Economic Development
Will ‘big regeneration’ return?
Broad-based regeneration schemes are now over, but for how long? Clare Goff discovers some believe the consequences will be too severe not to bring them back
April 2011 saw the end of the broad-based approach that has dominated the last 25 years of UK regeneration when funding for the last large-scale publicly-funded scheme – housing market renewal (HMR) – was pulled.
Rights of way
Fed up with traffic-choked streets, local people in an area of north-west London have drawn up a vision for improving their neighbourhood. Scott Elliot Adams describes how Harlesden’s town charter came about
Harlesden is urban London. It’s hard, full of traffic and has an infamous reputation based on its past. But it’s also vibrant, and full of passionate residents longing to realise the area’s true potential.
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