UR03a. URBAN REGENERATION COMPANIES (URCs)
(updated: February 17, 2006 )

• Detailed Topic Index / Main Planning bibliographies Index
• For relevant addresses, telephone/fax numbers, email & website addresses see
  PLANNING & PLANNING RELATED ORGANISATIONS
  
• See the Indexes to the Urban Regeneration, etc. bibliographies and in particular:-
• Arts & regen. / BIDS / City Action Trusts / City centres/town centres / City Challenge / City Marketing /
  City Pride / Coalfield regen. / Communities & regen. / CPO / Conservation & Listed bldgs. /
  Crime & social safety / English Partnerships / Enterprise Zones/SPZs / Ethnic minorities & regen. /
  Health, educ. & regen. / Hsg. & regen. / IT & cities / Living Over the Shop (LOTS)/City centre living /
  Local Economic Dev. / N. American UR / Offices / (other) Euro. UR / other developed countries UR / Partnerships /
  Reuse of bldgs. / Social exclusion / Sports stadia / SRB / Third World UR & Urban plg. /
  Urban capacity & densities / Urban Design / UDCs / Urban dev. finance / Urban open space & recreation /
  UR (gen.) / Urban tourism / Urban villages / Waterfront regen.
• and also:
• Central gov / Local gov / Partnerships in the Central & Local Gov context for planning bibliography
• Contaminated Land / Derelict Land / Vacant Land in Planning & Pollution etc. for brownfield sites regen.
• Development Plans: (Regional plg. / Structure plg. / LDDs & LDFs / Local plg. / Unitary Dev. Plans (UDPs),
• Rural emplt. & regen. / Rural settlements / Urban fringe in the Countryside Planning bibliography
• Local plans / Regional Dev. Agencies (RDAs) / Regional plg. / Structure plg. / UDPs in Strategic Planning
• Plg. aid / Plg. conditions / Plg. consultancy / Plg. enforcement / Plg. implementation / Urban Design in
  the Effectiveness of Planning etc. bib'y
• the Sustainable Development bibliography
• Transp. & economic dev. in the Sustainable Urban travel bibliography
• N.B. also the RTPI library catalogue on the web - go to http://www.rtpi.org.uk/library/lib_search.html

  See also these Websites:

• British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA): http://www.bura.org.uk
• BuraNet: http://www.buranet.com
• Business in the Community & British Chambers of Commerce Regeneration Partnership Academcy: http://www.partnershipacademy.org.uk
• Leicester URC: http://www.leicesterregeneration.co.uk
• Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (took over DTLR planning and local government in May 2002): http://www.odpm.gov.uk/
• ODPM Neighbourhood Renewal Site: http://www.neighbourhood.gov.uk/
• Regeneration & Renewal magazine: http://www.regenerationmagazine.com
• Regeneration Update Magazine (ODPM): http://www.urban.odpm.gov.uk/publications/update
• Regeneration website (The Planning Exchange): http://www.regen.net
• Regional Coordination Unit list of Area- Based Initiatives (ABIs): http://www.rcu.gov.uk
• Renewal Net: http://www.renewal.net/
• The Core Cities group: http://www.corecities.com
• Urban Renaissance Toolkit (Local Government Association): http://www.lga.gov.uk
• Urban Summit (Autumn 2002) webpages: http://www.urban.dtlr.gov.uk/whitepaper/summit/index.htm
• URCs Online (English Partnerships): http://www.urcs-online.co.uk
  
  See also these journals (available in the Hallward Library):-
• Built Environment, Cities (Elsevier Science: the International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning),
• Environment and Planning A, The Journal of the American Planning Association,
• Planning Practice and Research, Regional Studies, Town & Country Planning, Town Planning Review
• Urban Studies

OFL = Ordered for Library - please check University Library catalogue for latest on availability:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/

Amion Consulting, 2001, 'Urban Regeneration Companies - Learning the Lessons', report by Amion Consulting for the (former) DTLR, September, and at: http://www.urban.odpm.gov.uk/programmes/urclearn/index.htm

CPR Regeneration, 2004, 'The CPR Regeneration Action Plan' (Camborne, Pool & Redruth, Cornwall), at http://wwwxprregeneration.co.uk

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) (June 1997 - June 2001)
- website: http://www.detr.gov.uk
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)
'Towards an Urban Renaissance: The Report of the Urban Task Force chaired by Lord Rogers of Riverside', Routledge, June 1999. ISBN 1 851121 65X (Executive Summary available from DETR Free Literature, Wetherby and at http://www.detr.gov.uk (OFL on 29.6.99)
'Urban Regeneration Companies: A Process Evaluation', October 2000, http://www.regeneration.detr.gov.uk/research/companies/index.htm
'Our Towns and Cities: The future - Delivering an urban renaissance', November 2000, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=602&heading=Email+Alert

Department for Transport, Local Government & the Regions (DTLR) (June 2001-May 2002)
- website: http://www.dtlr.gov.uk
'Urban Regeneration Companies (URCs) - Learning the Lessons', September 2001, http://www.regeneration.dtlr.gov.uk/urclearn/index.htm
'Urban Regeneration Companies (URCs) - Learning the Lessons (Executive Summary), 2001, http://www.regeneration.dtlr.gov.uk/rs/04200/index.htm

Dewar, 2003, 'Derby's great expectations' (Derby Cityscape URC), Planning 1542, 24.10.03, p14

English Partnerships; publications available from 110 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SB,
tel. (020) 7730 9399, fax. (020) 7730 9612
- website: http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk
(EP & the Investment Property Databank), 'The Urban Regeneration Index', March 2005.

Keyes, John, 2001, 'Tax incentives for urban renewal' (Urban Regeneration Companies), Regeneration & Renewal, 30.11.01, p12

Kochan, Ben & Chapman, Christina, 2001, 'URCs: relying on other bodies to fulfil visions', Urban Environment Today 125, 5.7.01, pp8-9.
Kochan, Ben, 2005, 'Renewal bodies set for judgment day', (ODPM evaluation of URCs), Planning 1622, 4.6.05, pp14-15

Ludmon, Mark, 2003, 'Hull begins battle to change hearts and minds', New Urban Futures 13, 17.4.03, p6

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) (May 2002-)
- website: http://www.odpm.gov.uk
'Gloucester Heritage Urban Regeneration Company', February 2004, http://www.odpm.gov.uk
'Urban Regeneration Companies: Guidance and qualification criteria', May 2005, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=19914&heading=e-mail+alert
'Urban Regeneration Companies Policy Stocktake', May 2005, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=19913&heading=e-mail+alert

Parkinson, Michael & Robson, Brian, 2000, 'Urban Regeneration Companies: A Process Evaluation', (former) DETR, London, October, & c.f. http://www.regeneration.detr.gov.uk/research/companies/index.htm

Robson, Brian, 2001, 'Big questions about URCs remain', Regeneration & Renewal, 14.9.01, p12

Roger Tym & Partners, London:
'Regenerating Leicester: A Masterplan for the City's Renaissance', LRC, Leicester, tel. (o116) 249 3960, July 2003.

• Detailed Topic Index / Main Planning bibliographies Index
• Index to the Urban Regeneration bibliographies
• For relevant addresses, telephone/fax numbers, email & website addresses see
  PLANNING & PLANNING RELATED ORGANISATIONS