Offers critical discussion of how urban renewal policies impact upon communities, using international case studies
Stimulates upper lever undergraduates and masters students with policy and planning analysis, using a range of theoretical approaches and concepts
Combines multiple perspectives in one volume, highlighting the value of community participation and holistic understandings of urban renewal

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Foreword.- Introduction.- Chapter 1 Gentrification and displacement.- Chapter 2 London's Railway Neighbourhoods.- Chapter 3 Community perceptions of Urban Regeneration.- Chapter 4 Market modernization and the sense of place lost in transformation.- Chapter 5 New East Manchester? Historicizing health, wellness, and the working class body to resist gentrification.- Chapter 6 Developing A Community Land Trust for The Right To The City.- Chapter 7 Participatory Citymaking.- Chapter 8 A Tale of Two Neighbourhoods in Hong Kong.- Chapter 9 Citizen Participation and Public Funding in Ohio.- Chapter 10 Community led Social Housing Regeneration.- Chapter 11 The need for holistic community development in sites of neighbourhood change.- Chapter 12 How NGO's help Haitians find a Sense of Community.- Chapter 13 Colonial Heritage Conservation in Contemporary Qindao, China (Xiaolin Zang).- Chapter 14 Urban Labs as a new form of Participation and Governance.- Conclusion and Directions for Future Research.