Urban regeneration and social sustainability: best practice from European cities

This book examines how sustainable urban regeneration is being approached from a social sustainability perspective. It identifies and examines socially sustainable urban regeneration models, vehicles and best practice measurement systems across five key European cities, including exemplar and innovative sustainability metrics and tools. It analyses sustainable urban regeneration from a built environment viewpoint, which is relevant at policy, industry and academic levels. INDICE: The Authors. Contributing Authors. Foreword: Stanley McGreal. All chapters authored by Andrea Colantonio and Tim Dixon unless otherwise stated. PART I SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND URBAN REGENERATION. 1 Introduction. Background and context. Urban regeneration and social sustainability. Aims and objectives. Methodology for the research. Case study selection. Outline of the book. 2Social Sustainability and Sustainable Communities: Towards a Conceptual Framework. Introduction. What is social sustainability? Traditional and emerging themes and dimensions. Sustainable cities and communities. Conclusions. 3 Metrics and Tools for Social Sustainability. Introduction. Impact assessment and social sustainability assessment. A brief overview of sustainability indicators and social sustainability tools. Traditional social indicators versus emerging social sustainability indicators. Conclusions. 4 Urban Regeneration: Delivering Social Sustainability. Introduction. A question of definition. Evolution of urban regeneration policy. Responsible investment practices. Institutional involvement in urban regeneration. Partnership models. Integrating and measuring social sustainability in urban regeneration. Conclusions. PART II SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE URBAN REGENERATION IN EUROPE. 5 Integrated Urban Regeneration and Sustainability: Approaches from the European Union (Juliet Carpenter). Introduction. The EU policy framework. The Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund to 2006. The URBAN Community Initiative. Structural Funds 2007-2013. Conclusions. 6 The Future Regeneration of Roath Basin, Cardiff Bay (Tim Dixon and Austine Ngombe). Introduction. Historic perspective. Regeneration policy: Cardiff Bay. Policyand context: Recent developments. Regeneration of Roath Basin. Conclusions. 7The Regeneration of La Mina - Sant Adria de Besos (Venere Stefania Sanna and Andrea Colantonio). Introduction. Urban development and decline. The policy context. Urban regeneration and partnership arrangements. Social sustainability.Conclusions. 8 The Regeneration of Turin and Porta Palazzo. Introduction. Urban development and decline. The policy context. Urban regeneration and partnership arrangements. Social sustainability. Conclusions. 9 The Regeneration of Rotterdam and the 'South Pact'. Introduction. Urban development and decline. Policy context. The regeneration of South Rotterdam and partnership arrangements. Social sustainability. Conclusions. 10 Leipzig East and the Socially Integrative City ('Soziale Stadt') Programme (Robin Ganser). Introduction. Policy context. Funding structures. Partnership arrangements. Social sustainability. Conclusions. PART III BEST PRACTICES IN URBAN REGENERATION: CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES. 11 Towards Best Practice and a Social Sustainability Assessment Framework.Introduction and context. Best practice in social sustainability monitoring systems: igloo's SRI system. The social sustainability assessment framework. Conclusions. 12 Conclusions. Introduction. Setting the scene: From distressed urban areas to regenerated urban areas? Socially sustainable urban regeneration policy. Best approaches and practices to implement and monitor social sustainability. Public-private partnerships and emerging urban regeneration delivery vehicles. The future of urban regeneration: Moving out of recession and retaining the social dimension. Appendices. 1 Interviews conducted as part of the research process and fieldworks. 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.

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-9419-8
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 317
• Fecha Publicación: 26/11/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés