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ReUrbA Bulletin
21 September 2006

      


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Farewell, ReUrbA

Come to the closing conference
on 16 November
ReUrbA is coming to an end, but urban regeneration will stay with us. That is why ReUrbA is organising a closing conference that will look forward to the future of urban regeneration in Europe.
Keep in touch with your colleagues and the latest developments: come to a miniature city in the Netherlands on 16 November for a sparkling journey of discovery and encounters around the theme of urban regeneration.

And what are the results
                                  of four years of ReUrbA?
 The profession of urban regeneration will change radically: more and more social, cultural and economic dimensions, an ever-decreasing emphasis on specific areas, and increasing integration in the broader, general process of transforming the city and the environment. The game and the players will change. That is what the ReUrbA project manager Mark Reede predicts in his column.
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Who pays?
If the government uses public resources to make improvements in a particular area, private investors also benefit. Property values increase. So it is not unreasonable for the government to expect a contribution. If the government includes the expected increase in value in the budget during the planning stage for new projects, it becomes possible to make a more realistic cost-benefit analysis. A report has now been produced about this approach, which is known as Value-Oriented Planning.
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Statement for strong cities: more attention for urban regeneration
 On the European level, there is not enough attention paid to cities, especially compared to the countryside and agriculture. ReUrbA will be producing an urgent statement on the occasion of the closing conference. 'Ten leading experts from the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands will call for more attention on all fronts for the development of Western European cities. We were faced with the choice of taking a nostalgic look back, or presenting a message for the future', explains ReUrbA consultant Hans Karssenberg. 'We opted for the future.'
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