This document discusses urban regeneration in Greater Manchester, focusing on challenges and the case study of New East Manchester. It outlines that urban regeneration aims to resolve urban problems and improve economic, physical, social and environmental conditions through comprehensive visions and actions. Main challenges include loss of purpose, physical decay, complexity of problems, and uncertainty of the future. New East Manchester regenerated over 1,900 hectares east of Manchester City Centre through partnerships and investments, creating jobs, improving housing, education and green spaces. It discusses measuring regeneration's success through sustainable development and community criteria like those in the Egan Wheel.

1. Urban Regeneration
with a focus on Greater
Manchester
Professor Steve Curwell

2. Urban regeneration
Defined as a:
“comprehensive vision and action which
leads to the resolution of urban problems
and which seeks to bring about a lasting
improvement in the economic, physical,
social and environmental conditions of an
area that has been subject to change”
(Roberts and Sykes 2000).

3. Main challenges
• Loss of purpose
• Physical decay
• Complexity of
problems
• Multiplicity of
stakeholders
• Uncertainty of
future

4. Who is it for?
Regeneration Stakeholders
Source: Places Matter
(CABE/ RENEW)
Stakeholder is
anybody who
affects, or can be
affected by
regeneration
activities.

5. Towards Sustainable Urban
Regeneration
Issues:
• Donut of decay and depopulation in most of
the northern UK post-industrial cities
• Knowledge Society, Skills gap & Inter-
competitiveness
• Sustainable development & sustainable
communities
• Hard to reach places and communities.

6. Issues:
• Donut of decay and depopulation in most of
the northern UK post-industrial cities
• Example: New East Manchester
Other examples e.g.: Cottbus and a number
of East German cities
Towards Sustainable Urban
Regeneration

7. • New East Manchester Ltd is a partnership initiative between
Manchester City Council, English Partnerships, North West Development
Agency and the communities of East Manchester
• Encompassing more than 1,900ha extending from the edge of Manchester
City Centre to the eastern boundary of the city, East Manchester presents
an opportunity for investment and regeneration on a scale unprecedented
in an English city
NEW EAST MANCHESTER LTD

8. • 1,900 hectares east of
Manchester City Centre
• Boundaries extended in
2004 to include
Gorton in the South and
Newton Heath in the North
Manchester City Centre
East Manchester
REGIONAL
CONTEXT

9. • Traditional manufacturing base – 60% employment loss 1975-85
• 13% population loss in 1990s
• Collapse in housing market
• 20% vacant properties, negative equity
• Low skills base, high crime/ poor health/ poor community and retail facilities
• Fragile economic base:
• 52% households receive benefit
• 14.2% unemployment
EAST MANCHESTER
CHARACTERISTICS

10. DRIVERS FOR REGENERATION IN
EAST MANCHESTER
• Renaissance of Manchester
• Heritage assets
• Commonwealth Games 2002
• Government Initiatives

11. NEW EAST MANCHESTER LTD ROLE
• Develop and implement the Regeneration Framework
• Lead the physical regeneration of east Manchester
• Market and promote the area
• Co-ordinate and integrate social/community and economic programmes
and initiatives
• New Deal for Communities Single Regeneration Budget
• Education Action Zone Health Action Zone
• Surestart Sports Action Zone
• Ancoats Urban Village
• Housing Market Renewal Fund
• Focus mainstream public funding effectively - £150m per year
• Secure public and private sector resources to deliver the comprehensive
programme

12. Sportcity
A derelict contaminated site
Sportcity
Major visitor destination
New East
Manchester in
2000
New East
Manchester in
2008

13. New East
Manchester in
2000
Central Park
Poor business environment
New East
Manchester in
2008
Central Park
Economic Development

14. New East
Manchester in
2000
Beswick
Housing market collapse
Beswick
Housing Renewal
New East
Manchester in
2008

15. New East
Manchester in
2000
Pedestrian Link to Sportcity
Underused and unsafe
New East
Manchester in
2008
Sportcity link route
Good pedestrian access

16. New East
Manchester in
2000
Bradford Park
Poor quality open space
Bradford Park
Quality green spaces
New East
Manchester in
2008

17. New East
Manchester in
2000
Gorton Monastery
Cultural sites at risk
Gorton Monastery
Restored cultural icon
New East
Manchester in
2008

18. New East
Manchester in
2000
Ancoats Mills
Neglected heritage
New East
Manchester in
2008
Ancoats Mills
Restored heritage

19. Issues:
• Networked Knowledge Society
• Research Examples:
– Intelligent cities project
– SURegen Project
Towards Sustainable Urban
Regeneration

20. “The worldwide computer network - the electronic
agora - subverts, displaces, and radically
redefines our notions of gathering place,
community, and urban life. The Net has a
fundamentally different physical structure, and it
operates under quite different rules from those
that organize the action in the public places of
traditional cities.”
William Mitchell, “City of Bits” (1994)
Networked Knowledge
Society

21. IntelCities IST-507860
FP5 INTELCITY THEMATIC
NETWORK, 01- 02, Euro
300K
1. 10 partners in 6 EU Countries
2. 9 Interactive Workshops + a
major international conference –
Siena, March 02
3. Consultation with stakeholders –
inc 27 cities, 26 ICT companies
80+ research groups balancing
SUD and ICT interests.
4. A roadmap – identifying a range
of Scenarios for the Sustainable
Information City + main steps for
implementation
Sustainable
City Visions
Knowledge
Society
Visions
Integrated Information City VisionVision
Roadmap:
www.scpm.salford.ac.uk/intelcity
Strategic Vision

22. IntelCities IST-507860
Where cities are today
• Importance of e-readiness to competitive advantage
• Most cities have large investments in technology to manage and
deliver planning and regeneration services (legacy).
• Lack of confidence in existing commercial applications -
examples of market failure in delivery of e-gov. systems
• E-planning is as much about using technology to manage back
office processes as it is about public facing services.
• Some ‘city planning services’ are between one part of the city
administration to another or to another public body (e.g. central or
regional government) - so happen without touching the public
interface.
• The common thread is data – most of which is ‘owned’ by the city,
or other public bodies that is contributing in some way to the
planning service(s) being delivered.

23. IntelCities IST-507860
e-City Vision for
enhanced governance
e-City Platform
enables
INTEGRATED
INFORMATION
PROCESSING
providing
BUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE
Citizens
family, old people,
disabled people etc.
Businesses
companies,
professionals,
transport service,
etc.
Government
politicians, public
services officers
Non-Governmental
Organisations
Friends of the Earth,
Human rights etc.
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Intelcities has created and integrated a set of innovative,
e-government services to improve the management and
planning of cities through business intelligence, leading
to higher quality, more sustainable urban environments,
delivered via an e-city platform
City Planning
Services Set
City Management
Services Set
Customers
Service data
Real-time data
Stats & trends
Spatial data

24. 24

25. Issues:
• Regeneration Skills gap
• Examples:
– Egan report
– SURegen Project
Towards Sustainable Urban
Regeneration

26. Key Objective – “filling”
the regeneration skills gap
1. Construct a digital workspace, the RSW;
and populate it with good SUR practice.
2. Evaluate and adapt a number of tools and
techniques and demonstrate how they
can be integrated within the RSW.
3. Investigate how the RSW can:
• identify the key decisions and issues in
the regeneration process in advance of
implementation;
• support stakeholders to share “what-if”
scenarios in co-creation of regeneration
plans;
• support communities of practice to
develop capacity in integrated SUR.
RENEW NW Development of
the EGAN Wheel: Components
of Sustainable Communities

27. The Concept 1
The Regeneration Workbench
Integrated Decision Support System for
Sustainable Urban Regeneration – a digital
workbench for regeneration agents and their
stakeholders.

28. The concept 2
The motoring analogy
for the functionality
of the workbench:
•The windscreen
displays the
regeneration area;
•The dashboard shows
the current status;
•The headlights light up
key issues and
•The mirror shows
where you have come
from.

29. Dashboard Example 1
1. Make
your
choices, to
experiment
with the
future
2. Watch the
sustainability
summary change
3. Click on indicators
for more detail, with
maps & graphs
5. Zoom in,
call up
visuals, run
animations of
the future
6. Look
here for an
online
tutorial
and to
learn more
4. Call up
charts &
analysis of the
impacts of your
choices
1. Make
your
choices, to
experiment
with the
future
2. Watch the
sustainability
summary change
3. Click on indicators
for more detail, with
maps & graphs
5. Zoom in,
call up
visuals, run
animations of
the future
6. Look
here for an
online
tutorial
and to
learn more
4. Call up
charts &
analysis of the
impacts of your
choices
N.W. Quest (Manchester University)

30. VEPs:
Linking 3D
models and
GIS
Dashboard Example 2

31. Simulate the
Regeneration Process?
Vivacity urban design life cycle
model

32. Link Evaluation to Process
(Source LUDA project)
Implementation
Visioning
Monitoring
Programming
Diagnosis
Data Futures IA
MCA
Data
CBA and MCA IA
Baseline Prospective Formative Retrospective
Process
steps
Types of evaluation
Methods

33. Integrate Date
(Super Output Area Data)
SOA’s enable:
 Comparison of areas of similar size nationally
 Identification of pockets of deprivation below
ward level
 Comparisons over time as boundaries are
durable
 Handling some of the disclosure and privacy
issues of smaller output areas
 http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/soa.asp

34. The consortium 2: Industrial
and public sector partners
Housing market renewal, products and structures, social enterprise, participation routes, regeneration action
plans and delivery, Box4 tool for community housing finance
Project management, multidisciplinary design, refurbishment and restoration, planning and engineering
consultancy
Digital government services, Knowledge Society and regeneration, community IT development; broadband
role-out and connectivity, social enterprise for IT business development, training and online services
(Eastserve)
Large-scale regeneration programme management, neighbourhood renewal, public-private partnerships,
regeneration project implementation. East Manchester case study.
Regeneration skills and training, CPD in Regeneration, Plan It (learning and training simulation tool),
regeneration master classes, information sharing, partnership working, Egan Wheel, sustainable
communities.
Architecture & Urban Design, green space, mixed-use regeneration, multi-agency partnerships, project
delivery, consultancy
Social Return on Investment Tool (SROI), sustainable policy briefings, sustainability indicators, partnership
working, corporate social responsibility, renewable energy, transport, climate change, waste minimisation
and recycling
Health and social dimensions of regeneration, provision of health and social care facilities, programme
innovation, change management, community development, public-private partnerships
A57 Liverpool Road case study, extensive experience of regeneration problems, early/base-line stages of
regeneration process, public-private partnerships, property management, design (highway, landscape,
architectural), development control
House Building, housing refurbishment, sustainable construction, energy efficiency of buildings, corporate
responsibility
Envisage software development tool to build interoperability of software modules & data and presentation of
information
Housing market renewal, products and structures, social enterprise, participation routes, regeneration action
plans and delivery, Box4 tool for community housing finance
Project management, multidisciplinary design, refurbishment and restoration, planning and engineering
consultancy
Digital government services, Knowledge Society and regeneration, community IT development; broadband
role-out and connectivity, social enterprise for IT business development, training and online services
(Eastserve)
Large-scale regeneration programme management, neighbourhood renewal, public-private partnerships,
regeneration project implementation. East Manchester case study.
Regeneration skills and training, CPD in Regeneration, Plan It (learning and training simulation tool),
regeneration master classes, information sharing, partnership working, Egan Wheel, sustainable
communities.
Architecture & Urban Design, green space, mixed-use regeneration, multi-agency partnerships, project
delivery, consultancy
Social Return on Investment Tool (SROI), sustainable policy briefings, sustainability indicators, partnership
working, corporate social responsibility, renewable energy, transport, climate change, waste minimisation
and recycling
Health and social dimensions of regeneration, provision of health and social care facilities, programme
innovation, change management, community development, public-private partnerships
A57 Liverpool Road case study, extensive experience of regeneration problems, early/base-line stages of
regeneration process, public-private partnerships, property management, design (highway, landscape,
architectural), development control
House Building, housing refurbishment, sustainable construction, energy efficiency of buildings, corporate
responsibility
Envisage software development tool to build interoperability of software modules & data and presentation of
information

35. The consortium 1:
Academic Partners
Data Modelling and Handling, Ontology Modelling, LUDA Assessment Decision
Support, Unified Modelling Language (UML) and PostGIS – Vivacity, Energy
Exchange model, ADMS (air pollution models), inclusive design, healthcare
infrastructures, change management, Internet and VR based stakeholder
engagement (VEPS) GIS-based Statistic (demographic) data repository (Vivacity)
Digitally-inclusive Urban Regeneration, Sustainable Community Development, the
IntelCities e-Learning platform, LUDA eCompendium, Life Long Learning,
Learning Cities.
NWQuest simulation tool, Public Participation GIS, Micro-MAPPAS, ISCAM,
REAP, urban modelling, evaluation and participation, spatial policy analysis.
Integrated Sustainability Assessment Tool (ISAT) and other sustainability
appraisal tools, visual map of urban sustainability issues, evaluation results of
700+ assessment tools, whole life costing, maintenance strategies
Housing Energy Simulation, thermal modelling of buildings, computer aided
design and visualisation, environmental assessment, tools: IES, ECOTECT,
DREAM
Heritage “soft” measures, Historical Building Conservation
University of Wales
Institute, Cardiff

36. Issues:
• Sustainable development & sustainable
communities
– Quadruple bottom line - EESI criteria
• Example: NEM
Towards Sustainable Urban
Regeneration

37. Metrolink: 8 Stops, 8 Places

38. Excellence of Educational Offer

39. Creating Working Communities
2700 New Jobs

40. 30% Tree Canopy Target50,000 New Trees

41. District Energy

43. - Significant improvement in
public perceptions
- Reduction in petty crime
- 7 Parks improved and 17
Community Gardens created
- Completion of Sportcity
- Transfer and improvement of
3,000 properties to Eastlands
Homes
- 3,500 new homes built and
many more underway
- 4,500 properties improved
- 2 new health centres and 7 new
Children’s Centres
- Over £80m invested in 3
secondary schools and a new
Academy
- More than doubling the number
of secondary schools pupils
achieving 5 GCSE A* - C to
over 50%
- Educational attainment gap
between east Manchester
schools and City average has
closed
- 3,000 jobs created or
safeguarded
- 180,000 sq m of new
commercial floor space built
- New transport gateway at
Central Park
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS 2000 - 2007

44. LUDA Framework
A. Evaluation Step B. Stakeholders C. Sustainability Issues D. Spatial E. Time scale
1. Diagnosis
2. Visioning
3. Predicting
4. Implementing
5. Monitoring
1. Policy makers
City administrators
Local authorities
Government agencies
NGO’s
Research institutions
2. Private enterprise
Property developers
Building & infrastructure
owners
Banks & other financial
backers
3. Planners
Town planners
Urban designers
Consultants
Development control
officers
4. Service providers
Transport & utility
service providers
Facilities managers
Marketing officers
Health and safety
officers
Insurers
5. Citizens
1. Urban
Infrastructure
Land use
Urban design
Buildings
2. Economic
Employment
Inward investment
Commercial activity
Land & property
values
3. Social
Income
Health
Education
Safety & Security
Community
4. Environmental
Air quality
Water quality
Energy consumption
Waste management
Bio-diversity
1. Global
2. National
3. Urban region
4. City
5. District
6. Neighbourhood
7. Estate
8. Building
1. Long-term
>20 years
2. Mid-term 5
– 20 years
3. Short-term
<5 years
Elected officials
Entrepreneurs

45. Hard to reach spaces and
communities:
E.G.; Chapel Street, Salford
Towards Sustainable Urban
Regeneration

46. “There is nothing in a
caterpillar that tells you it’s
going to be a butterfly.”
R. Buckminster Fuller
Towards Sustainable Urban
Regeneration

47. Introduction
CSURC Development Framework Area
North Chapel Street
Conservation Area
South Chapel Street

48. GLENN HOWELLS ARCHITECTS
Chapel Street Elevation Study
Existing Street View

49. GLENN HOWELLS ARCHITECTS
“MORE SALFORD”
“Less Anywhere”
• “Transform Chapel Street
into a vibrant tree lined
street, which will form the
focal point for the
regeneration area”
• “Enhance the existing
architectural setting”
• “Create an attractive urban
neighbourhood, with a focus
on family housing”
• “High quality, contemporary
buildings”

50. GLENN HOWELLS ARCHITECTS
Preferred Proposed Masterplan

51. GLENN HOWELLS ARCHITECTS
Chapel Street South
Locally Listed Buildings Study
Location Plan
Location Aerial
1234
1 - Ye Olde Nelson
3 – 301 Chapel Street
2 - 289 Chapel Street
4 – The Bell Tower

52. GLENN HOWELLS ARCHITECTS
Ye Olde Nelson
Front elevation visible
along full length of
Chapel Street
High quality
buildings opposite
Ye Olde Nelson
Poor quality
neighbouring
buildings
Gap sites
surrounding
building
Site Constraints Existing Condition

53. GLENN HOWELLS ARCHITECTS
Chapel Street Elevation Study
Cathedral Square

54. CABE model
for
sustainable
communities
Source: Places Matter
(CABE/ RENEW)

55. Building for Life
Criteria
20 criteria under four heads:
Environment and community
Character
Streets, parking and pedestrianisation
Design and construction
Building for Life is run by CABE and the Home Builders Federation with the Civic Trust, Design for Homes,
English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation.

56. Thanks:
Sean McGonigle, NEM
Dave Carter, MDDA
Peter Baker, Central Salford URC
The teams from the Intelligent Cities and SURegen projects
CABE
Gorton Monastery
Contact details: s.r.curwell@salford.ac.uk
SURregen: m.wallwork@salford.ac.uk