Dereliction

• Causation of Dereliction 


  • Been abandoned and become dilapidated 
  • Normally formal industrial sites or rundown housing estates 
  • Also services such as public houses and shops may also have become vacant as areas became subject to urban decline 
• Consequences of Dereliction 


  • Crime and vandalism tend to be higher
  • House prices fall
  • Listed buildings with planning regulations can increase investment needed
  • Contamination from industry can last much longer after gone 
  • Glasgow research links proximity to contaminated sites and low birth weight infants, heat disease, cancer and respiratory disease.
• Management of Dereliction 


  • Regeneration schemes such as UK government led schemes, Urban Development Corporations, City Challenge and City Deals
  • Focus on building on brownfield sites 
  • Benefits improve physical environment and preserves greenfield land
  • Disadvantages - greater costs and higher traffic congestion.
• Dereliction in London 


  • Some derelict buildings provide a fascinating look at architectural past
  • Lambeth Hospital shit in 1976. Much of the original workhouse was demolished, although the water tower survived but lay derelict. Some of the more modern hospital buildings remained in a derelict condition until it was cleared for a new housing development. The former workhouse administrative block is now a museum.