Regenerating Communities: Women's Experiences of Urban Regeneration

Gosling, Victoria K.

doi:10.1177/0042098007087337

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“…There is, therefore, a gap in the literature of studies which examine the views of residents who remain living in sites of urban change (Doucet, 2009). Also, as Gosling (2008) outlines, further research is required to understand how urban redevelopment impacts on women, who are more likely to be affected by regeneration, as they tend to rely on community facilities and support networks more than men.…”

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Turning houses into homes: Living through urban regeneration in East Manchester

Lewis

2017

Environ Plan A

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Repeated studies of urban regeneration have focused on the displacement of working class residents, but those who remain living in sites of urban change have received less attention. To attend to this gap, this paper focuses on the lives of long-standing residents in East Manchester, a site of urban regeneration, and examines their views of urban change. Ethnographic research reveals how the demolition and rebuilding of new houses has resulted in a deep sense of uncertainty. Drawing on anthropological theories of materiality, the analysis makes an original contribution to debates about urban regeneration, showing how social and material relations have been reconfigured and arguing that this in turn has created new meanings about the home.

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Turning houses into homes: Living through urban regeneration in East Manchester

Lewis

2017

Environ Plan A

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“…Brownill and Darke (1998) highlighted the gendered nature of regeneration partnerships and the potentially negative consequences for women and Black and Asian Minority Ethnicity (BAME) 1 groups over ten years ago. Recent research continues to show that some women participating in regeneration can face disempowering processes which do not fully take into account their life experiences and the persistent barriers they face (see Gosling, 2008).…”

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Is the ‘New Deal for Communities’ a New Deal for Equality? Getting Women on Board in Neighbourhood Governance

Beebeejaun¹,

Grimshaw²

2010

Urban Studies

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Across the EU, neighbourhoods have been the focus for achieving social cohesion and reducing social exclusion. Neighbourhood renewal and community involvement were central themes in the UK Labour government’s urban policy. This article focuses on the challenge of community engagement given the heterogeneity of individuals and neighbourhoods. It uses the case study of a New Deal for Communities (NDC) partnership to explore the experiences of different women on an NDC board, including those from minority ethnic groups. The NDC in the case study provides optimism about the possibility of including diverse groups and people in neighbourhood governance, yet too little attention is still given at both national policy and neighbourhood levels to working politically and productively with concepts of ethnicity and gender.

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“…First, they 5 neglect to investigate the immediate, in-situ corporeal experience of the multiple urban dwellers of these spaces on a day-to-day basis (exceptions include Degen, 2008;Rose, Degen and DeSilvey, 2008;Law 2005Law , 2001Adams et al, 2007). Although some research has focused on the ways in which regeneration policies impact on the lives of socially excluded groups (see Gosling, 2008;Wilson and Grammenos, 2005), almost no attention has been given to how built environments engage their users, nor to the diverse felt experiences that such environments might elicit. Yet, as Law reminds us, "the street looks and feels differently depending on the perspectives of those inhabiting urban spaces" (2005, p. 440).…”

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The Sensory Experiencing of Urban Design: The Role of Walking and Perceptual Memory

Degen¹,

Rose²

2012

Urban Studies

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Experience is conceptualised in both academic and policy circles as a more-or-less direct effect of the design of the built environment. Drawing on findings from a research project that investigated people’s everyday experiences of designed urban environments in two UK towns, this paper suggests at least two reasons why sensory encounters between individuals and built environments cannot in fact be understood entirely as a consequence of the design features of those environments. Drawing from empirical analysis based on surveys, ethnographic ‘walk-alongs’ and photo-elicitation interviews, we argue that distinct senses of place do depend on the sensory experiencing of built environments. However, that experiencing is significantly mediated in two ways. First, it is mediated by bodily mobility: in particular, the walking practices specific to a particular built environment. Secondly, sensory experiences are intimately intertwined with perceptual memories that mediate the present moment of experience in various ways: by multiplying, judging and dulling the sensory encounter. In conclusion, it is argued that work on sensory urban experiencing needs to address more fully the diversity and paradoxes produced by different forms of mobility through, and perceptual memories of, built environments.

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Regenerating Communities: Women's Experiences of Urban Regeneration

Cited by 29 publications

References 23 publications

Turning houses into homes: Living through urban regeneration in East Manchester

Turning houses into homes: Living through urban regeneration in East Manchester

Is the ‘New Deal for Communities’ a New Deal for Equality? Getting Women on Board in Neighbourhood Governance

The Sensory Experiencing of Urban Design: The Role of Walking and Perceptual Memory

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