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

    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 Britain. The contributors to the volume come from a range of disciplines and form practical conclusions for policy-makers, and community activists. The book uses door-to-door surveys in Glasgow’s east end, and interviews with community groups to gain an authentic understanding of the issue.

    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