Urban regeneration in Glasgow: looking to the past to build the future? the case of the ‘New Gorbals’

Julie Clark, Valerie Wright

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    Abstract

    The Gorbals area of Glasgow, Scotland, is widely regarded as a successful example of urban regeneration. However, this neighbourhood, like many similar working-class urban areas, has been subjected to repeated cycles of renewal. This chapter seeks to explore the history of a ‘successful’ regeneration, looking both spatially and socially at what has happened in Glasgow’s Gorbals over the long term. In the past, ‘regeneration’ was often a process enacted on behalf of residents by planners, architects and municipal authorities. We posit a multi-method approach, tracking changing policy ambitions, physical change, and exploring the resulting physical and social environments in order to investigate the complex inter-relations between space, place, community and time. The authors argue for the centrality of the narratives of those who have lived in the area both in the past and today in any assessment of relative ‘success’.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationUrban Renewal, Community and Participation
    Subtitle of host publicationTheory, Policy and Practice
    EditorsJulie Clark, Nicholas Wise
    PublisherSpringer International Publishing AG
    Chapter3
    Pages45-70
    Number of pages26
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-72311-2
    ISBN (Print)978-3-319-72310-5
    Publication statusPublished - 2018

    Publication series

    NameThe Urban Book Series
    PublisherSpringer International Publishing
    ISSN (Print)2365-757X

    Keywords

    • Urban policy
    • Regeneration
    • Community
    • History
    • Narrative
    • Social environment
    • Physical environment
    • Glasgow
    • Neighbourhood
    • Demolition

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