1st Edition

Regenerating the Inner City Glasgow's Experience

Edited By David Donnison, Alan Middleton Copyright 1987
358 Pages
by Routledge

358 Pages
by Routledge

358 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1987, Regenerating the Inner City looks at the changes to Glasgow’s East End and how industrial closures and slum clearance projects have caused people to leave. This is reflected across the western world, and causes severe blows to cities where these industries are located. The book draws on Glasgow’s Eastern Area Renewal Scheme, the first big urban renewal project in... Read more

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Part I: The Setting

1. Glasgow and its East End, Alan Middleton

2. Continuity, Change and Contradiction in Urban Policy, Ivan Turok

Part II: The GEAR Project

3. Urban Renewal and the Origin of Gear, Urlan Wannop and Roger Leclerc

4. Jobs and Incomes, Andrew A. McArthur

5. Public Housing, David Clapham and Keith Kintrea

6. Rehabilitating Older Housing, Duncan Maclennan

7. New Owner-Occupied Housing, Duncan Maclennan

8. Some Environmental Considerations, Shiela T. McDonald

9. Access to the Health Services, Isobel M.L. Robertson

10. Leisure and Recreation, Alan Middleton and David Donnison

11. Transport and Communications, D. Miller Allan

12. The Management of GEAR, Urlan Wannop and Roger Leclerc

Part III: Wider Perspectives

13. Lessons for Local Economic Policy, Ivan Turok

14. A Strategy for Education, Jean Forbes

15. Conclusions, David Donnison

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Biography

David Donnison, Alan Middleton