The Thames Gateway: Alive and well?

The subject of this chapter differs from other contributions focusing on recognised urban entities, in that it deals with a place that is a political construction rather than a physical reality. We are also dealing with a place that has yet to undergo its own urban renaissance, and may not necessari...

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Published inUrban Design and the British Urban Renaissance pp. 244 - 260
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2010
Subjects
SEEDA
Secretary Of State
BNP
Regional Development Agencies
Jonathan Glancey
DCLG 2008b
High Speed Rail Corridor
LDA
IBA
BRITISH WATERWAYS
East Thames Corridor
Trust
Insurance Issue
THAMES GATEWAY KENT
Thames Gateway
UDC
Thames Estuary
Strategic Urban Design
London Riverside
Overhead Power Lines
Single Regeneration Budget Challenge Fund
GLA
Keynes
Phoenix Project
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Summary:The subject of this chapter differs from other contributions focusing on recognised urban entities, in that it deals with a place that is a political construction rather than a physical reality. We are also dealing with a place that has yet to undergo its own urban renaissance, and may not necessarily achieve this end as a total project. The Thames Gateway therefore needs to be contextualised rather differently, as a plan rather than as a place. Moreover, there has been, and continues to be, considerable political will to bring the plan into existence and to champion it as an urban renaissance success story.
ISBN:9780415443043
0415443040
0415443032
9780415443036
DOI:10.4324/9780203869208-25