Partnership, Collaborative Planning and Urban Regeneration

For anyone who wants to understand the changing economic role of cities, and the contribution of partnership and collaboration towards their regeneration, this book is essential reading. John McCarthy extends our understanding by comparing the evidence from England and Scotland and with a detailed exploration of the transformation of Dundee from an industrial to an entrepreneurial city.'Nick Bailey, Professor of Regeneration, University of Westminster UK.This is an excellent analysis of modern urban regeneration processes and their outcomes. By means of in-depth local case studies McCarthy contrasts the fragmented property/industry-led and tourism/culture-led approaches to regeneration with the more the recent holistic approaches. The strength of this book is that not only does it provide an authoritative account of recent experience in Dundee; but it uses this evidence to develop insights, which make a valuable contribition to the growing body of theory on urban regeneration.Chris Couch, Professor of Urban Planning, Liverpool John Moores University UKApproaches to urban regeneration have changed dramatically throughout Europe and the USA over recent decades, drawing on notions of public-private partnership, growth coalitions and local spatial alliances. In this engaging book John McCarthy provides critical consideration of such theories in terms of their application to practice. He shows how these notions are used to explain the nature and underlying processes of urban development and to further objectives for urban regeneration. To test their applicability, he examines the case of Dundee, including the role of the Dundee Partnership, a model for many aspects of partnership working. The resulting conclusions suggest ways in which the practice of urban regeneration can be improved in terms of inclusion, equity and sustainability.Contents: Partnership, collaborative planning and urban regeneration; Theoretical frameworks; Urban regeneration policy in Engl Urban regeneration policy in Scotl The city and its regions; Property-led approaches; Whitfield; a peripheral estate; Holistic regeneration approaches; Conclusion; Index.About the Author: John McCarthy is Reader in Urban Studies at the Heriot-Watt University, UK.