Policy Press
Six Attempts at regeneration
Abstract
This chapter explores the policy responses, cataloguing attempts at regeneration, with a particular focus on the initiatives of the 1990s. The Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) was the only current major programme in England by 1999. Nine of the 12 areas had regeneration funding from this source. The examples show both the difficulty of making regeneration an inclusive process and the possibility for change, given sufficient will on the part of local authorities and other partners. Most of the SRB programmes failed to overcome the problem that residents were effectively excluded from real power in the decisions made about their lives. The SRB was an insufficient basis for regeneration. By the late 1990s, it was evident that a longer-term, more strategic approach to area regeneration was needed, within the context of broader policies to tackle the causes of area decline and polarisation.
Abstract
This chapter explores the policy responses, cataloguing attempts at regeneration, with a particular focus on the initiatives of the 1990s. The Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) was the only current major programme in England by 1999. Nine of the 12 areas had regeneration funding from this source. The examples show both the difficulty of making regeneration an inclusive process and the possibility for change, given sufficient will on the part of local authorities and other partners. Most of the SRB programmes failed to overcome the problem that residents were effectively excluded from real power in the decisions made about their lives. The SRB was an insufficient basis for regeneration. By the late 1990s, it was evident that a longer-term, more strategic approach to area regeneration was needed, within the context of broader policies to tackle the causes of area decline and polarisation.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables, figures and boxes viii
- Acknowledgements x
- List of acronyms xii
- Introduction 1
- The 12 disadvantaged areas 15
- Historical poverty and the roots of decline 39
- The 1990s: decline and divergence 67
- Management failure 99
- Social interaction and neighbourhood stigma 111
- Attempts at regeneration 123
- New Labour and neighbourhood renewal 141
- Making a difference? 155
- Getting it together: new money and better partnerships 161
- Drivers of change: population, housing and the economy 175
- New solutions? 191
- The end of Poverty Street? 205
- Bibliography 221
- Index 235
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables, figures and boxes viii
- Acknowledgements x
- List of acronyms xii
- Introduction 1
- The 12 disadvantaged areas 15
- Historical poverty and the roots of decline 39
- The 1990s: decline and divergence 67
- Management failure 99
- Social interaction and neighbourhood stigma 111
- Attempts at regeneration 123
- New Labour and neighbourhood renewal 141
- Making a difference? 155
- Getting it together: new money and better partnerships 161
- Drivers of change: population, housing and the economy 175
- New solutions? 191
- The end of Poverty Street? 205
- Bibliography 221
- Index 235
