Participation in neighbourhood regeneration: achievements of residents in a Dutch disadvantaged neighbourhood

A.B. Teernstra and F.M. Pinkster

Urban Research & Practice, 2016, vol. 9, issue 1, 56-79

Abstract: Despite the fact that resident participation has become central to the Dutch policy discourse on ‘good’ urban planning, it is unclear to what degree new participation mechanisms have created opportunities for residents to actually influence neighbourhood governance and contribute to the improvement of their neighbourhood. This paper explores how residents in the neighbourhood of Transvaal (Amsterdam) have been involved in regeneration since 1999. Although residents have been successful in putting everyday concerns about safety on the agenda and contributed to small-scale improvements of public space, they were unable to contribute to regeneration plans at the scale of the neighbourhood, in particular strategic decisions about state-led gentrification.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2015.1045931

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