What is the aim of regeneration
Create a legacy of increased income and employment and decrease in poverty and deprivation
What areas do we need to focus on during regeneration
Economic change
Demographic stability with social progress
Improvements in the living environment
Measures of deprivation
Economic - income, poverty, employment by census data
Social - demographic changes, reduction in deprivation, measured by qualitative data
Environmental - quality of housing, air pollution, derelict land, measured via photos/pollution indicator
Regeneration in Barking and Dagenham
Beam park - create 40000m^2 of workspace, large social focus
Dagenham dock - previously derelict land is now a sustainable bussiness area
Gascogne estate - most deprived estate in the area. 1500 new affordable houses and services
What factors may change the perception of regeneration success
Age, gender, ethnicity, personal attachments, personal preference, personal experience and media coverage
Urban regeneration strategies London
Private investment created many jobs in Westfield Stratford
Public sector investment provided large amounts of improved facilities that supported communiti3s in the area of the Olympic park
Public-private partnership developedment improved the dock land area
Why didn’t the private sector fund the 2012 Olympics
High cost/risk that firms were not willing to take on
Very social focus and limited profit focus
Why did the public sector not fund Westfield development
Designed to make profit and had very limited social impacts
Pros of the Olympic park regeneration
Jobs were created
Affordable housing was created
Cons of the Olympic park regeneration
Social housing was replaced with luxury housing creating displacement,
207 companies were moved and displaced to allow for development
Short term environmental concerns due to pollution
