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Birmingham: Whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring (2008)
Journal Article
Barber, A., & Hall, S. (2008). Birmingham: Whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring. Policy Studies, 29(3), 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442870802159871

This paper draws together two traditionally distinct discourses that have dominated debates over urban policy responses to economic restructuring, deindustrialisation, major plant closures and the rise of the service and knowledge-based economy over... Read More about Birmingham: Whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring.

Reconciling national, local and neighbourhood imperatives: Ambiguities and contradictions in the regeneration of social housing estates in London and Birmingham (2008)
Book Chapter
Hall, S., & Cunningham-Sabot, E. (2008). Reconciling national, local and neighbourhood imperatives: Ambiguities and contradictions in the regeneration of social housing estates in London and Birmingham. In R. Dodier, A. Rouyer, & R. Sechet (Eds.), Territoires en Action et dans l'action (171-190). France: Presse Universitaire de Rennes

Responding to unpopular social housing in Vaulx en Velin, Greater Lyon: An English perspective (2005)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Hickman, P. (2005). Responding to unpopular social housing in Vaulx en Velin, Greater Lyon: An English perspective. European Journal of Housing Policy, 5(1), 17-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616710500055646

In recent years, in many parts of England and France a mismatch between housing supply and demand has resulted in an increasing number of neighbourhoods experiencing problems of empty properties, depressed house prices and high stock turnover. This p... Read More about Responding to unpopular social housing in Vaulx en Velin, Greater Lyon: An English perspective.

"Bulldozing the North and concreting over the South"? The United Kingdom government’s sustainable communities plan (2004)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Hickman, P. (2004). "Bulldozing the North and concreting over the South"? The United Kingdom government’s sustainable communities plan. https://doi.org/10.4000/geocarrefour.659

This paper provides a critical commentary on the United Kingdom government’s Sustainable Communities Plan, published in February 2003, which addresses two contrasting housing market problems in England: excess demand in the South and low demand in ar... Read More about "Bulldozing the North and concreting over the South"? The United Kingdom government’s sustainable communities plan.

Neighbourhood renewal and urban policy: A comparison of new approaches in England and France (2002)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Hickman, P. (2002). Neighbourhood renewal and urban policy: A comparison of new approaches in England and France. Regional Studies, 36(6), 691-707. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400220146821

This article seeks to re-animate the Anglo-French debate on neighbourhood renewal and urban policy that characterized the mid 1990s. This is appropriate given the apparent similarities between the recent approaches adopted in the two countries. The c... Read More about Neighbourhood renewal and urban policy: A comparison of new approaches in England and France.

Joining it up locally? Area regeneration and holistic government in England (2000)
Journal Article
Mawson, J., & Hall, S. (2000). Joining it up locally? Area regeneration and holistic government in England. Regional Studies, 34(1), 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400050005899

The problems of deprived neighbourhoods have been a concern for government for over 30 years. A plethora of approaches has been adopted: from central-local government partnerships (Urban Programme); to 'top down', market led solutions (Urban Developm... Read More about Joining it up locally? Area regeneration and holistic government in England.

The way forward for regeneration?: Lessons from the single regeneration budget challenge fund (2000)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (2000). The way forward for regeneration?: Lessons from the single regeneration budget challenge fund. Local Government Studies, 26(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930008433974

The Labour government's embryonic local regeneration agenda is considered in the context of lessons from the SRB Challenge Fund inherited from its Conservative predecessor. It is argued that (under the Conservatives): the SRB process was highly centr... Read More about The way forward for regeneration?: Lessons from the single regeneration budget challenge fund.

Continuity and change: A review of English regeneration policy in the 1990s (1999)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Nevin, B. (1999). Continuity and change: A review of English regeneration policy in the 1990s. Regional Studies, 33(5), 477-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343409950081310

The introduction of the Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) in 1994 was a response to a decade of urban policy which was perceived to have had a limited impact upon disadvantaged localities. This failure was due to a focus on property development and to... Read More about Continuity and change: A review of English regeneration policy in the 1990s.