Full Description
Public housing estates are disappearing from London's skyline in the name of regeneration, while new mixed-tenure developments are arising in their place. This richly illustrated book provides a vivid interdisciplinary account of the controversial urban policy of demolition and rebuilding amid London's housing crisis and the polarisation between the city's have-nots and have-lots.
Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interviews with over 180 residents living in some of the capital's most deprived areas, Watt shows the dramatic ways that estate regeneration is reshaping London, fuelling socio-spatial inequalities via state-led gentrification. Foregrounding resident experiences and perspectives both before and during regeneration, he examines class, place belonging, home and neighbourhood, and argues that the endless regeneration process results in degeneration, displacement and fragmented communities.
Contents
Introduction
PART I: Policy analysis and research context
Housing policy: the rise and fall of public housing
Urban policy: estate regeneration
The research boroughs and their estates
PART II: Estates before regeneration
Marginalisation and inclusion
Valued places
Devalued places
PART III: Living through regeneration
Beginnings
Degeneration
Displacement
Resistance
Aftermaths
Conclusion
Appendix A: Methodology
Appendix B: Profile of interviewees
