New Companion to Urban Regeneration

The New Companion to Urban Regeneration provides a critical overview of the meaning and relevance of urban regeneration as a policy and practice in contemporary cities across the globe.Section I examines how urban regeneration has evolved, both as a practice and as a concept, in the decades since it took its current form. Section II shows how institutional path dependency, the gap between state narratives and regeneration outcomes, and the importance of scale and urban governance are not simply features of particular national contexts, but structural dimensions of regeneration that any adequate framework needs to address. Section III turns to how regeneration is delivered: through which governance arrangements and financial architectures, by which actors, and with what consequences for the communities most affected. Section IV examines new and emerging forms of urban decline, including those produced by regeneration itself, which existing frameworks are often poorly equipped to understand or address. Section V looks forward, developing frameworks for thinking about what urban regeneration might become, rather than simply documenting what it has been.Bringing together contributions from leading voices in the field, and from both the Global North, Souths and East, the volume offers an essential resource for students, academics, practitioners and policymakers.