“Keeping Dalston Different”: Defending Place-Identity in East London

Gethin Davison, Kim Dovey and Ian Woodcock

Planning Theory & Practice, 2012, vol. 13, issue 1, 47-69

Abstract: Urban intensification is a key planning strategy in the UK, but one that is frequently resisted by local residents objecting to transformations of urban character. This paper is concerned with the factors that underlie such resistance, and with the opportunities for addressing them through the planning process. The paper relates a case-study of the East London district of Dalston where a mixed-use redevelopment project, strongly supported by local authorities, was fiercely resisted by residents who claimed that the existing character of the locality was being violated. Reflecting on the case through theories of place, gentrification, and planning process, we argue that resident resistance was not simply a case of self-interested NIMBYism, but a product of important differences in the ways that character was variously constructed and valued by local authorities and community members.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2012.649909

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