Remaking London : decline and regeneration in urban culture
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Remaking London : decline and regeneration in urban culture
（International library of human geography, 19）
I.B. Tauris, 2013
- : HB
- : PB
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-236) and index
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: HB ISBN 9781780763071
Description
Between the slum clearances of the early twentieth century and debates about the post-Olympic city, the drive to 'regenerate' London has intensified. Yet today, with a focus on increasing land values, regeneration schemes purporting to foster diverse and creative new neighbourhoods typically displace precisely the qualities, activities and communities they claim to support. In Remaking London Ben Campkin provides a lucid and stimulating historical account of urban regeneration, exploring how decline and renewal have been imagined and realised at different scales. Focussing on present-day regeneration areas that have been key to the capital's modern identity, Campkin explores how these places have been stigmatised through identification with material degradation, and spatial and social disorder. Drawing on diverse sources - including journalism, photography, cinema, theatre, architectural design, advertising and television - he illuminates how ideas of decline drive urban change.
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: PB ISBN 9781780763088
Description
Between the slum clearances of the early twentieth century and debates about the post-Olympic city, the drive to 'regenerate' London has intensified. Yet today, with a focus on increasing land values, regeneration schemes purporting to foster diverse and creative new neighbourhoods typically displace precisely the qualities, activities and communities they claim to support. In Remaking London Ben Campkin provides a lucid and stimulating historical account of urban regeneration, exploring how decline and renewal have been imagined and realised at different scales. Focussing on present-day regeneration areas that have been key to the capital's modern identity, Campkin explores how these places have been stigmatised through identification with material degradation, and spatial and social disorder. Drawing on diverse sources - including journalism, photography, cinema, theatre, architectural design, advertising and television - he illuminates how ideas of decline drive urban change.
Richly illustrated and engagingly written, Remaking London is both a compelling account of contested sites from the capital's recent history and a powerful critique of the contradictions of contemporary regeneration.
Table of Contents
Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
1. Slum Spectacle 19
2. Life in the Ruins 37
3. Regeneration ad nauseam 57
4. Sink Estate Spectacle 77
5. Crisis and Creativity 105
6. Ornament from Grime 127
7. Burial and Bioremediation 149
Conclusion 163
Notes 169
Bibliography 215
Index 237
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