London Docklands

London Docklands remains one of the most significant and controversial examples of regeneration both in the UK and internationally. This continued relevance arises as much from the ability of the area to act as a microcosm of wider processes of urban regeneration and change as from the story of regeneration that has evolved over time.

The regeneration of the area received international attention in the 1980s and 1990s during the period of the private-sector led urban regeneration of London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC); however since that data there has been a lack of sustained analysis and comment and little consideration of the legacies and diffusion of ideas from Docklands into current policy and practice.

Telling the story of Docklands regeneration from the 1970s to the present day, Sue Brownill contextualises this experience within broader theories of regeneration and urban change, reflects on the legacies of the project both in the immediate area and within wider discourses of regeneration and considers the diffusion of the ideas from Docklands into national and international regeneration schemes and therefore its lasting significance.

This is the only dedicated up to date account of the regeneration of London Docklands. With a mixture of analytical and theoretical content this book is much more than an empirical account of one area as it applies the lessons of the Docklands experience to the wider debates in urban studies.