A future for regeneration

Julian DobsonNew Start magazine

>≠∞[we can’t go on like this]

Why not?

AusterityUncertainty

Climate change

Seven regeneration principles for today

1 Sustain success

2 Let go – or get out of the way

3 Recognise communities’ potential

4 Keep tackling inequality

5 Focus on education and skills

6 Promote quality of life and

quality of place

7 Reform the banking system

…but we will have to find

different ways of getting

there

A dozen hints of hope

1 Find a shared language

2 Measure real value, not just GVA

3 Recognise that climate change

changes everything

4 Neighbourhoods are the building blocks

5 Get to grips with the housing market

6 Work is only part of the solution to

poverty

7 Connectedness is at the heart of community

8 Responsiveness must be at the heart of

government

9 Distinctiveness is the future for place

10 The value of the built environment lies in its use

11 Doing good must be at the heart of

doing well

12 The soul of the city is what drives

regeneration

>≠[the same road won’t lead us home]

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