Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability : Best Practice from European Cities.

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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Colantonio, Andrea
Other Authors: Dixon, Tim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
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Table of 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 fieldworks; 2 Vancouver's quality of life and social sustainability indicators.
  • 3 The evolution of sustainable development metrics initiatives by governmental and institutional organisations4 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.