VIVACITY 2020: Evaluation of the Regeneration of Hulme, Manchester

Dr. Lesley Mackay

Year of publication: 2006

This study looks at the regeneration of Hulme in Manchester and whether it achieved a safer living environment, better design, improved community and other impacts on services and facilities.

Topic: Environment, Placemaking, Regeneration

Type: Report

No More Sticky Dots: Making progress with participatory appraisal in Salford

Oxfam

Year of publication: 2005

In 1999, Salford City Council bid for Charlestown and Lower Kersal to be part of New Deal for Communities. The Council decided to use participatory appraisal as a method of consultation, a tool often used in the developing world.

Topic: Culture, Placemaking, Regeneration, Society, Urban design

Type: Report

What now for urban regeneration?

Institution of Civil Engineers

Year of publication: 2008 (written in 2008, published in 2010)

This paper from 2008 highlights a need to revisit our approach to urban regeneration, stating that in recent years ‘regeneration’ has instead largely focused on ‘renewal’, and has failed to deliver long-term economic or social benefits.

Topic: Economy, Placemaking, Regeneration, Society, Urban design

Type: Report

Small-scale projects and their potential for urban regeneration: Experiences from Eastern Germany

Christina Gotz, Ian Cooper, Krassimira Paskaleva-Shapira

Year of publication: 2015

The authors argue that while urban regeneration and development are closely associated with large-scale rebuilding projects, small-scale projects have the potential to play a role in renewing urban areas.

Topic: Placemaking, Regeneration

Type: journal article

Housing and economic development: Moving forward together

Catherine Glossop (Centre for Cities) and the Housing Corporation

Year of publication: 2008

This report explores the link between housing and economic development, making a number of recommendations for a more integrated approach. It warns that developing housing in isolation from the wider economic context may lead to issues of segregation, concentrations of poverty, and a mismatch between housing and local demand.

Topic: Economy, Placemaking, Regeneration

Type: Report

Maximising the local impact of anchor institutions: a case study of Leeds City Region

David Devins, Jeff Gold, George Boak, Robert Garvey and Paul Willis

Year of publication: 2017

This report looks at anchor institutions in Leeds City Region, examining how the impact of these big spenders can be maximised for the region as a whole.

Topic: Anchor institutions, Economy, Placemaking

Type: Report

Investigating the potential increase in health costs due to a decline in access to greenspace: an exploratory study

Natural England

Year of publication: 2016

This study explores the link between the availability of green spaces and the quantity of physical exercise people take, and consequently the impact this has on health and the economy.

Topic: Economy, Environment, Health, Infrastructure, Urban design

Type: Report

Placemaking and value

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Year of publication: 2016

This report analyses the design features and delivery mechanisms of large-scale residential schemes through five case studies. The case studies focus on residential-led, mixed-use urban extension schemes that have created entirely new places with their own sense of identity.

Topic: Infrastructure, Placemaking, Urban design

Type: Report

Home Truths

National Housing Federation

Year of publication: 2018

Home Truths is the Federation’s look at the housing market in England.

Topic: Economy, Value

Type: Data

Cities Unlimited: Making urban regeneration work

Tim Leunig and James Swaffield for Policy Exchange

Year of publication: 2007

This is the third report in a series by Policy Exchange looking at cities policy.

Topic: Economy, Placemaking, Regeneration

Type: Report