Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability: Best Practice from European Cities

• provides a comprehensive European perspective, comparing case studies across five cities and identifying best practice in sustainable urban regeneration by focusing on social sustainability
• defines and shows how social sustainability (a key aspect in sustainable development) can be assessed, measured and monitored within urban regeneration projects
• takes a real estate ‘institutional’ focus by examining the role of key stakeholders within the property development industry and the public sector
• examines detailed studies of urban regeneration projects in Spain (Sant Adria de Besos), Italy (Turin), Netherlands (Rotterdam), Germany (Leipzig), and the UK (Cardiff).
• sets the research in the context of the recent economic recession and the growth of responsible investment (RI) and corporate responsibility (CR) agendas of investors and developers.
• is based on a major three year independent, funded programme of research through the European Investment Bank’s EIBURS programme