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Renewing the City through Public Participation and Cultural Activities. The Case Study of Gillet Square, a Community-Led Urban Regeneration Project

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  • Michele Bianchi

    (University “Carlo Bo” of Urbino, Department of Economics, Society and Politics)

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This article focuses its attention on inner cities and asks questions about their possible redevelopment. How can an urban regeneration project improve its social innovation effects? We argue that community-led enterprises with social values can drastically improve social innovation in urban regeneration. This article presents the main features of Gillet Square, a project promoted by Hackney Co-operative Developments, a Community Interest Company based in London East End. The nature of the research is qualitative, findings show how a community-led initiative can involve local stakeholders, develop new local assets for and promote social cohesion and inclusion.

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  • Michele Bianchi, 2019. "Renewing the City through Public Participation and Cultural Activities. The Case Study of Gillet Square, a Community-Led Urban Regeneration Project," Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises, vol. 8(1), pages 1-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:trn:csnjrn:v:8:i:1:p:1-21
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    1. Michele Bianchi, 2016. "How communities can regenerate urban contexts: The case study of Hackney Co-operative Development," Euricse Working Papers 1687, Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises).
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    1. Maria Cerreta & Gaia Daldanise & Ludovica La Rocca & Simona Panaro, 2021. "Triggering Active Communities for Cultural Creative Cities: The “Hack the City” Play ReCH Mission in the Salerno Historic Centre (Italy)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-22, October.

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    Keywords

    Community interest company; Urban regeneration; Social innovation; Citizens' engagement;
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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • O35 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Social Innovation

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