Urban regeneration & social sustainability : best practice from European cities / Andrea Colantonio, Tim Dixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colantonio, Andrea.

Contributor:

Dixon, Timothy J., 1958-

Series:

Real estate issues (Oxford, England)

Real estate issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban renewal--Europe.

Urban renewal.

City planning--Europe.

City planning.

Sustainable urban development--Europe.

Sustainable urban development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Urban regeneration and social sustainability

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

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Summary:

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 pro

Contents:

Urban Regeneration & Social Sustainability; Contents; The Authors; Contributing Authors; Foreword: Stanley McGreal; Part I Social Sustainability and Urban Regeneration; 1 Introduction; 2 Social Sustainability and Sustainable Communities: Towards a Conceptual Framework; 3 Metrics and Tools for Social Sustainability; 4 Urban Regeneration: Delivering Social Sustainability; Part II Socially Sustainable Urban Regeneration in Europe; 5 Integrated Urban Regeneration and Sustainability: Approaches from the European Union; 6 The Future Regeneration of Roath Basin, Cardiff Bay

7 The Regeneration of La Mina - Sant Adriá de Besós8 The Regeneration of Turin and Porta Palazzo; 9 The Regeneration of Rotterdam and the 'South Pact'; 10 Leipzig East and the Socially Integrative City ('Soziale Stadt') Programme; Part III Best practices in Urban Regeneration: Concluding Perspectives; 11 Towards Best Practice and a Social Sustainability Assessment Framework; 12 Conclusions; Appendices; 1 Interviews conducted as part of the research process and field works; 2 Vancouver's quality of life and social sustainability indicators

3 The evolution of sustainable development metrics initiatives by governmental and institutional organisations 4 Main CSR and social capital initiatives, tools and techniques; 5 Assessment of igloo's SRI policy objectives; 6 List of comparative baseline basic indicators for La Mina neighbourhood (2001); Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-40707-8

9786613407078

1-4443-2944-8

1-4443-2945-6

OCLC:

699474938