Spatial Scale and Neighbourhood Regeneration in England: A Case Study of Avon
- 1 October 2003
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
- Vol. 21 (5) , 651-662
- https://doi.org/10.1068/c0233
Abstract
In England and Wales a number of recent urban policy initiatives have been targeted to the electoral ward geography, treating this spatial unit as equivalent to a geography of ‘neighbourhoods’. In this paper we question the assumption implicit to some neighbourhood regeneration schemes that marginalised and socially excluded populations are spatially concentrated at the ward scale. Adopting a recently developed procedure used in studies of ethnic residential segregation, we argue that neighbourhood funding at such a scale is unlikely to be fully effective; what is required is a consistent, fine-scale geography for a fine scale in policy targeting.Keywords
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