cities (Real Estate Issues)

"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 and Social Sustainability: best practice from European cities examines the extent to Read more...
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