Information and Communication Technologies and their Role in Urban Regeneration

Alan Southern and Alan Townsend
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Alan Southern: University of Liverpool Management School, Liverpool, UK
Alan Townsend: International Centre for Regional Regeneration and Development Studies, Wolfson Research Institute, University of Durham, UK

Local Economy, 2005, vol. 20, issue 3, 266-279

Abstract: The idea that information and communication technologies (ICT) can provide a means to regenerate deprived urban areas is still a relatively new concept in the United Kingdom. There is in fact little empirical evidence to demonstrate what actually happens when ICT projects are designed with regeneration in mind. A case study of ICT regeneration is examined here, one funded through the Single Regeneration Budget and operational in an urban area in the North East of England. What became apparent during this study is how the changing policy environment meant other types of ICT initiative came on-stream before the project could firmly establish a position within its community. The authors challenge the logic of this form of activity and demonstrate that even when there seems to be a need to support ICT-led development the sustainability of such projects is highly problematic.

Keywords: Information and communication technologies; regeneration; Sunderland; policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1080/02690940500191109

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