In the face of rapid economic development, population growth, people increasing needs and
changing lifestyles, most historic centers in the Gulf have experienced problems in making …

Urban Theory: New critical perspectives provides an introduction to innovative critical
contributions to the field of urban studies. Chapters offer easily accessible and digestible …

Although 'culture-led regeneration'has been critiqued as both a concept and practice, it is
clear that policy-makers continue to make efforts to use cultural activity of varying forms to …

Decision-making in urban contexts is increasingly characterized by a depoliticized
environment that has normalized neoliberal urban policies. These are further pursued in …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify best practice relating to the effective
management of materials in an urban, confined construction site, using structural equation …

Urban regeneration has emerged as a response to the process of decay in historic districts.
Based on a detailed literature review and the distinctive features of this mode of project …

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 …

Change is inevitable in all communities: they both grow and decline. Planning is a means by
which we have sought to manage this change. It has not always succeeded in providing the …

This article examines the impact of post-war urban renewal on industry and economic
activity in Manchester and Leeds. It demonstrates that local redevelopment plans contained …

I first got the idea for this book about three years ago. For some time I had wanted to explore
the links between local democracy, civic engagement and community. I had a broad idea in …