Regeneration on the waterfront: The processes and effects

This study explores the processes and effects of regeneration in two waterfront areas of London. It does this by examining ideas of community involvement, inclusion and exclusion, and partnerships, and by looking at whether gentrification has occurred and the effects of this. It brings together an array of literature relating to these various facets of the study and then adopts a qualitative approach to explore the differing experiences of regeneration in the case study areas. The findings of the study point to a lack of meaningful community involvement. They also uncover a diversity of impacts of regeneration experienced by local residents, with regard to gentrification, which are intrinsically linked to the processes (and deficiencies) of community involvement. The study highlights the complexities of regeneration in both its processes and effects, which perhaps go beyond current definitions and descriptions of gentrification