All over Europe post-Second World War large-scale housing estates
face physical, economic, social and cultural problems. This book
presents the key findings of a major EU-funded research programme
into the restructuring of twenty-nine large-scale housing estates
in Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern Europe. Policy and
practice between and within the ten countries studied - UK, the
Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy,
Spain, and France - is compared. While existing literature focuses
on the negative aspects of large-scale housing estates, this book
starts from the premise that the estates can be transformed into
attractive places to live and focuses on the possibilities of
sustainability and renewal through social, physical and policy
actions. Specifically, the book explains the origins and nature of
contemporary problems on the estates; examines which policy
objectives, measures and processes have had the greatest impact;
assesses and compares a wide range of local, regional and national
initiatives; discusses current ideas and philosophies, such as
'place making' and 'collaborative planning' that are likely to
influence future policy and practice and provides good practice
guidance for neighbourhood sustainability and renewal. Written by a
multi-national team of experts and drawing on original fieldwork,
the book provides unique comparative insights into the present and
future position of large-scale housing estates in Europe.
Restructuring large-scale housing estates in Europe is an
invaluable resource for a wide audience of academics, researchers,
students and policy makers in the fields of housing, urban studies,
community studies, regeneration, planning and social policy.
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