The different urban efforts to revitalize urban neighborhoods in the United States and the United Kingdom: comparative case study based on governmental responses focusing on urban neighborhood revitalization

摘要

Many US inner cities that had once experienced enormous growth have suffereddecline in physical, social, and economic respects. This experience has been limited notonly to US urban areas but is also apparent in many UK cities. Because the forces ofurban decline have been similar in both cases, so have efforts to address theirconsequences. Urban policies in each country were implemented to regenerate (UK) orrevitalize (US) inner city areas and neighborhoods.This study focuses on one aspect of urban regeneration/revitalization. Change inhousing characteristics is a key indicator of decline in inner cities, and captures many ofthe social, economic and physical aspects of decline. By examining changes in housingcharacteristics, as well as contextual variables such as poverty, income, andunemployment, this paper examines differences in policy approaches to reversing urbandecline.A comparative case study of neighborhoods in representative urban areas in eachcountry using secondary qualitative and quantitative data provides evidence of how eachcountry's approach resulted in changes to the neighborhood's housing and socialcharacteristics. Interpreting these changes leads to conclusions and implications forcurrent and future policies in each country.