Review article
https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.50.2.5
Urban regeneration effects on industrial heritage and local community – Case study: Leeds, UK
Jasna Cizler
orcid.org/0000-0003-0109-3862
; PhD student at Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban Studies, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract
The paper examines the current policy, practices and the outcome of urban
regeneration in Leeds, with a special focus on the industrial heritage of the city.
It uses a critical and analytical problem-oriented approach. Due to its architectural,
social, historical and technological significance, industrial heritage is a recognised
factor of the identity of many cities today and is often associated with interests of the
local community. As a former industrial city, Leeds has a number of unused industrial
buildings and a lot of potential for developing on this base. Still, as the research
shows, regeneration projects mostly focus on the promotion of commercial facilities
and attempt to attract primarily tourists, students and young professionals to the city.
Regeneration causes effects such as gentrification, lack of public facilities and the local
community involvement and the loss of the sense of place. Some examples of alternative
projects in Leeds are researched and different approaches to the city development
suggested. A holistic and integral approach, oriented towards the needs of the local
community is recognised as a possible direction for the future development.
Keywords
urban regeneration; gentrification; local community; industrial heritage; Leeds
Hrčak ID:
89172
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Publication date:
28.9.2012.
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