Phoenix cities [[electronic resource] ] : the fall and rise of great industrial cities / / Anne Power, Jörg Plöger and Astrid Winkler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459102403321
• Autore: Power Anne
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol, : Policy Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-4473-0296-6; 1-282-63735-5; 9786612637353; 1-84742-685-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Collana: CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy
• Altri autori (Persone): PlögerJörg; WinklerAstrid
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetti: Sociology, Urban; Urban renewal; Cities and towns; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: PHOENIX CITIES; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; List of acronyms; Acknowledgements; Copyright material; 1. Introduction: what are 'weak market cities'?; Learning from Europe and the US; Hotbeds of social, economic and environmental transformation; Outline of the book; 2. Industrial giants: emerging on the back of history; Introduction; Population growth and shrinkage; Decline in manufacturing; Inner-city decay and suburbanisation; Neighbourhood polarisation; Conclusion; 3. A change of direction: political turmoil and a ferment of new ideas; A new sense of direction; New ways forward for core citiesRecovery measures; Environmental management; City flagships; Neighbourhood focus; Funding for renewal; Expanding enterprise; Cities bounce back: population and employment change; Declining unemployment; Resilient cities; 4. Neighbourhood interventions: can small scale make a difference in big cities?; Improving poorer areas and integrating poorer communities; Inner-city neighbourhood renewal; Impacts of inner-city renewal; ; Rescuing large outer estates; Why governments intervene in outer estates; Why demolition is not more widely adopted; Impacts of estate renewalCommunity action and participation; Social enterprises; Value of small-scale neighbourhood projects; Jobs and skills for the new economy of urban recovery; How skills, employment and social goals came together; 5. Leipzig; From pro-growth to adjustment; Urban renewal; Major investments in urban regeneration; Social programmes; Population: strong decline, slight recovery; Economic development; Progress of urban renewal; Regional and wider metropolitan cooperation; 6. Bremen; Bremen's innovation-based approach; Delivering recovery projects; City centre revitalisation and urban renewalNeighbourhood and housing renewal; Impacts of innovation; The weaker side of city recovery; Labour market changes; A major challenge: the future of the city-state; Regional and metropolitan cooperation; 7. Sheffield; History; New recovery initiatives; Cluster site creation; Inward investment initiatives; Employment initiatives: JOBMatch (2001) and JobNet (2002); Economic masterplan: Creative Sheffield; 8. Belfast; The violent conflict; Population decline; The peace process: a catalyst for change; More recent regeneration projects; Neighbourhood renewal and community cohesionEconomic development; Economic restructuring; Social exclusion and the labour market; Population change; Physical regeneration and urban recovery; Transport; Devolution; 9. Bilbao; Growth and change; Manufacturing decline; Social consequences; Population decline; Environmental degradation; Developing a strategic approach to recovery in the 1980s; Transport infrastructure; Environmental clean-up; Economic restructuring; Social actions; Housing; Economic restructuring; Falling unemployment; Population development; Urban regeneration; Transport investments
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores economic, social and environmental transformations in Europe and the USA to inform the regeneration of 'weak market cities'.