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Urban Waterfront Regeneration in the Mersey Basin, North West England

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  • Robert Wood
  • John Handley

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The economic decline of traditional dockland areas has released considerable areas of land for redevelopment, much of which is close to the heart of city centres. The property development industry has capitalized upon these assets to the extent that port-related redevelopmentis a common feature throughout North America and Europe. This paper explores the experience of the Mersey Basin in North West England which, under the Mersey Basin Campaign initiative, has sought to explicitly connect improvements in water quality to economic regeneration. A small survey of commercial property valuers was used to explore this relationship and revealed the importance of water in the property development process, through potential increases in value and an enhancement of the marketability of property adjacent to water. Equally, improved water quality is revealed as an important precursor to waterside economic regeneration. Here, investment must, as with the preparation of derelict and contaminated land for redevelopment, be regarded as a public good, nurturing good water quality as an asset for the benefit of future generations and as a part of realizing the full potential of waterfront regeneration.

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  • Robert Wood & John Handley, 1999. "Urban Waterfront Regeneration in the Mersey Basin, North West England," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(4), pages 565-580.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:42:y:1999:i:4:p:565-580
    DOI: 10.1080/09640569911064
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    1. Salvador Del Saz-Salazar & Leandro Garcia-Menendez, 2003. "The Nonmarket Benefits of Redeveloping Dockland Areas for Recreational Purposes: The Case of Castellón, Spain," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 35(12), pages 2115-2129, December.
    2. Stella Kostopoulou, 2013. "On the Revitalized Waterfront: Creative Milieu for Creative Tourism," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 5(11), pages 1-16, October.
    3. Salvador Del Saz-Salazar & Leandro García-Menendez, 2001. "Restoring Port Areas for Recreation Purposes: A contingent Valuation Study," ERES eres2001_146, European Real Estate Society (ERES).

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