Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability

Andrea Colantonio is Research Coordinator at LSE Cities, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, London, UK. He is an urban geographer and economist who specialises in the investigation of the complex linkages between urban growth, sustainability and the geographies of development in both developing and developed countries. He has worked and researched in numerous international universities, and he is main author of Urban Tourism and Development in the Socialist State, Havana during the 'Special Period' (2006). Tim Dixon is Director of the Oxford Institute of Sustainable Development (OISD) and Professor of Real Estate in the Department of Real Estate and Construction at Oxford Brookes University. With more than 25 years’ experience of research, education and professional practice in the built environment he is a qualified fellow of the RICS and of the Higher Education Academy, a member of SEEDA’s South East Excellence Advisory Board, as well as the editorial boards of five leading international real estate journals. He has worked on funded collaborative research projects with UK and overseas academics and practitioners and his personal research interests revolve around (1) the sustainability agenda and its impact on property development, investment and occupation, and (2) the impact of ICT on commercial property and real estate markets. The research is based on a strong interdisciplinary approach which incorporates policy and practice impacts, and futures thinking. He is also a member of the CORENET Sustainability Working Group, and a member of the Steering Group for the ‘Future of Cities’ Research programme, based in the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University. In 2009 he was awarded Honorary Fellow status of the Institute of Green Professionals.

• The Authors xiiiContributing Authors xivForeword: Stanley McGreal xvAll chapters authored by Andrea Colantonio and Tim Dixon unless otherwise statedPART I SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND URBAN REGENERATION 11 Introduction 3Background and context 3Urban regeneration and social sustainability 7Aims and objectives 9Methodology for the research 11Case study selection 13Outline of the book 172 Social Sustainability and Sustainable Communities: Towards a Conceptual Framework 18Introduction 18What is social sustainability? 19Traditional and emerging themes and dimensions 24Sustainable cities and communities 30Conclusions 353 Metrics and Tools for Social Sustainability 37Introduction 37Impact assessment and social sustainability assessment 38A brief overview of sustainability indicators and social sustainability tools 47Traditional social indicators versus emerging social sustainability indicators 50Conclusions 524 Urban Regeneration: Delivering Social Sustainability 54Introduction 54A question of definition 55Evolution of urban regeneration policy 57Responsible investment practices 62Institutional involvement in urban regeneration 65Partnership models 71Integrating and measuring social sustainability in urban regeneration 77Conclusions 78PART I I SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE URBAN REGENERATION IN EUROPE 815 Integrated Urban Regeneration and Sustainability: Approaches from the European Union 83Juliet CarpenterIntroduction 83The EU policy framework 84The Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund to 2006 88The URBAN Community Initiative 95Structural Funds 2007–2013 97Conclusions 1006 The Future Regeneration of Roath Basin, Cardiff Bay 102Tim Dixon and Austine NgómbeIntroduction 102Historic perspective 103Regeneration policy: Cardiff Bay 105Policy and context: Recent developments 110Regeneration of Roath Basin 112Conclusions 1217 The Regeneration of La Mina – Sant Adriá de Besós 122Venere Stefania Sanna and Andrea ColantonioIntroduction 122Urban development and decline 124The policy context 125Urban regeneration and partnership arrangements 127Social sustainability 135Conclusions 1418 The Regeneration of Turin and Porta Palazzo 143Introduction 143Urban development and decline 144The policy context 145Urban regeneration and partnership arrangements 149Social sustainability 159Conclusions 1679 The Regeneration of Rotterdam and the ‘South Pact’ 168Introduction 168Urban development and decline 170Policy context 171The regeneration of South Rotterdam and partnership arrangements 174Social sustainability 179Conclusions 18510 Leipzig East and the Socially Integrative City (‘Soziale Stadt’) Programme 187Robin GanserIntroduction 187Policy context 188Funding structures 199Partnership arrangements 200Social sustainability 201Conclusions 204PART I I I BEST PRACTICES IN URBAN REGENERATION: CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES 20711 Towards Best Practice and a Social Sustainability Assessment Framework 209Introduction and context 209Best practice in social sustainability monitoring systems: igloo’s SRI system 211The social sustainability assessment framework 215Conclusions 23812 Conclusions 240Introduction 240Setting the scene: From distressed urban areas to regenerated urban areas? 242Socially sustainable urban regeneration policy 245Best approaches and practices to implement and monitor social sustainability 249Public–private partnerships and emerging urban regeneration delivery vehicles 253The future of urban regeneration: Moving out of recession and retaining the social dimension 254Appendices 2591 Interviews conducted as part of the research process and fieldworks 2592 Vancouver’s quality of life and social sustainability indicators 2623 The evolution of sustainable development metrics initiatives by governmental and institutional organisations 2634 Main CSR and social capital initiatives, tools and techniques 2665 Assessment of igloo’s SRI policy objectives 2706 List of comparative baseline basic indicators for La Mina neighbourhood (2001) 273Bibliography 285Index 309