Routledge Companion to Urban Regeneration

Dr Michael E. Leary is a Senior Lecturer and Course Director for the MA Planning Policy and the MA Urban Regeneration at London South Bank University. Michael qualified as a Chartered Town Planner in the 1980s. Over the years he has worked in public sector planning and as a planning consultant. Dr John McCarthy is a Reader in Urban Studies in the Institute for Building and Urban Design, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University. John worked as a planning practitioner in the public sector in London in the 1980s, and has worked in academia at the University of Dundee and Heriot-Watt University.

"With international scholarship and case studies from every continent, this Companion is destined to be an essential reference for anyone interested in urban regeneration. Accessible essays cover every aspect of the problems cities face worldwide and report on the solutions that have been tried using the latest research." Yvonne Rydin, Professor of Planning, Environment and Public Policy, Director of UCL Environment Institute, UCL."The Companion is extraordinary in the scope of the cases covered. Focusing on Europe and Asia, it points to the similarities and differences among a vast number of projects in developing and developed countries. It shows the effects of neoliberalism on regeneration programs but also the ways in which resistance to megaprojects has been effective." Susan S. Fainstein, Visiting Professor, LKY School, National University of Singapore and Senior Research Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Design."Leary and McCarthy’s impressive collection of papers is a timely reminder that urban regeneration is not confined to the glamour cities of North America or the command and control centers of the EU. Urban regeneration is global, complex, multi-faceted and not always right." Professor Robin Boyle, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Wayne State University, USA."This book packs in-depth analyses of urban regeneration processes from 70 international experts into six accessible sections examining topic areas from emerging reconceptualizations of regeneration and community centered regeneration to neo-liberal perspectives and culture-led regeneration. With ambitious goals, Leary and McCarthy deliver." Mehdi Comeau in CITIES"This volume is successful overall because the international case studies and comparisons presented help bring into focus the challenges and co

• Introduction Section 1. Globalization and Neo-liberal Perspectives 1. Introduction 2. Modernist Narratives of Renewal and the Historiography of Urban Regeneration 3. The Changing Context of Urban Regeneration in North West Europe 4. Just Add Water: Waterfront Regeneration as a Global Phenomenon 5. International Policy Transfer: Business Improvement Districts and Enterprise Zones in the UK 6. Evolution of Urban Regeneration as a Government-assisted Revenue Strategy in Turkey: The Global Imperative7. Neoliberal-inspired Large-scale Urban Development Projects in Chinese Cities8. Urban Regeneration and Neo-liberal State Reform: Changing Roles of Cities in the Japanese Developmental State 9. The Blessing in Disguise: Urban Regeneration in Poland in a Neo-liberal Milieu 10. Local-global Influences on Project-led Urban Renewal in Durban, South AfricaSection 2. Emerging Reconceptualizations of Regeneration 11. Introduction12. Urban Regeneration in Asia: Mega Projects and Heritage Conservation13. Sustainable Urban Regeneration within the European Union: A case of ‘Europeanization’?14. From State-led to Developer-led? The Dynamics of Urban Renewal Policies in Taiwan 15. Regenerating What? The Politics and Geographies of Actually Existing Regeneration 16. Urban Regeneration and The City of Experts17. Regenerating the Core – Or is it Periphery? Reclaiming Waterfronts in US Cities 18. Regeneration for Some: Degeneration for Others 19. Urban Regeneration and the Social EconomySection 3. Public Infrastructure and Public Space 20. Introduction21. Mass Transit is the Anchor: Transit-focused Urban Regeneration Across the Pacific Rim22. The German Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA) and Urban Regeneration: Le