Birmingham: whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring

Barber, Austin; Hall, Stephen

doi:10.1080/01442870802159871

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“…The programme had two main elements, both led by the public sector: development of several flagship projects (a convention centre and symphony hall, sporting arena and four-star hotel complex) and associated environmental improvements in the area including rejuvenation of the canal networks, creation of public squares and extensive pedestrianization. The public sector investment was followed in the 1990s and the current decade by extensive private sector investment in commercial and retail projects such as Brindleyplace and the Bullring (Henry et al, 2002;Barber & Hall, 2008).…”

Section: Planning and Regeneration Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Regeneration and Socio-economic Sustainability: A Role for Established Small Food Outlets

Weingaertner

Barber

2010

European Planning Studies

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In recent years, the challenges of urban regeneration and sustainability have been brought together in discourses concerning the re-shaping of inner-city districts of large cities. Currently, sustainable development in regeneration policies is mostly dominated by the environmental dimension and qualities of the built environment, with some focus on the more easily quantifiable aspects of social and economic dimensions. There is, however, limited discussion about integrating socio-economic aspects of sustainable regeneration in the literature. This paper presents a critical exploration of the role of the existing small business base in facilitating more sustainable urban re-development from a socio-economic standpoint. Indigenous food outlets in Birmingham's Eastside district-a re-development initiative branded as exemplar of sustainable urban development-are used to illustrate the role of small businesses in the dayto-day life of districts undergoing regeneration. The paper reflects on challenges and benefits from retaining and supporting established businesses throughout the re-development process and concludes with some reflections on lessons learnt from the case study. It argues that planners, policy-makers and developers should accord greater attention to the role of established businesses to foster urban districts that strive towards integrating aspects of socio-economic sustainability.

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Section: Planning and Regeneration Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Regeneration and Socio-economic Sustainability: A Role for Established Small Food Outlets

Weingaertner

Barber

2010

European Planning Studies

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“…Reasons for creating pedestrian areas included: control of traffic and pollution; conservation of the architectural tissue; beautification of the environment; achievement of meaningful social spaces; and less flow of trade to competing towns and suburban shopping centres. In some medieval city centres, banning traffic was the only choice as vehicular movement, which boomed in the post-war period, was entirely incompatible with the narrow Downloaded by [UQ Library] at 19:01 17 September 2017 and winding street patterns (Turner and Giannopoulos 1974;Pressman 1987;TEST 1988;Barber and Hall 2008;Hass-Klau 2014).…”

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Barriers to the pedestrianization of city centres: perspectives from the Global North and the Global South

Parajuli

Pojani

2017

Journal of Urban Design

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Drawing on personal interviews with local planners, this paper examines barriers to the pedestrianization of city centres in two contrasting settings, one in a Global North city (Brisbane, Australia) and the other in a Global South city (Kathmandu, Nepal). These cases are illuminating because Brisbane already contains a popular three-block pedestrian mall in its CBD (Central Business District), but proposals to expand it have not met with support, whereas Kathmandu's plans to pedestrianize its busy historic centre have failed so far. While the cultural and economic circumstances of Brisbane and Kathmandu vary significantly, there are similarities as well as differences in their barriers to pedestrianization. The barriers include: (1) opposition from residents and motorists; (2) opposition from local merchants; (3) cost recovery; (4) access of delivery vehicles; (5) management of alternative transport and parking; (6) enforcement; and (7) institutional and political support. These types of barriers are certainly not unique to these two cities. It is very probable that similar issues are encountered in other Global North and Global South cities. It is clear that political, institutional and social barriers are more significant than technical and financial barriers. A dominating car culture is responsible for the general lack of commitment to pedestrianization.

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“…Birmingham and the West Midlands, for example, has suffered over the last 40 years from a dramatic process of deindustrialisation and relative economic decline. The impact of the latter was highlighted by Barber and Hall (2008) who stressed that Birmingham's poor performance from the late 1960s was indicative of long-term structural decline rather than cyclical factors, with significant contributors to decline including an over-concentration on the automotive sector-much of which shifted overseas-as well as low levels of investment and productivity.…”

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Manufacturing reshoring and its limits: the UK automotive case

Bailey¹,

Propris²

2014

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

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This paper explores the meaning of reshoring and its drivers in the case of UK manufacturing and in particular its automotive sector. Drawing on interviews, policy reviews and a range of recent surveys, the paper finds that while reshoring is a discernable trend in UK manufacturing, it is less pronounced than many have claimed and that-in the UK case at least-there are severe limits as to how far this reshoring trend can go, particularly in relation to the availability of skills and finance in the supply chain. This in turn raises questions over the stance of British policy and whether more could be done, with comparisons made to US experience.

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Birmingham: whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring

Cited by 36 publications

References 13 publications

Urban Regeneration and Socio-economic Sustainability: A Role for Established Small Food Outlets

Urban Regeneration and Socio-economic Sustainability: A Role for Established Small Food Outlets

Barriers to the pedestrianization of city centres: perspectives from the Global North and the Global South

Manufacturing reshoring and its limits: the UK automotive case

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