Beschreibung:
Using original interviews with estate residents in London, Watt provides a vivid account of estate regeneration and its impacts on marginalised communities in London, showing their experiences and perspectives. He demonstrates the dramatic impacts that regeneration and gentrification can have on socio-spatial inequality.
IntroductionPART I: Policy analysis and research contextHousing policy: the rise and fall of public housingUrban policy: estate regenerationThe research boroughs and their estatesPART II: Estates before regenerationMarginalisation and inclusionValued placesDevalued placesPART III: Living through regenerationBeginningsDegenerationDisplacementResistanceAftermathsConclusionAppendix A: MethodologyAppendix B: Profile of interviewees