London's Turning

Professor Philip Cohen is based at the Department of Urban Studies and Professor Michael J. Rustin, Department of Sociology London East Research Institute, University of East London, UK

Contents: Preface; Editorial introduction, Philip Cohen and Michael J. Rustin; Part 1 Big Pictures, Small Details: Ex-ports: the laboratory role of London's docklands, Han Meyer; Smokestack: the industrial history of Thames Gateway, John Marriott; 120 years of regeneration, from East London to the Thames Gateway: fluctuations of housing type and city form, William Mann; Daring to plan? Concepts and models of urban regeneration in Thames Gateway, Michael Keith; Thames Gateway oxymorons: some reflections on 'sustainable communities' and neoliberal governance, Massimo De Angelis; Forcing the market, forging community: culture as social construction in the Thames gateway, Andrew Calcutt; Stuff happens: telling the story and doing the business in the making of Thames Gateway, Philip Cohen. Part 2 Case Studies in Urban Change: City to sea: some socio-demographic impacts of change in East London, Tim Butler, Chris Hamnett, Mark Ramsden and Sadiq Mir; Moving to a better place? Geographies of aspiration and anxiety in the Thames Gateway, Paul Watt; Homing in on housing, Penny Bernstock; 'Alright on the night'? Envisioning a 'night time economy' in the Thames Gateway, Karina Berzins and Iain MacRury; From bedsit-land to 'cultural hub': re-generating Southend-on-Sea, Gareth Millington; The Thames Gateway bridge: a new 'solution' to an old problem?, Andrew Blake; The airport next door; London City airport - regeneration, communities and networks, Iain MacRury; Involving local communities in the Thames Gateway developments, Alice Sampson; Blues sky over Bluewater?, Michael Edwards; After London's turning: prospects and legacies for Thames Gateway, Philip Cohen and Miichael J.Rustin; Index.