THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS: A CASE STUDY OF LOCAL ECONOMIC REGENERATION IN BRITAIN

In: Policy & politics: advancing knowledge in public and social policy, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 213-226

Abstract

THE AUTHORS ANALYZE THE KEY INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN URBAN RENEWAL POLICIES AND PROCESSES OF LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BRITAIN. THEY CONSIDER THE DIRECT DISTRIBUTIVE COSTS OF URBAN REGENERATION STRATEGIES AND ARGUE THAT CONTEMPORARY URBAN POLICY NOT ONLY FAILS TO ADDRESS MANY OF THE STRATEGIC ISSUES CONNECTED TO THE DISTRIBUTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF POLICY BUT IS IMPLICATED IN CREATING AND EXTENDING SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIVISIONS IN BRITISH CITIES. THEY ILLUSTRATE THESE THEMES BY PRESENTING A CASE STUDY OF URBAN REGENERATION IN CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES. THEY FOCUS ON HOW THE REGENERATION PLANS OF THE CARDIFF BAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ARE ALTERING THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN CARDIFF'S MOST IMPORTANT MANUFACTURING AREA. THE RESEARCH SUPPORTS AN EMERGING LITERATURE SUGGESTING THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF URBAN POLICY IS PARTIAL, DIVISIVE, AND OFTEN INSENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF A RANGE OF LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS.