Regenerating Deprived Urban Areas: A Cross National Analysis of Area-Based Initiatives

ISBN-13: 9781447310785 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 240 str.

Rene Peter Hohmann

Opis

In response to the challenges posed by urban decline, local policy activism has increased in countries across Europe. Rene Peter Hohmann argues here that we should view these area-based community initiatives, such as England s New Deal for Communities and Germany s Social City Program, as incubators for new forms of urban governance that seek to foster the active participation of residents and nonprofit groups. Based on his comparative analysis of initiatives in Bristol, England, and Duisburg, Germany, Hohmann s study provides a richly informed assessment of local policy activism and its impact on neighborhood organizations and developers. "

Spis treści

Introduction; New Localism(s) in Europe; Policies for deprived urban areas; Conceptualising New Localism(s): exploring local variations in urban governance practices across Europe; Lost in transformation: urban governance practices and the New Deal for Communities (NDC) in Bristol; Local government experiments to cope with structural change: The Social City Programme in Duisburg; The crystallization of New Localism(s) in Bristol and Duisburg: a cross-case comparison; The neo-institutional study of New Localism(s) as an analytical window for comparative urbanism: concluding reflections; Appendices.