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In this paper, the role of property development in city revitalization is considered. Case study material is used to analyze the changing organizational nature of property development, especially the interrelationships between property developers and the traditional purveyors of urban policy: Local authorities. It is shown how the property industry is dependent on the development of organizational capacities with public authorities in a manner not anticipated by the rhetoric of central government, a rhetoric which has pushed the property-led approach as an alternative to development by, and through, the public sector. In contrast to this view, illustrative material is presented which indicates how property-led development is highly dependent on the public sector. Also illustrated is how the process of property-led regeneration has the capacity to undermine a range of local, community, interests in areas affected by redevelopment schemes, a situation which has been exacerbated by the prioritization of the shorter-term development goals of the property industry. In conclusion, it is noted that property-led approaches to regeneration, although a necessary component of urban revitalization, are neither a sufficient nor an adequate response to the multiple tasks involved in the revitalization of cities.

THE AUTHORS ANALYZE THE KEY INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN URBAN RENEWAL POLICIES AND PROCESSES OF LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BRITAIN. THEY CONSIDER THE DIRECT DISTRIBUTIVE COSTS OF URBAN REGENERATION STRATEGIES AND ARGUE THAT CONTEMPORARY URBAN POLICY NOT ONLY FAILS TO ADDRESS MANY OF THE STRATEGIC ISSUES CONNECTED TO THE DISTRIBUTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF POLICY BUT IS IMPLICATED IN CREATING AND EXTENDING SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIVISIONS IN BRITISH CITIES. THEY ILLUSTRATE THESE THEMES BY PRESENTING A CASE STUDY OF URBAN REGENERATION IN CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES. THEY FOCUS ON HOW THE REGENERATION PLANS OF THE CARDIFF BAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ARE ALTERING THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN CARDIFF'S MOST IMPORTANT MANUFACTURING AREA. THE RESEARCH SUPPORTS AN EMERGING LITERATURE SUGGESTING THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF URBAN POLICY IS PARTIAL, DIVISIVE, AND OFTEN INSENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF A RANGE OF LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Argues that contemporary urban policy not only fails to address many of the strategic issues connected to the distributive consequences of policy, but is implicated in creating and extending socio-econmic divisions in British cities. Illustrates these themes by presenting a case study of urban regeneration in Cardiff. (Abstract amended)

In the last decade access for disabled people to public buildings has become an important part of the political agenda. Yet, one of the main forms of discrimination which still persists against disabled people is an inaccessible built environment. In particular, statutory authorities have been slow to acknowledge the mobility and access needs of disabled people, and the legislative base to back up local authority policies remains largely ineffectual and weak. In this paper, the interrelationships between disability and the built environment are considered by focusing on the role of the UK land-use planning system in securing access provision for disabled people.