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Demolition for development : a critical analysis of official urban imaginaries in past and present UK cities
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Mah, Alice (2012) Demolition for development : a critical analysis of official urban imaginaries in past and present UK cities. Journal of Historical Sociology, Volume 25 (Number 1). pp. 151-176. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6443.2011.01406.x ISSN 0952-1909.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6443.2011.01406.x
Abstract
This article analyses official urban imaginaries of "demolition for development" in two different UK cities and time periods: 1) the City Improvement Scheme in Birmingham (1875–1914) during a time of rapid industrial growth, and 2) a housing-led neighbourhood regeneration scheme in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne (2000–2011) during a time of post-industrial uncertainty. The concept of the "official urban imaginary" is employed to critically examine assumptions of growth, progress and success within "demolition for development" policies across different times and places. Drawing on both historical and sociological qualitative case study methods, this research contributes to a range of debates on urban regeneration, gentrification, creative destruction, comparative methodology, and imagining the city. The article argues that there is a serious need to rethink urban policy trajectories of property-led regeneration and "planned gentrification", particularly in the post-2008 context of recession.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Urban policy, Urban renewal, Great Britain -- Birmingham -- History -- 19th century, Great Britain -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century, Great Britain -- Newcastle upon Tyne -- History -- 21st century | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Historical Sociology | ||||||
Publisher: | Blackwell | ||||||
ISSN: | 0952-1909 | ||||||
Official Date: | March 2012 | ||||||
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Volume: | Volume 25 | ||||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 151-176 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2011.01406.x | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 December 2015 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 December 2015 | ||||||
Funder: | Sixth Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP6) |
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