Urban Regeneration for Sustainable Communities: A Case Study

Abstract

Abstract.Over the past few decades, cities have been subjected to severe social and economic pressures, which have had a disproportionate impact on the urban environment. Consequently, this has increased the concentration of the most deprived households in the worst urban neighbourhoods. The UK Governments have attempted to tackle the physical, social and economic consequences of these changes through a variety of mechanisms and policy initiatives with varying degrees of success. The current objective can be interpreted as an attempt to implement regeneration projects or create sustainable communities/places through multi-agency or partnership programmes. The nature and extent of urban problems are now very well documented; there has been a considerable learning process in the development of different urban regeneration programmes. Over the 20th and the beginning of 21st centuries, the nature of urban regeneration policy has changed direction several times and has applied different focuses. Today, a "sustainable community" is a key issue in an ambitious Government programme "umbrella". As an objective of the present programme, the UK Government introduced the Sustainable Community Plan in 2003, describing a vision of how our communities are to be developed over next 20 years economically, socially and environmentally, while respecting the needs of future generations. The paper assesses how closely the Regeneration Programme is aligned to the Sustainable Communities Plan. The research within several surveys focuses on sustainable communities and urban regeneration, both have certain parallels and functional overlaps.

Sustainability Aspects of Real Estate Development: Lithuanian Case Study of Sports and Entertainment Arenas

“…A significant part of investigations is related with the sustainable urban development within the cities and regions [26][27][28]. The majority of them are devoted to the assessment of infrastructure projects sustainability [29][30][31][32][33].…”

Lički Osik – Urbanističko-arhitektonsko naslijeđe moderne kao razvojni potencijal turizma

“…koji bi bio u skladu s "Milenijskim razvojnim ciljevima svjetskih gradova" (UN, 2006.). Upravo zbog nastojanja za održivim razvojem gradova na globalnoj razini sve je veći broj radova koji se bave pojedinim dimenzijama održivog razvoja grada, kao što je urbano planiranje za održive zajednice (McDonald, 2009.). Nadalje, Vranić (2014.)…”

Assessment of the Negative Impact of Construction in Urban Areas on the Local Environment / Statybų Plėtros Urbanizuotose Teritorijose Neigiamo Poveikio Vietinei Aplinkai Įvertinimas

“…To prie� žastimi laikytume miestų planavimą ir vizualinio identiteto apsaugą reglamentuojančių įstatymų trūkumus (nereikė� tų tikėtis, kad investuotojai visada atsisakytų egoistinių siekių dėl miesto vertybių ir pan). Keli Europos miestų pavyzdžiai parodė, kad plėtra gali būti nukreipta į miesto vidų (Mcdonald et al 2009;). Šiuo metu ir Lietuvos miestuose taip pat vyksta koncentruota plėtra Burinskienė 2009;Jakaitis et al 2009).…”