Urban renaissance

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This article is about the United Kingdom. For land redevelopment to address urban decay, see Urban renewal. For the Japanese housing agency, see Urban Renaissance Agency.
Waterside regeneration in Birmingham, England

The urban renaissance of the United Kingdom is the recent[

suburbanisation during the mid-20th century. The most common equivalent term used in North America is New Urbanism
.

History

Urban regeneration was achieved through a number of initiatives including tax incentives and the lifting of some urban planning restrictions, as well as positive state intervention encouraging business and residents back into city centre areas. Urban renaissance deals with the negative impact of major factors driving change in urban areas such as technical revolution, ecological threat and social transformation.[3] It differs from the New Urbanism popular in North America, but could be considered the British equivalent. Large developments such as the London Docklands project have helped to encourage people back into the city, assisted by gentrification
.

Often redundant land, such as 17th and 18th-century canals and docks,

loft apartments
" in the US) with generous grants or tax relief.

In the United States, efforts to revitalise urban areas often involve ideas of

Creative Class. City leaders may promote events such as First Friday art walks and the construction of convention centers and theatres
in order to attract visitors who live in suburbs.

Many American cities have renaissance-themed agency and building. An example is the

Detroit, Michigan
. Many American cities have seen at least a modest bounce in interest in core cities and older neighborhoods in recent years with a special emphasis on condominium projects, often in formerly non-residential structures.

Criticism

In a 2008 report, the

regenerate
struggling cities over the previous ten, twenty, or even fifty years have failed - "we can’t buck economic geography... Places that enjoyed the conditions for creating wealth in the coal-powered 19th-century are often poorly positioned today. There is no realistic prospect that our regeneration towns and cities can converge with London and the South East. There is, however, a very real prospect of encouraging significant numbers of people to move from those towns to London and the South East."[5] The report was criticised by a number of British politicians.[6]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The beginnings of an urban renaissance? Recent migration flows into and out of English cities, as revealed in a new study, just may be the glimmerings of a new pro-urban movem...
  2. ^ "The Regeneration Game". BBC News. 2003-11-05. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  3. ISBN 978-0415862875
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  4. ^ "Detroit Renaissance". Archived from the original on 2006-04-02. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  5. ^ Leunig, Tim; Swaffield, James (2008-08-13). "Cities Unlimited: Making Urban Regeneration Work" (PDF). Policy Exchange. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
  6. ^ "Northern cities 'beyond revival'". BBC News. 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-13.

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