4.4C Priorities for regeneration

• sink estates = council housing estate with high levels of social problems, particularly crime
• commuter villages = populated area that is primarily residential rather than commercial or industrial. 
• gated communities = form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances
• Social and economic variations:

  • Areas that need regeneration can be found next to those that have no need of it at all (gated communities next to sink estates)
  • both rural and urban areas there are significant inequalities between places that are often spatially very close.
  • In rural areas, successful, prosperous commuter villages may be only a few miles away from less attractive rural villages suffering population decline and service deprivation