Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables, figures and boxes
- Preface
- Notes on contributors
- one Restructuring large housing estates in European cities: an introduction
- two Large housing estates in Europe: a contemporary overview
- three Place making and large estates: theory and practice
- four Large housing estates in their historical context
- five Privatisation and after
- six Tackling social cohesion in ethnically diverse estates
- seven Social mix and social perspectives in post-war housing estates
- eight On physical determinism and displacement effects
- nine Who leaves Sweden’s large housing estates?
- ten Demolition of large housing estates: an overview
- eleven Building partnerships in Spanish and Italian regeneration processes
- twelve Local participation in Spain and the Netherlands
- thirteen Fighting unemployment on large housing estates: an example from Sweden
- fourteen Feelings of insecurity and young people in housing estates
- fifteen Restructuring large housing estates: does gender matter?
- sixteen Knowledge management and enhanced policy application
- seventeen Conclusions
- Appendix The context of this edited volume
- Index
eleven - Building partnerships in Spanish and Italian regeneration processes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables, figures and boxes
- Preface
- Notes on contributors
- one Restructuring large housing estates in European cities: an introduction
- two Large housing estates in Europe: a contemporary overview
- three Place making and large estates: theory and practice
- four Large housing estates in their historical context
- five Privatisation and after
- six Tackling social cohesion in ethnically diverse estates
- seven Social mix and social perspectives in post-war housing estates
- eight On physical determinism and displacement effects
- nine Who leaves Sweden’s large housing estates?
- ten Demolition of large housing estates: an overview
- eleven Building partnerships in Spanish and Italian regeneration processes
- twelve Local participation in Spain and the Netherlands
- thirteen Fighting unemployment on large housing estates: an example from Sweden
- fourteen Feelings of insecurity and young people in housing estates
- fifteen Restructuring large housing estates: does gender matter?
- sixteen Knowledge management and enhanced policy application
- seventeen Conclusions
- Appendix The context of this edited volume
- Index
Summary
Introduction
In Chapter Three, it was argued that the political paradigm on which the large estates were built – characterised by dirigiste state-led provision of many public goods and services, including housing – had been superseded by a new paradigm characterised by the participation of a wider array of stakeholders – government, business and civil society – between whom power was (unevenly) distributed. In other words, the system of ‘government’ that evolved during the certainty engendered by economic growth following the Second World War had been displaced by a new, flexible form of multi-agency ‘governance’ more attuned to the uncertainties of a period of social, economic and political change.
The focus of this chapter is a comparative study of contemporary urban governance practices – that is, the multi-agency, decision-making dynamics that provide the context within which the large estates currently develop – taking into account four different local scenarios in Spain and Italy. These scenarios are: Community Development Plans (CDPs) in Sant Roc and Trinitat Nova (Barcelona, Spain), the Villaverde-Usera Investment Plan (VUIP) (Madrid, Spain) (see Pareja Eastaway et al, 2003, 2004 for a complete description of the Spanish case studies) and Paolo Pini Hospital in Comasina (Milan, Italy) (see Mezzetti et al, 2003, and Zajczyk et al, 2004 for a complete description of the Italian case study). This chapter presents our analysis of the main issues, the implications, conditions, and difficulties in building the praxis of urban governance, with the main focus on the players’ involvement in the process of partnership in the case study estates.
Our analysis provides a set of variables that could account for the positive or negative outcomes of certain partnerships. In spite of the specific characteristics of these four scenarios, the comparison of different models of partnership has allowed us to identify some of the explanatory variables and mechanisms underlying the process of the players’ involvement.
Two features have to be taken into account in the comparison of these projects: first, Spain and Italy belong to the South of Europe; second, the four programmes are on different local scales. Sant Roc and Trinitat Nova form part of a regional programme at neighbourhood level; VUIP covers two districts of the city; and a local micro-project has started for the revitalisation of the neighbourhood of Comasina.
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- Restructuring Large Housing Estates in Europe , pp. 211 - 230Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2005