UrbanBuzz
Building sustainable communities
FRESH EYES FOR
URBAN REGENERATION
Project title
Project summary
Fresh Eyes for Urban Regeneration
The aim is to look at an emerging urban regeneration
challenge (in this case, the site of the former Royal
Docks at Deptford in Lewisham, South London) but
to ensure that those doing the looking are not just
from the academic disciplines normally involved, to
see whether fresh perspectives emerge.
Lead organisation
British Urban Regeneration
Association (BURA)
Project coordinator
Gareth Potts
Contact details
T: 07792 817156 / 0207 5394046
gareth@bura.org.uk
Website
www.bura.org.uk
Project value
£32,940 grant plus £16,926
contribution in kind
Start/end dates
1/9/07 to 1/5/08
Project partners
Academic and community
participation in events
UrbanBuzz project monitor
Chris Anderson
c.e.anderson@uel.ac.uk
A first stage day event has been held where 24
academics were shown around a site in Creekside
and given some background. Thereafter, they
discussed the types of recommendations their
disciplines could make (based on things they know)
or would make (based on the type of approach
they take). These will be a representatives from
various disciplines: cultural studies; philosophy;
microeconomics; systems thinking; futures/scenarios
work; environmental and community psychologists;
anthropologists and political scientists.
This process will then be repeated for a second
traditional group – planners, economic geographers,
architects, urban designers, urban sociologists,
property developers (estates management), civil
engineers and transport experts. There will then be
an event for local community groups.
Finally, all of the groups will be brought together
and their respective solutions will be discussed –
the focus being upon how different groups and
perspectives can work together and contribute.