Remaking London Decline and Regeneration in Urban Culture.
Contemporary urban regeneration seeks to encourage diverse, creative new neighbourhoods that are rich in economic potential. Yet the end result frequently displaces precisely those qualities, activities and communities it claims to engender. Are people best served by a preoccupation with regeneratio...
| Основен автор: | Campkin, Ben. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
I.B. Tauris,
2013.
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| Серия: |
International library of human geography ;
19. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=642801 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Remaking London. |
| Резюме: |
Contemporary urban regeneration seeks to encourage diverse, creative new neighbourhoods that are rich in economic potential. Yet the end result frequently displaces precisely those qualities, activities and communities it claims to engender. Are people best served by a preoccupation with regeneration as economic growth? In The Regeneration Game Ben Campkin provides a lucid and wide-ranging critique of contemporary regeneration. Focusing on present-day regeneration areas in London that are key to the capital's modern identity, including the site of the 2012 Olympics, the result is both a com. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (1 online resource (224 pages)) : illustrations (black and white). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780857722720 0857722727 1299910211 9781299910218 |