Locality, Regeneration and Divers c ities (Advances in Art and Urban Futures (Vol. 1))

this New Series Addresses Art In The Urban Environment. As Cities Gradually Lose The Cultural Connections With Their Industrial Past, Many Seek To Build New, Post-industrial Futures Through Urban Regeneration. Art Projects Frequently Play A Key Role In Cultural Policies That Aim To Re-establish Use Of Redundant Buildings And Regenerate Neglected Neighbourhoods. this Is An International Collection Drawing Together Contributions From A Range Of Practices And Academic Disciplines Around The Themes Of Regeneration, Locality And Sustainability. booknews a Dozen Papers From Seminars Held In 1999 And 2000 At The Universities Of Bath, Plymouth, And Barcelona And Written By Artists, Social Scientists, And Cultural, Social, And Architectural Theorists. The Papers Focus On Themes Of Cultural Regeneration, Locality, And Sustainability In Large Urban Areas (paris, Barcelona, Liverpool) As In Well As Smaller Cities. Reflecting On The Relationship Between Art And Regeneration, They Explore The Boundaries Between Public And Private Space And The Identification Of Public Space Within A Larger Public Realm Of Democracy. Many Of The Papers Are Illustrated By B&w Photos. The Work Has No Index. Distributed By Isbs. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)

As British cities lose the cultural connections with their industrial past, many seek to build new postindustrial futures through urban regeneration. Art projects play a key role in policymaking that aims to regenerate neglected neighbourhoods. This study focuses particularly on the ways in which newlydeveloped cultural institutions tend to be flagships for regeneration the Tate Modern in Southwark is one such example.