urban stakeholders

• 4 reasons for local people having different opinions on outcomes of regeneration?

  • consultation - if consultation occurs with locals before confirmation more likely to be happy with outcomes of regeneration
  • integration - if companies outside the local area develop plans, local people sceptical about impact of regeneration
  • timescale
  • jobs - align with skill set of people that lost their jobs to deindustrialisation
• urban strategies regeneration - Salford Quays

  • in 1980s Salford Docklands dominated by derelict warehouses and infrastructure
  • series of redevelopment plans saw improved leisure facilities like, Imperial War Museum and BBC and ITV acquiring office space as part of £550 million media city development
  • most agree there is visual improvement but local people question aspects as post modern architecture that dominates skyline has been lost
• urban strategies regeneration - Salford Quays (2)

  • new apartments are too expensive for locals with 2 bedroom flat overlooking waterfront starts at £400,000 in 2020
  • many of new jobs in media city were taken by people just relocating to area
• the different stakeholders that will assess impact of change regeneration are?

  • local authorities - use statistics like IMD to judge success of regeneration
  • national government/authorities - monitor internal and international migration to fill job opportunities
  • local residents -
  • local businesses - likely to welcome regeneration as it boosts there business
  • developers - analyse success in purely monetary terms
• how lived experiences affect each stakeholder?

  • local authorities - some members of local authority may be locals in the authority and want to make a better difference for the area
  • national governments/authorities - little lived experience
  • local residents - long term connection people will want to see little drastic change
  • local businesses - long history businesses in the area may feel threatened by new businesses
  • developers - little emotional attachment to an area as they have no lived experience